Christmas Gifts Membership DVD Shop 1. Second Leonid Meteor Shower Tonight Late tonight and before dawn tomorrow, Tuesday, observers can expect to see a second peak of the Leonid meteor shower which occurred over the weekend. Overnight, Earth will pass through a filament of debris left by Comet Tempel-Tuttle 600 years ago! Meteor watching is a fun activity that does not need any special equipment. Not only that, but as meteors appear all over the sky, you don't have to worry about looking in the 'wrong place'! Astronomy Ireland is holding an extra Nationwide Leonid Watch, where we want everyone to go outside on Monday night and Tuesday morning, count the number of meteors seen in 15-minute blocks, and let us know the counts by emailing meteor@astronomy.ie. Visit www.astronomy.ie to get more details and a map of the sky to help you with your observations. Listen to David Moore on radio speaking about the recent Orionid Meteor Shower at www.astronomy.ie/audio 2. Astro-Expo This Weekend Astro-Expo 2012 takes place this Saturday in Trinity College Dublin and will feature a host of telescope and equipment demonstrations and displays. David Moore will deliver his excellent lecture The Universe on the day, with other top speakers currently being lined up for the day. The event takes place in the SNIAM Building (beside the Fitzgerald Building) from 12pm to 6pm on Saturday, November 24th. The exhibitions and demonstrations are free, and the lectures are €10 each, with a 20% discount for members. For booking details, please click HERE. 3. Public Lectures This Week The DIAS School of Theoretical Physics Statutory lecture takes place tonight in the Arts Block in UCD at 6pm. It is entitled Cosmic perspectives: from planets to the multiverse, and will be delivered by Professor Martin Rees, Astronomer Royal. Admission is free; for more details please see www.dias.ie. The Robinson Lecture will be held on Thursday, November 22nd, in The Armagh City Hotel, 2 Friary Road, Armagh. It will be delivered by Professor David Southwood of Imperial College London and is entitled To Mars, Titan and the Universe Beyond! Europe's Arrival on the Space Frontier. Admission is free but tickets must be prebooked: call +0028-3752-2928 or email ambn@arm.ac.uk. Astronomy Ireland The world's most popular astronomy club www.astronomy.ie ( subscribe / unsubscribe )