20 Months Membership Offer <http://www.astronomy.ie/20anniversary.php> 2010 Events <http://www.astronomy.ie/Events2010.php> DVDs <http://www.astronomy.ie/lectureDVD.php> Shop <http://astronomy.ie/shop/> 1. Public Lecture ‘The Universe’ As a highlight of Science Week, Ireland's best-known astronomer and Chairman of Astronomy Ireland David Moore <http://www.astronomy.ie/dmbio.html> will explain origins of time and space in an amazing talk on "The Universe” on Thursday night, November 11th, at 8pm, in the Fitzgerald Building in Trinity College Dublin. As a highlight of Science Week 2010 <http://www.astronomy.ie/scienceweek/> , guests will get to learn about everything they ever wanted to know about the Universe: * Astronomy was invented in Ireland * There is a Lisdoonvarna in space * The entire Universe was once crammed into a volume smaller than a pinhead * There is a meteorite called Oileán Ruaidh on Mars * The Universe will eventually die - find out how! The lecture takes place in the Fitzgerald (Physics) Building <http://www.tcd.ie/Maps/map.php> , Trinity College Dublin, tonight, Thursday, November 11. <https://astro1.securesites.com/sub/201009lectickets.htm> Tickets cost 7euro (5euro member’s rate) and there is a <http://www.astronomy.ie/lectureDVD.php> 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 <http://www.thesmithgroup.ie/thelombard/index.html> . All our welcome to attend and you will have the opportunity to chat with David Moore, other guests, and Astronomy Ireland staff and volunteers. BOOK TICKETS <https://astro1.securesites.com/sub/201011blectickets.htm> ORDER DVD <http://www.astronomy.ie/lectureDVD.php> 2. Science Week Watches Astronomy Ireland have been hosting Nationwide Jupiter Watches as part of our Science Week celebrations. The main target of these watches is the planet Jupiter which is an amazing sight in a good quality telescope. Ideal for beginners (experts welcome too!). We encourage everyone to come along with friends and family to these free events and see Jupiter through some of Ireland's most powerful telescopes. There will be Watches Thursday, November 11 at 6pm in Dublin <http://www.astronomy.ie/jupiterwatchesNov10.php> (6pm-7pm) There will be Watches Friday, November 12 in Carlow <http://www.astronomy.ie/jupiterwatchesNov10.php> and Waterford <http://www.astronomy.ie/jupiterwatchesNov10.php> (8pm-9pm) For more information and to check the exact locations click HERE <http://www.astronomy.ie/jupiterwatchesNov10.php> . Please note: Dublin Watches will take place at the Astronomy Ireland offices <http://astronomy.ie/map/index.php> in Artane from 6pm. More locations will be added over the coming week, please keep checking our website www.astronomy.ie/scienceweek for more information. Please note Watches will go ahead regardless of weather. 3. Astro-Expo Rocket Display The Irish Rocketry Society will show off some high-power amateur rockets that can blast off faster than the speed of sound at year's Astro-Expo. The Astro-Expo, which takes place in Trinity College Dublin this Saturday from 12pm to 6pm, is Ireland's biggest and best-known telescope and astronomy exhibition. Some of Ireland's most powerful portable telescopes will be on display and everyone is invited to come along to get a demonstration on how these instruments work. There will be some amazing talks on the day, including: 1:00pm - ‘Irish Radio Astronomy’ By Peter Gallagher, Trinity College Dublin 2:30pm - ‘Cosmology – Everything from Nothing’ By Carlos S Frenk, University of Durham 4:30pm - ‘Ireland’s First Supernova’ By David Grennan, member of Astronomy Ireland Entry to the exhibition is free, and tickets to the talk are 10euro each (8euro member’s rate), or 25euro (20euro member’s rate) for all three. Tickets can be booked online at www.astronomy.ie. The talks will also be recorded on DVD for those who can't make it on the day. BOOK TICKETS <http://www.astronomy.ie/astroexpo10.php> ORDER DVD <http://www.astronomy.ie/lectureDVD.php> 4. ‘Will the World End in 2012?’ RIA Public Lecture Professor Jocelyn Bell Burnell, Oxford University Astrophysics will give the Royal Irish Academy Astronomy Lecture for Science Week 2010, in this talk Professor Bell Burnell will discuss such topics as What's all this about the end of the world in 2012? Just what is meant to happen, and how likely is it to happen? This talk examines the threats from space and explains how much truth there is in the suggestions that killer asteroids, lethal solar flares or the black hole at the centre of the Milky Way (for example) could cause the end of the Earth. This talk will take place on Friday 12 November 2010, at 7pm in the Burke Theatre, Trinity College. Admission is free but booking is essential. 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