2011 Events Membership DVD Shop
1. Star-B-Q 2011 - €10 Off This Month Only
Star-B-Q 2011, promises to be our biggest ever with an exciting night of guest speakers, an array of telescopes to look through, junior section for children, evening entertainment, and Astronomy Ireland Shop displays. All of this is included in the price of your ticket, as well as food and refreshments.
EARLY BIRD SPECIAL OFFER
Book before July 27th to receive 10euro off each adult ticket purchased.
Full price tickets cost 39euro (adults) or 29euro (U16). Family and group rates are available on request.
For more information about Star-B-Q 2011 click HERE or call us on (01) 847 0777.
2. The Norwegian Astronomy Voyage
Astronomy Ireland are running a special trip in called The Norwegian Astronomy Voyage: A Northern Lights Cruise. The voyage will take place over six nights (plus one night in Oslo) from January 20th, 2012, giving you an amazing experience of a spectacular place on Earth, where you will experience the beauty of the aurorae.
For more information or to book your place, click HERE. Alternatively, you can call Project Travel at (01) 210 8391.
3. It’s Moon Watching Time!
The best time to view the Moon this month will be over the next few days with the day/night line (the terminator) picking out massive craters, mountains and valleys. Through a telescope the Moon is one of the most incredible sights in the sky and is often overlooked by a lot of astronomers. The sights with even a small telescope can be incredible and when you move up to higher magnification you will be astounded at the level of detail that is available. The staff in the Astronomy Ireland Shop are all enthusiasts themselves and are on hand 6 days a week with expert advice.
Whether it’s an upgrade or you are looking for advice on what your new telescope is going to be, call us on (01) 847 0777 or email at sales@astronomy.ie for all the help you need.
Our Summer Sale is our biggest ever and we have deals that are simply too good to pass up! Check out astronomy.ie/shop for more info.
4. Michael West Lecture Series in Astronomy
The Astrophysics Research Centre of Queen's University Belfast presents a lecture, "SuperMassive Black Holes" as part of the 2011 Michael West Lecture Series in Astronomy. This talk will be held on Friday 22nd July in the Department of Physics and Astronomy. It will be given by Professor Reinhard Genzel, Director of the Max-Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics. Professor Genzel is an international expert on investigating black holes that weigh millions of times more than our Sun.
The talk will take place in the Larmor Lecture Theatre in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Queen's. Attendance at the talk is free of charge, but seats must be booked either by phone at 028 9097 3202, or by visiting the website http://tinyurl.com/MichaelWestLectures and registering there.
5. Astronomy Tips
· Tomorrow (Friday) sees this month's Full Moon, known as the Thunder Moon, after the storms that often take place during the summer months.
· In the northern skies around midnight with a clear sky you may get to see very high altitude clouds called noctilucent clouds (NLCs). These clouds are so thin that they are invisible in daytime, and can only be seen when they are illuminated by the Sun from below the horizon. They as wispy veils in the night sky, glowing an electric blue colour.
· For anyone getting up (or still awake!) in the early mornings, Mars is located to the left of Aldebaran as they rise around 3am. Both are located in the northeast part of the sky.
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