Next Wednesday there will be a partial eclipse of the Sun visible from Ireland with between 20% and 15% of the Sun being covered between approx 10:50am to 12:15pm (Irish Summer Time - remember clocks go forward tonight, March 25/26). A lot of Astronomy Ireland officials won't be here because we will be in Turkey where the eclipse is Total! ( remember www.astronomy.ie/turkeyeclipse.html !? ) (The Shop and office will be open all week however, and there will be an informal viewing from the Shop on the day.) But for the 5 million of you left on this island our magazine's Sky Diary writer, David Grennan, has prepared this FREE webpage for you to get all the details you need to enjoy it from Ireland: www.astronomy.ie/ecl06.html (P.S. note that there is an error in the diagram in the second column of page 23 of the March issue of our magazine - the times give are U.T. so you must add 1 hour to get Irish Summer Time which will be in operation at that time - queries to skydiary@astronomy.ie ) SAFE VIEWING: The safest way to view the partial eclipse from Ireland is using AstroSolar filter sheet material which is available from our Shop on (01) 847 0777 but order soon as already ALL of our smaller Eclipse Shades have sold out! if you live in the Leinster area you'll find a map to the Shop at www.astronomy.ie/shop.html otherwise, call early on Monday morning to mail order your AstroSolar if you are to stand any chance of getting it in time for Wednesday (the Shop staff can courier it to you for an additional charge - ask for details when you call). Enjoy the eclipse, and send us a brief report for our magazine to observe@astronomy.ie Please pass this email on to everyone you know and let's get everyone in Ireland watching this, the last partial solar eclipse visible from Ireland until August 2008! Astronomy Ireland www.astronomy.ie (01) 847 0777