1. Star-B-Q - NASA
Scientist and Huge Telescope Prize
At last, after another year of waiting and
planning, our annual fundraising Star-B-Q takes place again in Roundwood, Co.
Wicklow on Saturday August 30. Star-B-Q is Ireland's biggest annual Star Party
with people coming from all around Ireland, so don't be left out.
"How the Sun Affects Our Lives" is this
year's Keynote speech by Dr James McAteer who worked for NASA on the SoHO space
telescope. The talk will be informal and will cover Solar Flares, Coronal Mass
Ejections (CMEs) with lots of
movies and pictures from SoHO, STEREO, and
Hinode.
This is your opportunity to see and see through
some of the largest telescopes in the country AND for the first time ever, all attendees are entered into a free draw for a
Celestron Nexstar 8SE worth
nearly 1,500euro. Other prizes on the night are a Celestron SkyScout Personal
Planetarium and a year's membership to Astronomy Ireland (total prizes worth
over 2,000euro!).
You can book online at www.astronomy.ie/sbq or call (01) 847
0777 to save 20% of the gate price on the night. Proceeds help us to promote
astronomy throughout the country. Please bring all your friends and family and
tell everyone you know. One of you will go home with a 1,500 Euro
telescope!
2. Light Pollution
Next month's Public lecture is entitled "Light
Pollution in Ireland" and will be given by Albert White of the Irish Light
Pollution Awareness Campaign (ILPAC). Albert will tell us about the financial,
environmental and astronomical cost of badly designed public lighting. More
information at www.astronomy.ie
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