1. Denis O' Sullivan on
4FM
How many people have seen with their
very own eyes, something which has left Earth, flown in outer space, landed in
another world, and then come back down again? Here is YOUR
chance.
Our Easter Lecture speaker will bring
along an experiment carried to the Moon for him by the Apollo astronauts,
and brought back to Ireland again.
Professor Denis O' Sullivan of the
Dublin Institute of Advance Studies (DIAS), will give an interview on 4FM Friday
April 17, ahead of the Easter Public Lecture he will deliver next Monday. Prof.
O' Sullivan will speak on the new multi-city radio station at 7:40am,
giving listeners a sneak preview into the content of Mondays lecture - >From the
Moon to Matroshka - a highly significant space experiment he is currently
running.
You can listen to it worldwide online
at www.4fm.ie or, if you miss the
interview in the morning don't worry, you can listen to it HERE.
Prof. O' Sullivan's
lecture takes place at 8pm next Monday April 20. Tickets are
7euro (non-members) or 5euro (members and concessions). A DVD of the lecture will be available for
purchase for everyone all over Ireland at a cost of 7euro (plus p&p).
To book your tickets for this lecture
click HERE
To order the DVD of this lecture
click HERE
2.
Fireball
The final analysis has been delayed
and the drop zone will be announced here, and to the world's media, next
week.
3. Astronomy Tips for
April
Saturn Events: Have
you been missing a once in 15 year event? Those of you with telescopes have been
getting amazing views of Saturn, its moons, and its rings which are nearly edge
on this year. Did you realise that this means the moons pass in front of, and
behind the planet in events that can only be seen every 15 years? Lots of you
have telescopes capable of seeing this and we want you to report your sighting
to observe@astronomy.ie. Indeed,
we saw Rhea skimming above the rings just after it had passed in front of Saturn
on April 4 at our 100 Hours of
Astronomy event (see HERE). And remember, Saturn
is a fine evening object for this month, all of May, and most of June, so
dust off your scope and get a once in 15 year view!
Jupiter is visible
in morning skies. It's near the Moon this Sunday and Monday morning -
see the diagram in our April magazine,
page 22.
Deep Sky: Remember,
the Moon is out of the sky so all those of you with the simple-to-use 3-star
alignment telescopes can use "tour" to see thousands of galaxies, star clusters
and gas clouds in the coming weeks! Call the Shop for quick advice on how easy
this is.
You can find a list of all
celestial events in the Sky Diary and Sky
map pages in 'Astronomy & Space', our full-colour
monthly magazine, which shows that there are several events to see almost
every night of the month! You can subscribe online HERE
or by calling (01) 847 0777.
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