LECTURES "The Shape of the Universe" Lecture on Feb. 2 (Thu) at 5:10pm Trinity College Dublin (MacNeill Theatre, Hamilton Building) Prof. J.-P. Luminet (CNRS) http://www.stp.dias.ie/events/2006/SPL06poster.pdf The 2006 Tyndall Lecture will be given by Dr Karen Bultitude and Dr Laura Grant "Our Planet - Our Future" Dates & venues: Feb. 2 at UCC, Cork (12noon and 2pm) Feb. 3 at NUIG, Galway (2pm and 4pm) http://ireland.iop.org/program.html TELEVISION / A.I. Radio Show Feb. 2 (Thu) 9.00pm Channel 4: Challenger - countdown to disaster. Feb. 5/6 (Sun nite) 1am-1:45am The Sky At Night: "On Top of the World - Observatories on Hawaii". Repeated Monday Feb. 6 at 7pm. - 8pm. BBC4 (extra 15mins) and again Sunday 12 Feb. BBC 2 Listen to Pat Kenny on RTE Radio 1 this week and hear A.I. Chairman David Moore talking about our Evening Classes and Eclipse Trip! A.I.Radio Show now online at www.astronomy.ie/radioshow.html Every Sunday around 9am "Leo's Space Odyssey" (see page 45 of our February A&S magazine) Did anyone record (tape or DVD) last Sunday's show as we missed it!? EVENING CLASSES Our ever popular Astronomy Evening Classes for beginners start next Wednesday February 8th. 10 two hour classes will teach you everything you need to know to get you started on learning about our fascinating universe. Rates are roughly HALF THE PRICE some of the colleges charge for similar classes: only 80euro for members and 120euro for non-members(but that includes the 40euro annual sub to our magazine!) Book online now at www.astronomy.ie/eveningclass.html Bring a friend! SHOP Sunday opening and Late Nite opening Thursday and Friday until 9pm. Drop in for special demos of the latest scopes just in from Celestron on Thursday and Friday Evening 6pm-9pm or Sunday from noon to 6pm! www.astronomy.ie/shop.html ECLIPSE TRIP - BIGGEST EVER! Over 100 people have booked for our holiday of a lifetime to see the Total Eclipse of the Sun on March 29 from our 4 star hotel in Turkey. The March issue of our magazine will feature what to see and do as the cover story. Public Lectures coming soon. The trip is open to EVERYONE and you can book online now at www.astronomy.ie/turkeyeclipse.html This is now the BIGGEST event Astronomy Ireland has EVER organised and rightly so as this is the astronomical event of the decade and won't be bested until 2017! Tel (01) 847 0777 Mon-Sun up to 6pm (9pm Thu & Fri) www.astronomy.ie info@astronomy.ie