1. ECLIPSE
Thanks to hundreds of you who sent in your comments
about the deep partial solar eclipse on Monday.
Clonmel, East Antrim and Belfast glimpsed the
eclipse so IT WAS seen from Ireland.
A full report will be prepared from your emails in
the coming days.
If you still want to report seeing or experiencing
the eclipse just reply to this email.
2. ECLIPSE TRIP
2006
There has been a huge response to holiday in Turkey
for the TOTAL eclipse of the Sun on March 29, 2006.
The society's Eclipse Trip in 1999 was very
successful and Turkey should be too.
Remember it's less than 6 months away so email
soon.
3. AMAZING ECLIPSE
PUBLICITY!
RTE TV News (1pm, 6pm & 9pm) all carried a
report on our Eclipse Watch (so did RTE 2).
As did TV3 News, and RTE Radio 1's Morning
Ireland (the top rating radio show in all of Ireland).
On Tuesday we made the front page of the Irish
Times, and page 9 of the Independent.
There were countless other local radio and press
interviews done all day too.
Traffic on our website went through the
roof!
If you missed all that publicity you can still
access the RTE news online:
If you see any telescopes you like call Robert at
our Astronomy Shop (he's the one on the right 1min 14sec in to the TV
clip)!
4. OUR RADIO SHOW
The latest edition of the A.I. Radio Show went
online minutes after the live broadcast (8pm every Tuesday on
103.2FM).
This week AIRS presenter Ben Emmett interviewed
Astronomy Ireland member David McDonald who used a Celestron 8-inch telescope to
confirm an exploding star in a galaxy far far away - the first time this has
ever been done from Ireland! Congratulations to David. (We will of course report
more fully on this in our magazine also).
Download it now!
5. IRISH ASTRONOMY
CONFERENCE
On Friday October 7 the Astronomical Science Group
of Ireland holds it's next meeting in Dublin City University.
Aimed at students, and professional researchers in
Ireland the ASGI holds two meetings a year to present the latest work in Irish
astronomy.
While this conference is aimed at 'professional'
astronomers, interested members are welcome as long as they are aware of this
primary goal, especially if it comes to asking questions at the end of each
presentation.
6. ASTRONOMY EVENING CLASSES FOR
BEGINNERS
About 100 people are expected to take the society's
evening classes starting tomorrow night.
Running over 10 Thursdays you will learn about all
aspects of the universe and our hobby.
No credit card? If you 'reply' to this email and
come along 30 minutes early you can pay on the door.
7. NEWSLINE UPDATED
Our weekly telephone Newsline is updated every
Monday with details of events and what to see in the sky. Call 1550-111-442 (calls cost 95c/miin). In N.Ireland
call 09001 88 1950 (calls 60p/min).
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David Moore BSc FRAS,
Chairman, Astronomy Ireland, P.O.Box 2888, Dublin 5.
Editor,
"Astronomy & Space" magazine.
ASTRONOMY SHOP: open
until 5:30pm Mon.-Sat. with Ireland's biggest selection of telescopes - and
more!
Tel (01) 847 0777.