From: TerryMosel@aol.com Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2002 14:26:30 EST Subject: Public Lecture, Dublin, + + + Hi all, Public lecture, in association with the Radio Science symposium on 'Wireless Networking'. All welcome Title: 'Jodrell Bank Looks to a Bright Future' Name: Ian Morison. From: Jodrell Bank Observatory. Venue: Royal Irish Academy Date: 4 December 2002 Time: 6.30pm RSVP: g.mclean@ria.ie With Investments totalling 10 million pounds to upgrade the giant 76m Lovell Telescope and greatly enhance the capabilities of the 217 MERLIN array, the Jodrell Bank Observatory is looking forwards to an exciting future. The MERLIN enhancement, using optical fibres to link the 7 telescopes of the array also makes possible the exciting prospect of incorporating one or more new radio telescopes in Ireland. For further information please contact g.mclean@ria.ie or go to http://www.ria.ie/events/press/URSI.html Rebecca Gageby Administrative Officer Royal Irish Academy 19 Dawson St Dublin 2 Tel: 676 2570 / 638 0916 Fax: 676 2346 email: r.gageby@ria.ie Website: www.ria.ie Royal Irish Academy / Acadamh Ríoga na hÉireann Promoting study in the sciences and humanities since 1785 Also, Reminders about: 1. The ISS & Space Shuttle are currently visible in the early evening skies over Ireland. Details at www.heavens-above.com 2. Mars & Venus will be closest this week, with a minimum separation of 1.6 degrees, on 5 December. Venus reaches greatest brilliancy, at -4.7, only two days later, so it will totally outshine the much fainter Mars - by a factor of over 200! 3. A rare and interesting Jovian 'mutual satellite event' will occur on the evening of 5 December, when Europa will partially eclipse Io, from 23h 55m 9s to 24h 00m 38s. If you carefully compare Io's brightness with that of Europa before the event, and then at mid-eclipse, you should see the drop in brightness. From E to W the relative positions will be: Europa, Io, Jupiter, Callisto and Ganymede. Any telescope will show this event, and there are other better ones to come later on - more details later. Clear Skies, Terry Moseley From: TerryMosel@aol.com Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2002 20:10:20 EST Subject: ISS & Shuttle Double! Hi all, The Shuttle Endeavour (STS 113) has now undocked from the ISS, and for the next two evenings it may be possible to see them both flying in formation, with their separation gradually increasing on each orbit, until the Shuttle lands again on Wednesday. The details below are for Belfast: subtract about 5 to 10 minutes from these times the further South and West you are from Belfast, but the RELATIVE times between the Shuttle & ISS should remain about the same. And the further South you are the higher both objects will appear in the sky. The columns give the date, time (h, m, s) & direction of first visibility, and time & direction & altitude of greatest altitude, and greatest magnitude, from Belfast: SHUTTLE: 3 Dec: 18.32.15, SW; 18 34 30, S, 27 deg, 0m.5 4 Dec: 17.37.31, SSW; 17.40.04, SSE, 22deg, 0m.7 4 Dec: 19.12.47, WSW; 19.13.57, WSW, 20 deg, 1m.6. ISS: 3 Dec: 18.32.30, SW; 18.34.43, S, 27 deg, 1m.0 4 Dec: 17.37.52; SSW; 17.40.23, SSE, 22 deg, 1m.2 4 Dec: 19.13.09, WSW; 19.14.15, WSW, 19 deg, 2m.1. You can see that on the 3rd, the Shuttle will be about 15 secs ahead of the ISS; by the 4th, the interval will have increased to about 20 secs. Observers in the far South will have the best view: from there both objects will be higher, brighter, and visible for longer. Good luck, Terry Moseley
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