Since 1986, Tullamore Astronomical Society (now the Midlands Astronomy Club) has been helping promote the interests of Astronomy and allied subjects. It has done so through:

• Public Lectures
• Observing Sessions
• Club Magazines & Literature
• Its own annual (Cosmos) star party
• Newspaper and radio articles
• Other Public Events e.g. table quizes

Meetings are held at least once a month, and are open to everyone, young and old. Read more about TAS here.
Anyone can get involved, and our friendly and informal meetings cater for everyone. Why not come along and find out for yourself?

 

• Many thanks to John Flannery from South Dublin Astronomy Society (SDAS) who travelled from Dublin on Tuesday May 7th. He gave an enlightening talk about Double Stars. Our next meeting is by John Lally, MAC, on the Constellations on Tuesday May 5th.

• International Year of Astronomy takes place throughout 2009. MAC will be holding outreach events. As part of 100 Hours of Astronomy taking place on the weekend of April 3rd to 5th, MAC we be reaching out to the public as follows:

Fri April 3rd - National School, Castledermot, Co. Carlow.
Sat April 4th - Scoil Mhuire, Tullamore Co. Offaly.

• COSMOS 2009 took place over the weekend of March 27th to 29th. A full compliment of 7 excellent speakers graced the programme (report and pictures coming soon). More info

• Our Lectures Calender for 2009 here has some slots yet to be filled. If there is a particular topic you would like to see covered, let us know.

 

 

Current location of the International Space Station The ISS will next be seen over Ireland from June 23rd as a very early morning object, sometimes passing twice. See www.heavens-above.com for accurate pass predictions according to your location. You can also check out the aforementioned site for Iridium Flares, in addition to Shuttle passes when launches occur.

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