1. "Sky At Night" BBC 2 May
10
Honorary life member of Astronomy Ireland, Sir Patrick Moore presented the
May edition of the BBC's "Sky At Night" last Monday morning, but it is repeated
on
Saturday May 10 from 2:20pm to 2:40pm on BBC 2 TV. Subject this month is the extent of what is known about the universe. The Show is
also made available online www.bbc.co.uk/skyatnight eventually.
2. Mars
Occultation At Grand Opening
Tomorrow (May 10) is the
big day. Not only will our Shop be holding its Grand Opening with food,
refreshments and low prices all day long from 10am to 6pm, but at 1:20pm and
1:53pm the Moon will cover, then uncover the planet Mars. Although this is in
broad daylight we'll use the telescopes from the Shop to show you this event.
You can, of course, see it from everywhere in Ireland if you have a telescope,
see our May magazine for details and times and please report if you see it to observe@astronomy.ie (and thanks for
all of you who have reported your Mercury sightings there, keep them coming, we
have a few days left this year to see Mercury)
3.
Brilliant Lecture on Monday
David Moore (AI Chairman)
writes: "I just wanted to let you all know about the amazing
presentation we have lined up for you on Monday. The 3-D display that Robert
Hill is presenting on Monday will astound you. He is bringing a state of the art
3-D projection system and we will all get special 3-D glasses to see the full
effect. Robert will spend hours with several helpers just setting up the
equipment on Monday. The computer simulations of spacecraft and astronomical
bodies jumping out of the screen at you will be breathtaking. Although Robert is
talking about his educational pursuits, isn't that what we all want to do,
learn about astronomy? So this should be a mind-blowing event for
everyone. I can guarantee this as I have heard Robert talk on many occasions and
he is an absolutely superb public speaker. I can't wait for Monday night, I
hope I will see you all there! "
Monday night (May 12) at 8pm in Trinity College Dublin (Physics
Building).
If you cannot make it please order the DVD via the above webpage.
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