1. The Astronomy Ireland Radio Show
ran a FREE competition last night (tune in every
Tuesday at 8pm or download the recording any time after 9pm on our
website). You can win two Star-B-Q tickets worth 30euro each (www.astronomy.ie/sbqApril2005.html)
if you know the answer to the very simple question. You have until Friday (April
15) at midnight! So go to www.astronomy.ie and click "Radio Show" in
the left hand menu and download the "April 12" show (takes about 30 seconds on
broadband). There's a lot more news and what to see in the sky
this week for everyone all around Ireland and the U.K. Good luck and tune
in every Tuesday night to Ireland's ONLY astronomy radio show!
2. POPE'S ECLIPSE: Last
Friday April 8 there were media reports that the total eclipse of the Sun that
day (see our April magazine page 23) was predicted in advance to coincide with
the Pope's funeral! Where you believe this sort of rubbish or not, it
generated publicity for the eclipse over the Pacific that it would otherwise
have not received. I spoke to the Gerry Ryan Show on 2FM that
morning and we were able to talk all about eclipses in general including the one
we have Eclipse Watches Nationwide planned for on October 3 (see your
PROGRAMME OF LECTURES AND EVENTS that all members got in the
post this week - or get most of it from www.astronomy.ie/Events%202005.html).
But we also got to announce to the public our
big Total Solar Eclipse Trip 2006 planned for
Turkey next year on March 29. A lot of people emailed as a result. Members will
know that we announced this last month on page 4 of the April issue of the
magazine. If you want to know the details just email eclipse@astronomy.ie now. There will not
be another Total Eclipse of the Sun visible from any easy to get to place on the
planet until 2017!
If you want to hear the Gerry Ryan Show interview click
on
or failing that try pasting this link in to REAL
PLAYER:
rtsp://streaming2.rte.ie/2005/0408/08042005rte-thegerryryanshow-fri-.rm
The eclipse discussion starts 2 hours 2minutes in to the
Show and lasts about 15 minutes. It was great fun to do, I hope you enjoy
listening.
3. AURORA WATCH: A solar wind
stream is buffeting Earth's magnetic field, sparking intermittent auroras over
northern Europe and Canada. As ever TEXT us on 086 081 9986 as soon as you see
anything giving your name and location. Then email observe@astronomy.ie when it is all over
and we'll put your report in our magazine.
4. NATIONAL MOON WATCH DAY is
this Friday April 15. At 9pm telescopes will be set up for you ALL AROUND
IRELAND so you can get an incredible close up view of the mountains, valleys
and craters on the Moon. I'll be at the Dublin Moon Watch in the Phoenix Park
(Papal Cross car park) and we'll have several of the latest telescopes on hand
for you to look through including the first in Ireland of Celestron's new C11-S
GT from our Shop.
Details of all the other Moon Watches are on www.astronomy.ie and they all start at 9pm -
it should be the brilliant night as the Moon is the most incredible sight in a
telescope AND Saturn will be right next to it in the sky! (see page 27 of our
April magazine www.astronomy.ie/sub )
And finally, our Newsline has been
updated. For details of everything to see in the sky this week please call 1550-111-442 (calls cost 95c/min). In U.K.
call 09001 88 1950 (60p/min).
Visit us at one of Europe's BIGGEST ASTRONOMY SHOPS
in:
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