1. OCTOBER PUBLIC LECTURE ONLINE
We got to touch the asteroid Vesta at
Dr Ian Sanders' excellent lecture last Monday on
"Meteorites and the Origin of the Solar System".
Dr Sanders had just had an important paper published that day.
He kindly sent us a copy which we can forward to anyone who wants a copy. Just
email info@astronomy.ie
2. MAGAZINE POSTAL
DELAYS
Problems continue at An Post. Last month they took
2 weeks to deliver the October issue of our magazine!
The November issue of A&S was posted October 11
and we are not aware of anyone who has received it yet, anywhere in
Ireland.
Formal complaints have been lodged in writing - and so far
ignored by An Post. What can we do!
3. A.I. RADIO SHOW IN TOP TEN
"PODCASTS"
Tuesday's edition of the Astronomy Ireland
Radio Show went online shortly after its 8pm transmission. Perhaps you have
already downloaded it from www.astronomy.ie/radioshow.html
Thanks to AI member James Sweeney from Athlone, AIRS is now available on the iTunes music store
(the worlds largest online music store). James writes "People can freely access
it. Do a search for "astronomy" and AIRS will show up. Listeners can then
'subscribe' to the show so that each week the show is automatically downloaded
into their iTunes application and if they want to they can also transfer the
show to their portable music player (iPod)."
Early reports are that AIRS went straight in
to the top 10 podcasts last week! Thanks James!
Go to www.apple.com/itunes to download iTunes. Then go
to the Podcasts on the left hand pane and Podcasts Directory at the bottom of
the screen to see the full list of available podcasts. You can use the search
bar at the top of the screen to search for particular types of
podcasts.
Every Tuesday at 8pm AIRS will give you all
the latest news of discoveries made about our universe and tell you what to see
in the sky each week. Online by 9pm Tuesdays!