Tune in the to Gerry Ryan Show on 2FM (hosted by Gareth O'Callaghan this week) to hear David Moore being interviewed about the Star of Bethlehem and the real birth date of Christ (probably 15 Sept 7 BC) You can listen on the net, just click on http://www.2fm.ie and click "live stream" Once the show is over you'll be able to listen to a recording. We'll post another message after the show saying where to hear the recording. Happy New Year P.S. Remember the Quadrantids meteor shower makes a rare favourable maximum for us tonight. See the Sky Diary pages of the January issue for the details. Come see our stand at the Esat BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition next Thurs,Fri,Sat Jan. 9,10,11 in the RDS, Dublin. We're in the RoboWars building. Don't forget to call (or email info@astronomy.ie) and book your tickets for our New Year Lecture on Mon Jan 13 (see http://www.astronomy.ie) Plus, we still have some scopes left after Christmas for our January Sale, with up to �107 off scopes like the highly recommended Firstscope 70EQ - Get ready for Mars in the summer making one of its closest every approaches and 2 lunar eclipses this year! P.P.S. Saturn is about to pass in front of the Crab Nebula this weekend! See the January issue Sky Diary pages! tune in to 2FM now.... ===== David Moore BSc FRAS, Chairman, Astronomy Ireland, P.O.Box 2888, Dublin 5. Editor, "Astronomy & Space" magazine. ASTRONOMY SHOP: open Mon.-Fri. 9:30am-5:30pm and Sat. noon-6pm. Tel (01) 847 0777. Fax (01) 847 0771. www.astronomy.ie info@astronomy.ie __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com