Spring Sale DVD Membership Shop 1. The Mad Hatter's Tea Party We've been given a free stand at the above event in Phoenix Park this Easter Saturday from noon to 4pm and we are looking for volunteers to help us hand out information leaflets. See www.phoenixpark.ie for more information. Sorry for the short notice but we really do need your help if you can spare a few hours! If you can help out, please reply to this email or call us on (01) 890 11 11 2. Astronomy Ireland on National Radio In the biggest media interview of the past seven years David Moore spoke on RTE's top rating radio show Today With Pat Kenny for 20 minutes about everything under the Sun and beyond! Listen to the interview at www.astronomy.ie/audio and check the April 3rd entry (PS: Listen to the previous major interview with Pat Kenny on February 1st, 2005) 3. Mars Watch Next Week Following huge crowds at the Dublin Mars Watch last week, we are holding a second Mars Watch while Mars is still close to earth, this time at the Astronomy Ireland Shop in Airside Enterprise Centre (view a map here). The event will begin at 8:30pm on Wednesday next, April 11th. For more information, click HERE. 4. Public Lecture: "Telescopes for the 21st Century" If you haven't yet booked your place on the trip to Beijing to see the Transit of Venus in June, the deadline for bookings has been extended to Wednesday, April 11th. Get the full itinerary and booking forms HERE. 5. Trip to Beijing A huge revolution in telescopes is coming, with giant instruments such as the European Extremely Large Telescope both already funded and on the drawing board. Professor Michael Merrifield will explain what kinds of telescopes we can expect to be built over the coming decades at the April Public Lecture on Monday, April 16th at 8pm in Trinity College Dublin. For more information, ticket bookings, and DVD orders, click HERE. 6. Sun Show on Saturday Each Saturday from 1pm we will hold a Sun Show at the Astronomy Ireland Shop, allowing the general public to view the Sun in safety to see magnificent solar flares and planet-sized sunspots. Get more information on the Sun Shows HERE. Astronomy Ireland The world's most popular Astronomy Club www.astronomy.ie ( subscribe / unsubscribe )