Earth Hour Public Star Party by Dublin Sidewalk Astronomers

Hi,

A Public Star Party of the Dublin Sidewalk Astronomers of the IAS takes place on Saturday 29th March 2008 near Sandymount Martello Tower, Dublin 4 at 8pm.

All welcome, no charge. See www.irishastrosoc.org for more details and a poster.

This celebrates and avails of Earth Hour. See www.earthhour.org

John
IAS

This Saturday weather permitting of course

Deirdre Kelleghan
www.deirdrekelleghan.com/
Oscail do Shuile D'iontas na Cruinne
Open Your Eyes to the Wonder of the Universe

John/Deirdre - any chance of directions?

Hi,

Location of IAS Public Star Party site at Sandymount, Dublin 4
(8pm sat 29-3-08).

See map at:
homepage.eircom.net/~irishas/outreach/tower.jpg

We are in the car park just to the south of the Martello Tower.

As can be seen its within easy walking distance of Sydney Parade DART Station.

By road going out from Dublin City Centre on Merrion Rd, turn left at Ailesbury Rd and hence onto Sydney Parade Avenue, keep going across the level crossing until you meet the seafront and Martello Tower at the end.

By road (into Dublin) from Dun Laoghaire, just turn right at Merrion Gates and continue along Strand Rd until you meet the Martello Tower.

By the M50 from the west, leave at Leopardstown and onto Leopardstown Rd. When you reach the Bray Rd turn left (heading into Dublin), continue pass the Stillorgan By-Pass and then turn right down Merrion Ave. At the end of Merrion Ave turn left onto Rock Rd (heading into Dublin). Then turn right at Merrion Gates (level crossing) and continue along Strand Rd until you meet the Martello Tower.

see you there,
John
IAS

I asked the Dublin Earth Hour organizers whether they can post details of any other events on their website. They requested photos of any events tonight so they can post it:

On Mar 29, 2008, at 1:56 PM, EarthHour_Ireland wrote:

Hi

Could you arrange for any photos of this event to be sent by 10pm
tonight, so that we can feed this in to web coverage
thanks

I don't think we'll make it to Sandymont but if it's clear, look for me on Sonesta green near the Malahide estuary (Darkish now but might soon have lighted car park for the Dart!) Anyone with a good view of the Dublin skyline should publish before and after photos so we can do a blink comparison and see how many people participated. (Spectrograph to catch those in violation of the proposed incandescent ban is optional

Hi,

Location of IAS Public Star Party site at Sandymount, Dublin 4
(8pm sat 29-3-08).

See map at:
homepage.eircom.net/~irishas/outreach/tower.jpg

We are in the car park just to the south of the Martello Tower.

As can be seen its within easy walking distance of Sydney Parade DART Station.

By road going out from Dublin City Centre on Merrion Rd, turn left at Ailesbury Rd and hence onto Sydney Parade Avenue, keep going across the level crossing until you meet the seafront and Martello Tower at the end.

By road (into Dublin) from Dun Laoghaire, just turn right at Merrion Gates and continue along Strand Rd until you meet the Martello Tower.

By the M50 from the west, leave at Leopardstown and onto Leopardstown Rd. When you reach the Bray Rd turn left (heading into Dublin), continue pass the Stillorgan By-Pass and then turn right down Merrion Ave. At the end of Merrion Ave turn left onto Rock Rd (heading into Dublin). Then turn right at Merrion Gates (level crossing) and continue along Strand Rd until you meet the Martello Tower.

see you there,
John
IAS

Go figure... a great opportunity to get astronomy noticed some more, especially in urban areas, and the weather has to go and feck it all up... getting lightning down here this afternoon and evening.

Seanie.