Christmas Gifts <http://www.astronomy.ie/gifts> Membership <http://www.astronomy.ie/sub/index.html> DVD <http://www.astronomy.ie/lectureDVD.php> 1. Exhibits Wanted for Our 24th Annual Exhibition “Astro-Expo” We are finalising the details of our annual Astro-Expo, which will take pace this year in Dublin on Saturday November 16th noon-6pm. We are appealing to our more advanced members, anyone with a telescope, cameras, or any other equipment of an astronomical nature to bring them along to show to particularly our newer members. If you would like to get involved and exhibit your work (photography, artwork, and anything else you can think of) at the event, please let us know by emailing sec@astronomy.ie In the past we’ve had all kinds of exhibitions at our events, including rocks and minerals, amateur rockets, artwork and photography, physics experiments, and more! So, everyone should make a note of the date, Saturday November 16th noon to 6pm, TCD. This is our 24th annual exhibition so please make an effort to bring along your equipment, photos, etc. and share the enthusiasm with other space enthusiasts. It will be one of our two main highlights for National Science Week <http://www.scienceweek.ie/> (Nov. 10-17) ! 2. SCIENCE WEEK Public Lecture: DARK MATTER For national science week we are also flying in a special speaker from the U.K. who is an expert on the elusive Dark Matter which we now know makes up the vast majority of the physical universe. All around us we can see matter. It’s the stuff we see in our own bodies, buildings, clouds, the oceans, planets, stars, and galaxies. But this is only a fraction of what really makes up the Universe. Dark matter, which makes up about 80% of all matter in the Universe, was first proposed in 1933, but does not give off any light of its own, rendering it invisible. The means that we can really only detect it by how it affects light and nearby ‘normal’ matter. Astronomers realised that dark matter must exist when they realised that galaxies were too massive to be accounted for by only visible matter. This month’s Public Lecture will be delivered by an international speaker, Dr Mark Wilson, who will explain the concept of this mysterious material and how modern astronomy is exploring dark matter. The lecture takes place in Trinity College Dublin on November 11th at 8pm and is sure to be very popular given the subject matter and the fact that it is Science Week. To book tickets or order DVDs, please click HERE <http://www.astronomy.ie/lecture201311.php> . All welcome, so bring family and friends and celebrate the start of Science Week with us. 3. BBC’s The Sky at Night Moore Moon Marathon: The team join astronomers on Blackheath to watch a lunar eclipse, find out how everyone got on in the Moore Moon Marathon and discuss the future moon missions. TSAN NOVEMBER 2013 Mon Nov. 04 at 12:30am BBC 1 Northern Ireland Mon Nov. 04 at 12:30am BBC One HD Thu Nov. 07 at 07:30pm BBC FOUR Fri Nov. 08 at 01:05am BBC FOUR Sat Nov. 09 at 09:05am BBC 2 Northern Ireland Sat Nov. 09 at 09:05am BBC Two HD Sun Nov. 10 at 01:20am BBC FOUR Note that the BBC1 and BBC2 programmes are shorter versions (20 minutes). Try to watch BBC FOUR transmissions (30 minutes) All of the Sky At Night team have now given public lectures to Astronomy Ireland, all of which you can get on DVD by post at www.astronomy.ie/dvd Astronomy Ireland The world's most popular astronomy club www.astronomy.ie ( subscribe / unsubscribe <http://lists.redbrick.dcu.ie/mailman/listinfo/astronomy> ) _____ No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.3426 / Virus Database: 3222/6799 - Release Date: 11/01/13