ASTRONOMY IRELAND MAILING LIST - www.astronomy.ie (The all-Ireland astronomy Club, Magazine and Shop) --------------------------------------------------- 1. TWO MAJOR PUBLIC LECTURES THIS WEEK (WED. & FRI.) a) Prof Evert Meurs, Director of Dunsink Observatory, reminds us that tomorrow sees: The DIAS School of Cosmic Physics Statutory Public Lecture 2004 date: Wednesday 24 November 2004, at 7:30 p.m. on: Huygens and Titan: from discovery to encounter by: Dr Henk Olthof (Science Programme Directorate of the European Space Agency) Venue: Emmet Theatre, Arts Building, Trinity College Dublin (Admission free) b) Prof. Mark Bailey, Director of Armagh Observatory, invites you to: The 2004 Robinson Lecture Friday 26 November 2004 19:30 The Studio Theatre, The Market Place, Armagh "Tick, Tick, Tick Pulsating Star, How We Wonder What You Are!" by Professor Jocelyn Bell Burnell, discoverer of pulsars For free tickets for this event, contact Mrs Aileen McKee at the Armagh Observatory, Tel.: 028-3752-2928; Fax: 028-3752-7174; (from RoI change the 028 prefix to 048) or e-mail: ambn@arm.ac.uk Details at: http://www.arm.ac.uk/publicevents/Robinson-Lecture-2004.html 2. 1550-111-442 TELEPHONE NEWSLINE HEADLINES THIS WEEK: INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION ON VIEW AND BOOSTED; 4 PLANETS IN MORNING SKIES; MOON NEAR SEVEN SISTERS STAR CLUSTER; 2 MAJOR LECTURES THIS WEEK; AND, LEONID METEOR SHOWER REPORT. Please call our 1550-111-442 Newsline every Monday for a new weekly message (U.K. dial 09001-88-1950). 3. LEO ENRIGHT STARS ON A.I. RADIO SHOW Q. Where will you be at 8pm every Tuesday? A. Glued to 103.2 on the FM dial on your radio, listening to the Astronomy Ireland Radio Show! This week's special guest is writer and broadcaster Leo Enright who will talk about all the missions to the planets currently ongoing. Leo has visited most of the teams running each mission personally and covered their efforts as a journalist and so he is uniquely qualified to describe each voyage of discovery. If you miss the show any Tuesday at 8pm you can hear a repeat on Thursdays at 11am or go to www.astronomy.ie and click "radio show" at the left. We have just put 2 new 30 minute shows online each of which should only take 4 minutes to download via dial-up (20 seconds using broadband!) Email ANY question to radio@astronomy.ie and please email us if you hear the show! Tuesday's at 8 - be there! - David Moore, Astronomy Ireland - your national astronomy club & magazine. Astronomy Ireland is a non-profit club for EVERYONE interested in space www.astronomy.ie/sub ASTRONOMY SHOP: Tel (01) 847 0777 Mon-Sat for ALL your astronomical needs www.astronomy.ie/map.html