1. WEBCAM WORKSHOP
SUNDAY
Mars now dominates the evening sky. It rises in the East
before 8pm.
At magnitude -2 it is THE brightest star-like object in the
sky and its orange-red colour is a dead giveaway.
Amateurs around the world are taking stunning images of its
surface features in greater detail than ever seen before using humble webcams
(which many of you have bought from our Shop).
See their images in the Gallery pages of our magazine over the
past few months!
Last year we had one of the world's greatest experts on
planetary imaging, Damian Peach, come to Ireland (in association with the
British Council) and give a public lecture and workshop on webcam
imaging.
Some of you have asked if some of the experts in the society
could give a 'workshop' to explain how best to capture and process images now
Mars is so close e.g. how to get the best out of the excellent Registax
software.
Dave Gradwell has agreed to give such a workshop on Sunday
October 23rd in our Shop in Artane, Dublin 5 at 2pm.
Places may be limited if there is huge demand so reply to this
if you want to come along.
2. WEEKLY A.I. RADIO SHOW
ONLINE
In 30 minutes you will hear all the latest news AND
WHAT TO SEE:
Mars near Moon!
Moon passes in front of Pleiades!
Best chance to see Mars' darkest feature this
week until 2018!!!
AIRS is also available as a podcast on the world's biggest
music store www.apple.com/itunes and was the 7th most
popular download last week!!!
Every Tuesday at 8pm AIRS will give you all the
latest news of discoveries made about our universe and tell you what to see in
the sky each week.
Online by 9pm every Tuesday for ALL OUR
MEMBERS AROUND IRELAND - FREE!
3. MAGAZINE POSTAL
DELAYS
A (very) few of you have reported receiving the November issue
of our magazine (posted Oct. 11).
If you have not received your copy yet please reply to this
email giving your name and address so we can see what areas are
affected.
An Post still have not replied to or acknowledged our
written complaint sent on Oct. 14.
4. BBC TV HORIZON ABOUT CASSINI AT SATURN'S
TITAN
Thursday Oct. 20 at 9pm on BBC 2 TV: ** Horizon
**
Reports back from the Cassini-Huygens mission to Saturn's moon Titan
thought to resemble the early Earth.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/horizon
5. ASTRO-EXPO 2005 IS
COMING!
Starting marking your calendar for November 19 and 20 as
Ireland's biggest annual astronomy weekend looms closer.
Each year:
6
lectures (3 each
day)
Huge exhibition
hall - telescopes,
SWAP MEET, professional and amateurs exhibiting, and
more
The Annual A.I.
Dinner (Saturday night) - effectively our Christmas
Dinner