Our 19th annual space and telescope
exhibition takes place during Science Week on Saturday 8th
November in the superb new Science Gallery at Trinity College
Dublin. We will have incredible displays and a huge range of telescopes on
display. There are also major Public Lectures organised already
for the Science Gallery's incredible lecture theatre:
Discovering Asteroids >From Ireland
(Dave McDonald, Ireland's only living asteroid discoverer),
How China Will Beat America to the
Moon (Brian Harvey, author)
The Wrath of Ra! (by NASA
scientist)
Further details in a future email and on www.astronomy.ie/astroexpo08.html so make your travel plans now as this is the annual gathering
of all our members and an event not to be
missed.
3. Public Lecture and
DVD
Astronomy Ireland's November Public Lecture (and DVD) takes place on
Monday 10 November in the Physics Building, Trinity College Dublin at
8pm. The talk is entitled "Smoking Stars" and will be given by Dr. Simon
Jeffrey of Armagh Observatory. In this lecture he will be talking about his
research and new findings and the giant leap forward in the last few years in
our understanding of how stellar systems work.
You can book tickets and the DVD HERE