New Year Sale DVD Membership Shop 1. New Year Lecture - Have We Found The 'God Particle'? In the last number of weeks scientists at CERN underneath Geneva, Switzerland have found a signal for The God Particle and which is bound to result in a Nobel Prize. The last Nobel Prize they got was for finding the W and Z particles (they control nuclear energy and atomic bombs) and the man who wrote the popular level book about the discovery - Professor Peter Watkins - is coming to Ireland to give our New Year Lecture on January 9th. Not only that, but another experiment at CERN called OPERA recently showed that neutrinos may be able to travel faster than light! Astronomy Ireland Chairman, David Moore featured on LMFM today where he spoke about our New Year’s Lecture and the Large Hadron Collider. Click HERE to listen to the interview. Tickets for the lecture are only €7 (€5 members rate), and can be ordered online at www.astronomy.ie or by calling (01) 890 11 11. The lecture takes place in Trinity College Dublin, on Monday, January 9th at 8pm. After the lecture there will be a social reception in The Lombard. All are welcome to attend. BOOK TICKETS ORDER DVD 2. Jupiter Watch Today and Tomorrow Today and tomorrow (Friday and Saturday) Astronomy Ireland will host Jupiter Watches at its premises in Swords. Through the telescopes you will easily see its vast cloud belts and storms, as well as its biggest moons as they orbit the planet. Seeing Jupiter through a telescope is a sight you won't forget! The Watches begin at 4pm, when even in daylight it is easy to make out great detail on the surface of the Solar System's biggest planet. Telescopes will be set up and ready to use, so there is no need to bring any equipment. This is a free event and a great opportunity for friends and family to get together and try some astronomy. All Watches will run from 4pm to 6pm at Unit A8, Airside Enterprise Centre, Swords, Co Dublin (click HERE for a map). 2. Incredible New Year Sale! After a hectic Christmas and more than a few turkey sandwiches the Astronomy Ireland Shop is starting 2012 at full-tilt with incredible savings across all our telescope ranges! Package deals, money off, free memberships and of course NO VAT INCREASES will be what to expect for the month of January as we launch one of our biggest sales ever! We also will be running various telescope watches whenever we can throughout the month so check back to astronomy.ie/shop regularly to keep up to date! Click HERE for more information. Astronomy Ireland The world's most popular Astronomy Club www.astronomy.ie ( subscribe / unsubscribe )