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From: TerryMoselaol.com
Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2005 13:19:11 EDT
Subject: Observing tonight: good forecast!
Hi all,
Don't forget the two IAA events tonight & on Saturday night, as follows:
"Spring Moon & Planets at Castle Espie & Carnfunnock"
Come and see the 'highlights of the evening sky' at the Wildfowl & Wetlands
Trust, Castle Espie, near Comber, Co Down, on Friday 15 April, and again on
Saturday 16 April at Carnfunnock Country Park, Drains Bay, North of Larne, Co
Antrim, through the powerful telescopes and binoculars of the Irish Astronomical
Association.
If the sky is clear, this is what lies in store: Saturn, the most beautiful
sight in the night sky, will be perfectly placed for viewing. See its
magnificent Rings, and its largest, puzzling & fascinating moon Titan, recently visited
by the Huyghens space craft.
Later, we'll see giant Jupiter, the largest planet in the Solar System, big
enough to hold over 1,000 Earths! Also its four largest Moons, discovered by
Galileo about 300 years ago.
Among the stellar jewels on display will be the beautiful Pleiades, or Seven
Sisters, in Taurus. See how many you can count in high-power binoculars or a
telescope - not just seven, but maybe seventy, or more!
Not far away is Orion, the Mighty Hunter, the most magnificent constellation
in the entire sky. See the brilliant white star Rigel, which is 50,000 times
brighter than our Sun. And giant Red Betelgeuse, a star so big that if placed
where our Sun is, it would engulf not just Mercury, and Venus, and Earth, but
almost the next planet, Mars, as well! Below the three stars forming Orion's
Belt, you can see the Orion Nebula, a gigantic cloud of gas and dust where stars
like our Sun are being formed right now!
See the amazing Andromeda Galaxy, the big brother of our own Milky Way
galaxy: a vast horde of two hundred thousand million stars, at the incredible
distance of about 14 million million million miles!
Much closer to home, we'll have a spectacular First Quarter Moon: an
incredible sight in a good telescope, with hundreds of gigantic craters, mountains,
valleys, and giant plains.
We'll also have superb star shows in a mobile planetarium, telescopes on
display, talks about the universe and the night sky, an exhibition of amazing
photos of the wonders of the sky, a collection of meteorites from space, and you
can meet the Ulsterman who has been in zero-gravity, and flown almost to the
edge of space, and who has booked on the next available commercial flight into
space! So there will be plenty to see and do even if it's cloudy.
Remember: wrap up really warm, particularly head, hands & feet!
Light Refreshments available at both venues
Gates open from 7.30pm.
Clear skies,
Terry Moseley
aol.com Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2005 13:19:11 EDT Subject: Observing tonight: good forecast! Hi all, Don't forget the two IAA events tonight & on Saturday night, as follows: "Spring Moon & Planets at Castle Espie & Carnfunnock" Come and see the 'highlights of the evening sky' at the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust, Castle Espie, near Comber, Co Down, on Friday 15 April, and again on Saturday 16 April at Carnfunnock Country Park, Drains Bay, North of Larne, Co Antrim, through the powerful telescopes and binoculars of the Irish Astronomical Association. If the sky is clear, this is what lies in store: Saturn, the most beautiful sight in the night sky, will be perfectly placed for viewing. See its magnificent Rings, and its largest, puzzling & fascinating moon Titan, recently visited by the Huyghens space craft. Later, we'll see giant Jupiter, the largest planet in the Solar System, big enough to hold over 1,000 Earths! Also its four largest Moons, discovered by Galileo about 300 years ago. Among the stellar jewels on display will be the beautiful Pleiades, or Seven Sisters, in Taurus. See how many you can count in high-power binoculars or a telescope - not just seven, but maybe seventy, or more! Not far away is Orion, the Mighty Hunter, the most magnificent constellation in the entire sky. See the brilliant white star Rigel, which is 50,000 times brighter than our Sun. And giant Red Betelgeuse, a star so big that if placed where our Sun is, it would engulf not just Mercury, and Venus, and Earth, but almost the next planet, Mars, as well! Below the three stars forming Orion's Belt, you can see the Orion Nebula, a gigantic cloud of gas and dust where stars like our Sun are being formed right now! See the amazing Andromeda Galaxy, the big brother of our own Milky Way galaxy: a vast horde of two hundred thousand million stars, at the incredible distance of about 14 million million million miles! Much closer to home, we'll have a spectacular First Quarter Moon: an incredible sight in a good telescope, with hundreds of gigantic craters, mountains, valleys, and giant plains. We'll also have superb star shows in a mobile planetarium, telescopes on display, talks about the universe and the night sky, an exhibition of amazing photos of the wonders of the sky, a collection of meteorites from space, and you can meet the Ulsterman who has been in zero-gravity, and flown almost to the edge of space, and who has booked on the next available commercial flight into space! So there will be plenty to see and do even if it's cloudy. Remember: wrap up really warm, particularly head, hands & feet! Light Refreshments available at both venues Gates open from 7.30pm. Clear skies, Terry Moseley
