Tullamore AS - Next Talk Mon March 1st

Hello everyone,

The next Tullamore Astronomical Society public meeting is on Monday next @8pm in the Order of Malta Training Room, Tanyard, Tullamore.

The esteemed Coca-Cola Monster, John Flannery (IAS) will host:

John Flannery, IAS - Fire In The Sky: The Mysterious Northern Lights

Observing will follow, weather permitting.

Check out the new www.tullamoreastronomy.com for more details!

Clear Skies,

Seanie.

John Flannery, IAS - Fire In The Sky: The Mysterious Northern Lights

Observing will follow, weather permitting.

And if the weather is bad sure you can just look at the Aurora slides again

(sorry couldnt resist!)

Cheers,
~Al

And if the weather is bad sure you can just look at the Aurora slides again

damn, I thought no-one from Dublin would notice . . . I might juggle the order, show them upsidedown, or reverse some slides and do a "do you know what constellation this is" -- ah, endless possibilities to keep the talk going on and on and on . . .

the main talk will actually be, "A Decade of Wonder" -- a sort of stroll through the astronomical highlights for Irish amateurs since the early 1990s. Most were naked-eye sights; various good returns of meteor showers, the very dark lunar eclipse of December 1992, comets Hyakutake and Hale-Bopp, and, yes, THOSE aurora!

the talk will also look at the highlights for 2004 for Irish astronomers including the Venus transit, two naked-eye comets, enhanced rates from the Perseids maybe, and two lunar eclipses being just a few.

if I show aurora slides for more than an hour then you have my permission to escort me from the building

best,

John Flannery,
SDAS

And if the weather is bad sure you can just look at the Aurora slides again

Hey! I liked the Aurora slides!

But then I've only seen them once

Now folks, the rest haven't seen John give his talk yet, so please don't scare us all down here in Tullamore! :lol:

Seanie.