Astronomy Ireland Honorary Life Member SIR PATRICK MOORE presents his monthly television programme: "The Sky at Night" tonight at 1:30am (technically Monday Sept. 8 at 1:30am) on BBC 1 TV. It will be repeated at 12:00pm (noon) on Saturday Sept. 13 on BBC 2 TV In this month's episode Patrick Moore talks to Professor Carlos Frank about galaxy formation and the universe's birth. Plus the latest Mars pictures. For more details and to watch the show online: http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/spaceguide/skyatnight/proginfo.shtml P.S. Don't forget our Public Lectures in Dublin and Cork this week: A.I. DUBLIN BRANCH: Mon. 8 Sept: Dublin City University First Flight 100th Anniversary Lecture: "Future Trends in Rocket Engines" by Martin Houston who launched Ireland's first rocket. 8pm in Henry Grattan Building, Dublin City University http://www.astronomy.ie/nextlecture.html (Most AI members live outside Dublin so this talk will be available online a few days later on the "Lecture Webcasts" page at www.astronomy.ie ) AI CORK BRANCH: Wed. 10 Sept. Jury's Hotel (Western Road) "Creationist Cosmology" by Mark Sweetnam, Director of Schull Planetarium 8pm in Fastnet Room, Jury's Hotel on the Western Rd. ===== David Moore BSc FRAS, Chairman, Astronomy Ireland, P.O.Box 2888, Dublin 5. Editor, "Astronomy & Space" magazine. ASTRONOMY SHOP: open until 6pm Mon.-Sat. Tel (01) 847 0777. Fax (01) 847 0771. WWW: http://www.astronomy.ie Email: info@astronomy.ie P.S. EVENING CLASSES Our astronomy evening classes aimed at beginners start on Thurs. Oct. 2, but you must book in advance see our website or click here: http://www.astronomy.ie/eveningclass.html