1. AURORA PREDICTED Following a major explosion on the Sun on Friday there is a strong possibility of an aurora tonight and/or tomorrow night (that's Saturday and Sunday nights). It could be strong, it could be a few weak surges, or nothing at all might materialise, but keep an eye on the north sky all night long if you can, both nights. If you see anything please immediately TEXT your name and location to 086 081 9986 and after you finish watching it please email a short report of what you saw to observe@astronomy.ie and we'll include it in our report. 2. SUNSPOTS There are several groups of sunspots on the Sun for the past few days. One of them caused the explosion that could give us the aurora this weekend. Be careful when solar viewing. NEVER LOOK THROUGH A TELESCOPE OR BINOCULARS. Instead, project an image (small apertures only) or get a sheet of the inexpensive AstroSolar filter material from our Shop (tel 01-847 0777) 3. ISS The International Space Station has been very popular this week to say the least! We've had lots of media coverage and hundreds of calls to our Newslines! On the Newsline we've been telling you where you can see ISS pass in front of Jupiter and near the Moon all week. So far no one has been in the right place at the right time, like Martin Brady was (see page 37 of the May issue of our magazine!). Keep calling 1550-111-442 (it costs less than a euro and proceeds help us promote interest in astronomy so please pass this number on). You have 2 days left! (In N.Ireland call 09 001 88 1950). - David Moore, Chairman, Astronomy Ireland info@astronomy.ie www.astronomy.ie Tel (01) 847 0777 Visit our Shop to see huge range of telescopes on offer