Spring Sale Membership DVD Shop 1. Eclipse This Thursday Just before 9pm this coming Thursday, as the Sun sets and the Full Moon rises, a Partial Eclipse of the Moon will be visible from Ireland. Only a tiny part of the Moon will dip into the Earth's shadow this time around but you should see a small 'bite' taken out of the Moon's lower right edge as it rises in the East. The sky will be bright as this eclipse happens very close to sunset but as the minutes pass the Moon will get a little higher and the sky will get a little darker. The eclipse can be seen with the naked eye but binoculars or small telescopes will give even better views. And we want you to email us at observe@astronomy.ie and tell us what you see for a report that will go into our magazine for posterity. The Moon rising lends itself to fantastic photo opportunities as you can line the Moon up with interesting objects on the Earth, buildings, church spires, landscapes and the like. Send us your photos for publication too! In Dublin, Astronomy Ireland will meet at 8:30pm at the carpark on Howth cliff edge, behind The Summit Inn. The coordinates are 53.37095 N, 6.0546 W - click HERE for a link to the location on Google Maps. For more information about this week's eclipse, please see our webpage HERE. 2. Public Lecture: The GLORIA Project GLORIA will be the first free and open-access network of telescopes around the world, that can be used anybody with an interest in astronomy, not just professional astronomers! As the network of robotic telescopes will collect vast amounts of data, astronomers will not have time to go through it all. However, the community of people using the telescopes will allow for thousands of people to analyse data and help solve problems in astronomy. Professor Lorraine Hanlon from the UCD Department of Physics will deliver Astronomy Ireland's Public Lecture on April 29th. She will tell guests at the lecture all about how the GLORIA network of robotic telescopes will work and how people can get involved in using the high-tech equipment. The lecture will take place in Trinity College Dublin on Monday, April 29th, at 8pm. For tickets and DVDs of the lecture, please click HERE or call (01) 890 11 11. Astronomy Ireland The world's most popular astronomy club www.astronomy.ie ( subscribe / unsubscribe )