1. SHOP OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK, AND LATE NIGHTS Due to popular demand our Astronomy Shop in Dublin (FREE delivery nationwide) is now open 7 days a week and late night Thursday and Friday. Opening hours are now: 09:00 - 18:00 Monday to Wednesday 09:00 - 21:00 Thursday and Friday 10:00 - 18:00 Saturday 12:00 - 18:00 Sunday *** PLEASE MAKE A NOTE OF THESE TIMES *** No matter where you live in Ireland/U.K. you can call the Shop staff on (01) 847 0777 for advice and to place orders (FREE delivery on telescopes). Please make use of this service and forward details to anyone you think may be interested. It is the *biggest* telescope shop in Ireland (one of the biggest in Europe too), and the *only* dedicated astronomy shop in the country. Proceeds from sales in the Shop help to keep our magazine and society running so please shop with us - we can match or beat any price you see elsewhere. 2. PAT KENNY INTERVIEWS Both of our New Year Lecture speakers were interviewed by Pat Kenny on RTE Radio 1 last week. If you missed the interviews you can hear them online now. Paste the following links in to Real Player and 'seek' to the time given below each link: Jan 9 Colm J. Cannon on the Space Shuttle Disaster 20th & 3rd Anniversary. Link: rtsp://streaming2.rte.ie/2006/0109/09012006rte-todaywithpatkenny.rm Seek to: 1 hour 47 minutes 4 seconds Jan 12 Simon Singh on The Big Bang Story. Link: rtsp://streaming2.rte.ie/2006/0112/12012006rte-todaywithpatkenny.rm Seek to: 0 hours 39 minutes 10 seconds You can order Colm's New Year Lecture at www.astronomy.ie and click on "Lecture DVDs" (a preview should be available later tonight if you click "Lecture Webcasts" also). 3. ECLIPSE TRIP Due to couriers 'loosing' our February magazine last week (you should get it in the post by the end of this week!) we have extended the deadline for booking places on our Eclipse Trip from Jan. 16 to Jan. 30. Details and bookings at: www.astronomy.ie/turkeyeclipse.html (by the way, some of you have asked about the Bird Flu situation but rest assured the World Health Organisation does not see travel to Turkey as a problem as long simple precautions are observed - so it will not affect the Eclipse Trip at all) Note we are tying up a deal with a media partner shortly and the price will then rise substantially soon so please book early as once this Trip of a Lifetime is advertised to the general public the aircraft we have chartered is sure to fill up and we may not be able to charter further large aircraft. This is the biggest event we have ever organised and it should be by far the most spectacular so don't miss it - our next will be 2017! Call our at (01) 847 0777 to book (see new opening hours above) or visit www.astronomy.ie/turkeyeclipse.html 4. ALCHEMIST CAFE EVENT We received the following from Belinda Grehan at The Alchemist Cafe, Dublin (Tel 086-3405834) ************************************************************** "Cosmic Rays and Space Travellers: A Safe Combination?" Date: Wednesday 25th January Place: The Central Hotel, Exchequer Street-off Georges St (see map on website) Time: 7.45pm Astrophysicist Professor Denis O'Sullivan of the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies will be discussing his space experiments for NASA studying levels of cosmic radiation experienced by astronauts-an evening not to be missed! Admission: Free-All Welcome! Complimentary Food will be provided Further Information At: www.alchemistcafe.cjb.net ************************************************************** Astronomy Ireland: www.astronomy.ie Tel (01) 847 0777 now 7 days a week and late night opening Thursday & Friday til 9pm.