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INTERNATIONAL SIDEWALK NIGHTPublic Stargazing at Sanymount, Dublin 4Saturday 12th April 2008From 8.00pm till 10.00pm,at the Martello Tower Car Park (south side), Strand Rd, Sandymount, Dublin 4. See Location Map. No Charge. Sky watchers of the Irish Astronomical Society invite you to join them at the location and time mentioned above (provided that the skies are reasonably clear). A number of quality telescopes will be available for viewing the wonders of the heavens. The Glorious Ringed planet Saturn will be star of the show. Also on view will be the Craters of the Moon and coloured Double Stars. Wrap up well as it can still get cold on a April Evening.
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A happy group of members taking a rest after a night of sharing the stars at Sandymount, Dublin 4. Pictured (left to right) are Deirdre Kelleghan,
Robin Moore, John Murphy, Val Dunne and Patricia Carroll. Also a considerable sum was donated to UNICEF. All of this
despite the indifferent weather.
At ALCON in Arligton, Texas, USA, J. Kelly Beatty, Executive Editor of Sky & Telescope presents IAS President Deirdre Kelleghan
with the Honourable Mention Certificate for the IAS at the Astronomy Day 2006 Awards night dinner.
Award from the Astronomical League in the USA for the Society, for IAS Public Star Party "Sun, Moon & Stars for Chernobyl" on 5th & 6th May 2006 at Sandymount seafront, Dublin.
Also read a letter of thank you from Adi Roche.
They are free of charge.
Below is a photo from our recent event in Ballycullen, Dublin.
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Kicked of by Deirdre Kelleghan and Val Dunne on Thursday July 20th 2006 in the TLC Care Centre in
Northwood, Santry, Dublin.
Introducing Our Solar System was presented to 20 spirited folk (at right) and their nurses at this very comfortable care home. The men and women of TLC enjoyed a presentation that took them from the beginning of time and space through our solar system, visiting planets old and new with the latest images provided by the many robot explorers on missions of discovery.
The following are just some of the places we have been to since then:
November 8th 2006 in St Peter's National School, Greenhills, Walkinstown, Dublin 12. Two classes - 5th and 6th - with 50 children aged between 9-12 attended.
On 27th November 2006 a talk was given to St Andrews College Junior School in Blackrock, Co Dublin.
On February 9th 2007 some 200 children and their teachers enjoyed an presentation by Deirdre Kelleghan on Cassini and the Solar System and the Saturn Observation
Campaign. Posters, solar system sets and bookmarks were given to the teachers and pupils. Shown here is pupil Omar (at right) and his
wonderful drawings of Saturn. Castleknock Educate Together School in Dublin.
Attached photo (at top right) is of the 51st Bray Cub Scouts and their leaders in their Den at Bray Harbour, Co Wicklow. Deirdre Kelleghan did a solar system presentation with emphasis on our sun, plus a first showing of the film Cosmic Collisions as part of International Heliophysical Year connected with Sun-Earth Day 2007.
A talk on the Solar System plus showing of Cosmic Collisions with 3-D Sun image from the STEREO satellite for 50 children and their minders at Kimmage Manor, Dublin 12 was given by Deirdre on July 3rd 2007.
Deirdre continued to do outreach to over 450 children and adults in Summer Projects in Dublin city centre and surrounding areas during July 2007. Dylan Lyons and David Flynn (below) enjoy a 3-D view of the sun in Hydrogen-Alpha at the Bridgefoot St., Dublin Summer Project.
If you would like our team to give you a presentation just e-mail us at
ias1937@hotmail.com for details.
(photos by Deirdre Kelleghan)
