1. Astronomy Ireland's STAR-B-Q ***WILL*** go ahead
this evening Friday April 28 with good clear skies forecast.
The location is the GAA grounds 500 metres outside
Roundwood village on the road heading to Glendalough.
Gates open at 8pm with the event officially beginning at
9pm when the event kicks off with the first talk of the evening (at 9pm) and
food will start being served then also.
PLEASE DO NOT call our office and Shop today as we will be
too busy organising the event to deal with anything other than emergencies.
More details, a map to the venue, etc are on the Star-B-Q
page on our website www.astronomy.ie
With the new Comet, Mars, Saturn, Jupiter, talks, demos,
galaxies, star clusters, nebulae, I.S.S. blazing over, telescopes galore and hot
food, it should be an incredible night.
Thank you for supporting our fund-raising barbecue under
the stars.
2. The International Space Station continues to
blaze across the sky and will do so every evening until May 5.
Tonight is a special night as from Bear Island in Bantry
Bay to Clonakilty on the south coast of Cork you will see I.S.S. pass in
front of the planet Mars.
Even more spectacularly, everyone watching from a line
from Galway city to Bray on the south side of Dublin city will get to see I.S.S.
pass in front of the planet Saturn!
These are extremely rare events so tell everyone you know
and email observe@astronomy.ie with
what you see (send any photos there too).
The predicted time is 10:34pm.
For the times to see I.S.S. every night until May 5th next
week call 1550-111-442 after 12 noon each day (09001 88 1950 from N.Ireland and
Britain).
We'll also tell you where you need to be to see I.S.S.
pass in front Saturn, Mars and maybe even Jupiter and the Moon in the coming
days!
P.S. note the Shop will be closed at 5pm today as we're
all off to the Star-B-Q now, hope to see you all there with
your friends and family!
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