1. Mikey Graham, Boyzone, on AIRS Tuesday 21 October Tomorrow evening's special guest on The Astronomy Ireland Radio Show is Mikey Graham of Boyzone who joined Astronomy Ireland in 2005, one of the many public figures in Astronomy Ireland. The show is broadcast live at 8:00pm. Listen to it live or catch it later on www.astronomy.ie/AIRS or as a podcast. Mikey will be talking to Ben Emmett and Christy Creely about his interest in astronomy. 2. Astro-Expo 2008 Our 19th annual space and telescope exhibition takes place during Science Week on Saturday 8th November in the superb new Science Gallery at Trinity College Dublin. We will have incredible displays and a huge range of telescopes on display. There are also major Public Lectures organised already for the Science Gallery's incredible lecture theatre: Discovering Asteroids From Ireland (Dave McDonald, Ireland's only living asteroid discoverer), How China Will Beat America to the Moon (Brian Harvey, author) The Wrath of Ra! (by NASA scientist) Further details in a future email and on www.astronomy.ie/astroexpo08.html so make your travel plans now as this is the annual gathering of all our members and an event not to be missed. 3. Public Lecture and DVD Astronomy Ireland's November Public Lecture (and DVD) takes place on Monday 10 November in the Physics Building, Trinity College Dublin at 8pm. The talk is entitled "Smoking Stars" and will be given by Dr. Simon Jeffrey of Armagh Observatory. In this lecture he will be talking about his research and new findings and the giant leap forward in the last few years in our understanding of how stellar systems work. You can book tickets and the DVD HERE Astronomy Ireland The world's most popular astronomy club AND Ireland's Only Astronomy Magazine www.astronomy.ie Call Our Telescope Shop Tel (01) 847 0777 Mon-Sat ( subscribe / unsubscribe here )