Spring Sale DVD Membership Shop 1. Only 867 St Patrick's Days Remain! Some of the world's top astronomers believe that life on Earth is likely to suffer a huge catastrophe following a massive impact by an asteroid on March 16th, 2880, the day before St Patrick's Days, leaving "only" 867 of the Irish holidays left! This disaster will be caused by asteroid 1950AD, a 1.1km asteroid which will impact with an energy of 100 million tons of TNT - almost 7,000 times stronger than the atomic bomb used on Hiroshima in 1945. The Spaceguard Centre and Observatory in the UK is a privately-owned facility that monitors the sky for potential killer asteroids. Astronomy Ireland's May Public Lecture will be delivered by the Centre's director, Jay Tate, where he will explore the threats from space and what we can do about them in order to protect life on Earth as best we can. The lecture, The Science of Armageddon, will take place on May 14th at 8pm in Trinity College Dublin, and tickets and DVDs can be ordered online HERE. 2. New Look Astronomy Ireland Magazine We have renamed our magazine Astronomy & Space to make it stand out as the magazine for Irish astronomy. Of course, it will still cover international discoveries and news from around the globe. See the new cover HERE and read David Moore's editorial HERE. The magazine will be out next week, so if you'd like to subscribe (only €48 per year) or to order this first issue of Astronomy Ireland, simply go to www.astronomy.ie/join and type 'start with June issue' in comments box, or select 'single issue' and type 'June issue'. 3. The Sky at Night In this episode, Sir Patrick Moore and the team continue to celebrate 55 years of The Sky at Night. Tue 12:05am BBC 1 Northern Ireland Thu 07:30pm BBC FOUR Fri 01:00am BBC FOUR Fri 01:00am BBC HD Sat 12:00pm BBC 2 Northern Ireland Sun 12:40am BBC FOUR Note that the BBC1 and BBC2 programmes are shorter versions(20 minutes). Try to watch BBC FOUR or BBC HD transmissions(30 minutes) Also, the 700th show is being repeated on BBC FOUR: Thu 08:00pm BBC FOUR Fri 01:30am BBC FOUR Astronomy Ireland The world's most popular Astronomy Club www.astronomy.ie ( subscribe / unsubscribe )