1. Star-B-Q - NASA Scientist and Huge Telescope Prize Everyone in Ireland is invited to our biggest annual event, Star-B-Q, this Saturday. Some people fly in from abroad for this event so we expect those of you from the four corners of Ireland to make the trip to the extremely dark skies of the highest village in Ireland to look through some of the most powerful telescopes ever assembled for the general public in a dark sky anywhere in the world! As well as showing you the wonders of the universe we have a lot more for you: - NASA Scientist (from SOHO the Sun space telescope) - Professionally catered BBQ included in price - "The Universe" talk by David Moore - Amateur astronomy talk by Emlyn Jones from our magazine - 40 mile long Laser Beam to teach constellations - Binocular Astronomy Lessons - Fire Juggler for entertainment! See Jupiter, Neptune, Uranus, Andromeda Galaxy, Great Hercules Cluster, Ring Nebula, Dumbbell Nebula, Whirlpool Galaxy and more As well as every single one of you reading this we want you to get all your family and friends along for our barbecue under the stars. It's a spectacularly 'different' night out that they will remember for the rest of their lives! We have dedicated www.astronomy.ie to Star-B-Q this week as it is such a major and important event. Click there to see the colour leaflet we are distributing, and the magazine ad which has pictures of some of the wonders of the universe we will be viewing. Call if you want to distribute the leaflet in your area! Or why not print a few copies for friends and family? Tickets are 50 euro on the night but get up to 40% off by booking in advance online or by phone (adult: 40euro, under 16: 30euro): See our all new Star-B-Q webpage: www.astronomy.ie/sbq BOOK Star-B-Q HERE for the best night of your life! 2. Light Pollution Lecture & DVD Next month's Public lecture (available on DVD nationwide) is entitled "Light Pollution in Ireland" and will be given by Albert White of the Irish Light Pollution Awareness Campaign (ILPAC). Albert will tell us about the financial, environmental and astronomical cost of badly designed public lighting. More information HERE where you can also book tickets and order the DVD. Astronomy Ireland The world's most popular astronomy club and Ireland's Only Astronomy Magazine www.astronomy.ie Call Our Telescope Shop Tel (01) 847 0777 Mon-Sat ( subscribe / unsubscribe here )