20 Months Membership Offer <http://www.astronomy.ie/20anniversary.php> Christmas Gifts <http://astronomy.ie/gift/> DVDs <http://www.astronomy.ie/lectureDVD.php> Shop <http://astronomy.ie/shop/> 1. New Year Lecture On Monday, January 10th Professor David Southwood, Director of Science and Robotics at ESA, will talk about all the current missions that the European Space Agency is involved in and their progress thus far, in Astronomy Ireland <http://www.astronomy.ie/lecture201101.php> 's New Year Lecture. Professor Southwood will talk about the Aurora Programme for the exploration of the Solar System and Exomars and the intention to bring back samples or rock, etc to earth for the first time. Guests will also be given an insight into the path that ESA and the Irish Space Agency will follow in the quest to discover life outside our own planet in the Solar System and beyond. The lecture takes place in the Ed Burke Theatre (Arts Building), Trinity College Dublin, on Monday, January 10th. Tickets cost 7euro (5euro member's rate) and there is a DVD available for anyone who cannot make it to the talk on the night. After the lecture there will be a party in The Lombard. All our welcome to attend and you will have the opportunity to chat with Professor Southwood, other guests, and Astronomy Ireland staff and volunteers. BOOK TICKETS <https://astro1.securesites.com/sub/201101lectickets.htm> ORDER DVD <http://www.astronomy.ie/lectureDVD.php> 2. Solar Eclipse This morning, January 4th, a group of observers, the general public, and members and staff of Astronomy Ireland gathered in Howth to watch as the Sun rose over the eastern horizon, partially obscured by the Moon. The sun appeared from behind cloud at 8:50am, just minutes after sunrise, and remained visible for 15 minutes. This partial solar eclipse was the last eclipse that will be seen from Ireland for the next four years, and immediately proved to be one of the highlights of 2011. Click HERE <http://www.astronomy.ie/eclipse012011.php> to see images of this spectacular event. Click HERE <http://www.astronomy.ie/eclipse012011.php> to listen to radio interviews and news clips. 3. T.V. Show Astronomy Ireland's David Moore <http://astronomy.ie/dmbio.html> will appear on our fortnightly show on TV3's The Morning Show on this Thursday, January 6th. Tune in to TV3 this Thursday to see the feature. Don't worry, if you miss it this Thursday it will be available to view on our website <http://astronomy.ie/mediaarchive.php> soon after. 4. Brian Cox On BBC Two tonight at 8pm, Professor Brian Cox and Dara O'Briain will host the second of three live episodes of Stargazing Live. In tonight's programme they will look at images of the partial solar eclipse and investigate how stars are born. For more information click HERE <http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00xcp9g> for the BBC webpage. Astronomy Ireland <http://www.astronomy.ie/> The world's most popular Astronomy Club www.astronomy.ie (subscribe/unsubscribe <http://lists.redbrick.dcu.ie/mailman/listinfo/astronomy> )