ASTRONOMY IRELAND MAILING LIST - www.astronomy.ie (The all-Ireland astronomy Club, Magazine and Shop) --------------------------------------------------- 1. AURORA TONIGHT (TOMORROW?) The solar wind coming from coronal holes on the Sun has increased auroral activity around the world to the point where there is a chance of seeing aurora from Ireland tonight. It may only be a small display on the northern horizon from dark rural skies but you never know. There is a chance tomorrow night (Tuesday) also. Please TEXT you name & location to 086 081 99 86 immediately (please store that number in your mobile now!) if you see anything and email a fuller account later. 2. LECTURE REMINDER (Sept 8 event is NEW) Wed Sept. 8 at 8pm "The Universe" by David Moore, Seamus Ennis Centre, Naul, Co. Dublin. All welcome. (No admission charge). Slide show and talk suitable for beginners. Mon Sept. 13 at 8pm "Mars - Life in Hostile Environments" by Dr Tom Mason, Director of the world famous Armagh Planetarium. What news after NASA rovers have spent 8 months digging up the red planet and why has George Bush told NASA to land astronauts on Mars in the 2020s? All welcome. D.C.U. Admission 5euro. To reserve seats click 'reply' now saying how many. http://www.astronomy.ie/lecture0409.html Fri Sept. 10 from 10am to 6pm ASGI meeting U.C.D. www.arm.ac.uk/asgi Wed Sept. 22 at 7pm "The Search for Simplicity in the Universe" by Prof Leon Lederman, Nobel Laureate, Trinity College but now BOOKED OUT (we warned you last week!). However a webcast over the internet is planned - see www.ria.ie for details. Thu Oct. 7 Astronomy Evening Classes for beginners. Book online (or print the form) at www.astronomy.ie/eveningclass.html Plenty of seats are still available at the Sept. 13 Mars lecture so book there if you didn't get a ticket for the RIA event! 3. NEWSLINE HEADLINES THIS WEEK: As well as those two big stories from last week (ET and new NASA planets - see previous email) the morning skies are ablaze with activity, some of it very rare indeed. Consult the "Hawking Special Issue" of our magazine (the September issue - a world exclusive! None of the other astronomy magazines were in Dublin covering the event like Emmet Mordaunt and I were! www.astronomy.ie/sub ) especially the diagram on page 26 which shows Mercury+Regulus, Saturn, Venus+Beehive and the Moon: HEADLINES THIS WEEK: Extraterrestrial signal denied; NASA announces new small planets found; Mercury's best morning show of the year; Regulus extremely close to Mercury; Saturn, Venus and Mercury all near the Moon; and, Venus passes the Beehive. PLEASE CALL: 1550-111-442 (calls cost 95c/min, in UK dial 09001-88-1950 at 60p/min) for details 24 hours a day. ---------- Regards and clear skies, David Moore, Chairman, Astronomy Ireland. www.astronomy.ie Call the ASTRONOMY SHOP: Tel (01) 847 0777 Mon-Sat up to 5:30pm. ----------