Special Christmas Offer Events DVDs Shop 1. Christmas Telescope Demonstrations at A.I. Shop The Great Red Spot on Jupiter was seen at this evening's Christmas Telescope Watch, making it a huge success! Tomorrow, from 5-6pm, two of the moons of Jupiter will pass in front of each other, and Astronomy Ireland will set up telescopes again to witness this amazing event! Further telescope demonstrations will take place each Friday and Saturday until Christmas, at the Astronomy Ireland Shop in Butterly Business Park, Artane, Dublin 5 (see www.astronomy.ie/map for directions) in the HUGE free carpark. Come along with friends and family, and see Jupiter and the Moon through some of Ireland's most powerful telescopes. Staff will be on hand to answer questions, give demonstrations, and offer expert advice on telescopes for Christmas. For more information call the shop on (01) 847 0777 or email sales@astronomy.ie. There will be a FREE Hubble DVD available to everyone who comes! 2. "The World's Biggest Telescopes" - Christmas Lecture, December 14 a.. Did you know that Europe is building the world's biggest telescope - twice as big as anything the US astronomers plan to build? b.. Did you know that the man in charge - the most important astronomer in the world - is coming to Ireland to give Astronomy Ireland's Christmas Lecture? Tim de Zeeuw, Director General of the European Southern Observatory, will talk about his amazing telescope facilities - the envy of scientists worldwide - which are famous for being the best skywatching machines in the world. These telescopes have discovered supermassive black holes, Earth-like planets, and the most distant explosions in the Universe. This amazing lecture will take place in Trinity College Dublin, on December 14, at 8pm. In the event that you can't come along, you can get it on DVD. BOOK NOW ORDER DVD 3. Christmas Gifts from Astronomy Ireland It's the time of year again to start thinking about Christmas presents, and what better gift to give someone than a membership to Astronomy Ireland, the gift that keeps on giving? This year, 2009, marks the UN declared International Year of Astronomy (IYA) and to celebrate this Astronomy Ireland are running a special offer on membership - giving you 15 months for the price of 12. That's THREE FREE MAGAZINES for a friend or family member when you give them a gift membership for Christmas. For more information click HERE. Why not give a little extra, and include a season lecture ticket along with their gift membership? For only ?100 your loved one will not only get Astronomy & Space delivered to their door each month, but will get a special ticket for entry to all of our monthly lectures, or a DVD of each of the lectures. Remember, as it's the International Year of Astronomy, that means that your friend will get 15 magazines and 15 lectures or DVDs! To buy a season ticket with membership, click HERE. Give someone a gift that will last 15 months - sign up at www.astronomy.ie/gift Astronomy Ireland The world's most popular Astronomy Club www.astronomy.ie ( subscribe / unsubscribe ) Our Online Telescope Shop or Tel (01) 847 0777 Mon-Sat