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astronomy event at delamont (killyleagh) fri 27th jan 2012
« on: January 10, 2012 »
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/thingstodo/activity/a-night-under-the-stars/occurrence/52443

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FRI 27 JAN - FREE
A Night under the Stars

Delamont Country Park, Killyleagh

Run by: Irish Astronomical Association

In association with BBC Radio Ulster, we present an evening of stargazing with the Moon, Venus, Jupiter, Orion and plenty more!

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We will have telescopes and binoculars available, together with experienced members of the Irish Astronomical Association who will be able to show members of the public many celestial objects and answer questions about the night sky and getting started in astronomy.

In the event of cloud or rain we will have star shows in the Stardome indoors.

Contact

This activity is organised and run by Irish Astronomical Association.

Website
http://irishastro.org
Telephone
07979300842
Email
terrymosel@aol.com
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Re: astronomy event at delamont (killyleagh) fri 27th jan 2012
« Reply #1 on: January 11, 2012 »
I went to an astronomy evening with Suspectmonkey a while back, wasn't in Delamont though. Was a great night but unfortunately cloudy so we didn't get to do any actual observing.
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Re: astronomy event at delamont (killyleagh) fri 27th jan 2012
« Reply #2 on: January 11, 2012 »
That looks great! I could maybe even take the night off from footy for that!  ;D ;D Have to see what the weather is like closer to the time.
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Re: astronomy event at delamont (killyleagh) fri 27th jan 2012
« Reply #3 on: January 11, 2012 »
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That looks great! I could maybe even take the night off from footy for that!
another hobby!!! your worse than me  :o

i'm hoping to bring the family down, my wife likes astronomy, but hates the cold, so any stargazing attempts have usually only lasted minutes :(  better take my car, there's a sunroof in it and heated seats  ;D
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Re: astronomy event at delamont (killyleagh) fri 27th jan 2012
« Reply #4 on: January 11, 2012 »
I should have said the night off doing taxi for footy..  im definitely in the 'dont know, dont care' category when it comes to football! lol..

Eoghan is fascinated by astronomy, so with bit of luck i can encourage him to take the night off  ;D
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Re: astronomy event at delamont (killyleagh) fri 27th jan 2012
« Reply #5 on: January 27, 2012 »
this is tonight and the weather is looking very good for it, hoping i can make it down

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IRISH ASTRONOMICAL ASSOCIATION: MEDIA RELEASE.

STARGAZING LIVE continues with 'A Night Under the Stars' at Delamont Country Park, 27 January.

Continuing the very successful Stargazing Live on BBC the Irish Astronomical Association has been invited by the BBC to present another evening extravaganza on Friday 27 January.
This time the event will be at Delamont Country Park, near Killyleagh on the shore of Strangford Lough. The event will run from 6.30 to 10.00 p.m., and it will feature as a LIVE broadcast on Radio Ulster from 8 to 10 p.m. that evening. The presenters will be the well-known Anne-Marie McAleese and Darryl Grimason

HIGHLIGHTS:

*Public Observing if clear: Venus, Jupiter, + all the usual Deep Sky wonders using a selection of powerful telescopes and binoculars. Live telescope images may also be displayed on computer monitors beside the telescopes for easier viewing. Wrap up warm from head to toe for this!
*Starshows in the big inflatable planetarium. Due to the expected demand, these presentations will be ticket only, issued on a first come - first served basis.
*Amazing Photo Exhibition: The fantastic A0 size photos produced for International Year of Astronomy 2009 will again be on show, plus some of the best from other sources.
*Telescope and binocular exhibition: see all the varieties available, the pros and cons of each, and learn how to use them to their best capacity.
*Bring your own telescope, and we'll show you how to set it up, and use it to its best capacity.
*Meteorites: an exhibition of many different sorts of meteorites - hold in your hand a piece of outer space (if you can hold it!), with experts there to talk about them.
*See an actual piece of Moon rock!
*Our own local "Ulsternaut" - Derek Heatly from Co Down, who will be the first Ulsterman to go into space. Derek has booked to go into space with Virgin Galactic's Spaceship Two, and will be there to talk about his training experiences and forthcoming flight, with videos.
In other words, something for everyone.
The IAA has been recognised by the BBC as an official 'Partner' in delivering this part of the programme. More on the IAA website: www.irishastro.org and www.bbc.co.uk/stargazing for updates.
See also: http://www.bbc.co.uk/thingstodo - put "Belfast" in the search box and see all our next events!
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Re: astronomy event at delamont (killyleagh) fri 27th jan 2012
« Reply #6 on: January 27, 2012 »
did you go Liam? we made it for 6.30... thank goodness, when we came out of the star show the place was packed..  Eoghan and friend had full supervised use of all the telescopes available as there were no q's, and the owners were extremely helpful and kept their attention with lots of interesting information (although they'd forgotten most of it during the trip home  :)).
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Re: astronomy event at delamont (killyleagh) fri 27th jan 2012
« Reply #7 on: January 27, 2012 »
Was the star show any good? We got side tracked outside and never made it to the show. Was a good evening, I learned lots!!
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Re: astronomy event at delamont (killyleagh) fri 27th jan 2012
« Reply #8 on: January 27, 2012 »
yes we made it there for about 8.30pm, then managed to walk straight into the inflatable planetarium (nice bit of kit), after that we had a look through a few telescopes, spotted jupiter and its 4 moons, met the ulsternaut and held a bit of the moon, not your normal friday night  ;D


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Re: astronomy event at delamont (killyleagh) fri 27th jan 2012
« Reply #9 on: January 28, 2012 »
The star show is great  :) the ppl that take is are so passionate about the subject, it would be hard not to enjoy it. We got the full 30 chat last year at Castle Espie, but as the guy said last night the real star show was outside. Matthew was a bit disappointed the dome wasnt a bouncy castle though  :)

Your right Liam.. it definitely wasnt the normal Friday night!  :)
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Re: astronomy event at delamont (killyleagh) fri 27th jan 2012
« Reply #10 on: January 28, 2012 »
found some amazing pics of the evening here
http://irishastro.org.uk/galleries/starrynight/#

you'll notice in the last one they use a green laser pointer, just ordered myself one of these, great wee device for pointing the stars out, will also look cool from the top of donard some night  ;D
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