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Please send your remittance to:
The Hon. Treasurer
Irish Astronomical Society
P.O. Box 2547
Dublin 14
New members are also welcome.
Ashley Haberland (age 10), a student of Saint Andrews Junior College in Blackrock, Co Dublin has won one of the prizes in the European Southern Observatory's Catch a Star 2008 Competition.
She did a beautiful water-colour painting of a nebula. Ashely's work was judged by astronomical artist Gary Harwood, a member of The International Association of Astronomical Artists.
Saint Andrews is affiliated to the IAS. Well done Ashley!
If you are a secondary school teacher you may be fascinated to know that the IFI The Irish Film Institute are running a series of screenings around Ireland as part of their educational schedule. Contact details.
These screenings, which are country wide, are targeted toward leaving cert history students. The Apollo Programme is on the leaving cert paper, seeing this film would help students understand the achievements of these wonderful people in an historical context.
Check out the list of venues and check with the IFI to see if there are places available,indeed if there are any left at this time. It seems to be well booked by schools already. If you can not get connected with IFI this time around make sure to get on their mailing list for future educational events.
Our Annual Sky-High 2008 guide to the sky for 2008 is available.
Non-members may purchase it directly from us or from Eason's, O'Connell St., Dublin 1. (Members get
it as a benefit of membership)
Recently we celebrated our 70th Anniversary. The Society was founded on the 5th October 1937.
An extensive history of the Society and Irish Astronomy
entitled Irish Astronomical Society - A History 1937-2006 has been published privately
by James O'Connor. See details including an review and information on how
to purchase a copy (directly from the author).
Society Visit to Newgrange
Saturday March 3rd 2007 was a beautiful spring day, many of us had not been to Newgrange for years. The visitors centre was outstanding, our guide from Duchas made it a very special visit by her passionate interest in this ancient sacred place.
Standing within the passage tomb, there was a marked stillness and we all came away with huge respect and admiration for our neolithic ancestors. A profound place for astronomers to visit, we were all keen to get back home to set ourselves up for the total lunar eclipse later on that evening.
We are making plans to return to the Boyne Valley and visit Knowth and Dowth, perhaps after Easter.
In the photo (courtesy Deirdre Kelleghan) left to right is: John O'Neill, Deirdre Kelleghan, Catherine Chambers, Patricia Carroll, Elizabeth Caird, Tom Cormack and Carmel Cormack.
The Lindsay Centennial Symposium took place in Armagh on 26th January 2007 to honour Dr Eric Lindsay (1907-1974)
who was a pivotal Director of Armagh Observatory (1937-1974) and founder of Armagh Planetarium (1968).
IAS (Honorary) Members Dr Maire Brück and James O'Connor, in separate talks, spoke on the early days of the IAS from the 1930s to the 1950s.
(photo by J.O'Neill)
This discussion forum is for members to ask questions and exchange information on all things astronomical. It's also a way for remote members to keep in touch with the home front and keep up with the latest society news.
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