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1. Public Lecture: The Births and Deaths of Stars
For billions of years the Sun provided energy to Earth, bathing it in a constant glow of light and warmth creating the ideal conditions for life - and ultimately humans - to thrive. Day in, day out, it has hung in the skies over the heads of humanity for millions of years as something we take for granted.
And some day, it will die.
Astronomy Ireland's Public Lecture on November 14th, Dr Gareth Murphy - one of Ireland's top astrophysicists - will explore the births, lives, and deaths of stars, including our own Sun, to the general public in Trinity College Dublin. Stellar evolution is an amazing aspect of astronomy that is extremely interesting, yet it happens over such huge lengths of time that we often don't realise what's happening when we step outside at night and see stars in the sky.
Tickets for the lecture are only €7 (€5 members rate), and can be ordered online at www.astronomy.ie or by calling (01) 890 11 11.
The lecture takes place in Trinity College Dublin, on Monday, November 14th at 8pm.
There will be a social reception afterwards in The Lombard Inn with complimentary food.
2. International Space Station and Halloween Astronomy
The International Space Station (ISS) is currently passing over Ireland each night and will continue to do so until early November. There are websites that will allow you to figure out the time the ISS will pass over, but to receive a message to your mobile each day with the time to see it already worked out simply text SPACE to 57003 (reply STOP to unsubscribe).
Each text costs 1euro, and only one message will be sent per day. Proceeds help to promote interest in astronomy across Ireland.
Remember to email your observations of the ISS to iss@astronomy.ie and we will do our best to include your report in a forthcoming issue of Astronomy & Space magazine.
3. Halloween Astronomy
The International Space Station (ISS) is not the only sight to look out for this Halloween, Jupiter, the Pleiades and Orion are perfectly placed for observation this weekend. Astronomy Ireland have a downloadable leaflet telling you all there is to see in the sky, including a Sky Diary for Halloween night.
Don’t forget to email Astronomy Ireland at observe@astronomy.ie to let us know what you saw.
We will pick the best ones and publish them in an upcoming issue our magazine Astronomy & Space.
4. Halloween at the Astronomy Ireland Shop
Halloween means more than just a day for costumes and sweets. It's the halfway point between the autumnal equinox and winter solstice, the last of four "cross-quarter" days on the solar calendar. Many cultures watched the solar motions, for example, the pre-Columbian Native American city of Cahokia outside of St. Louis had a wood-stake solar observatory—called the Woodhenge—that marked annual solar motions. Stonehenge in England and ancient Mayan sites in Central America show similar solar alignments and observatories.
To celebrate the wonderful history behind Halloween and the influence of astronomy on it, Astronomy Ireland is holding a special presentation called 'The Astronomy of Halloween' this Saturday, October 27th, at 1pm at its premises in Airside Enterprise Centre in Swords, Co Dublin.
All are welcome to this free event, and more information can be found at www.astronomy.ie or by calling (01) 890 11 11.
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