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Tuesday January 24th @ 8pm
Our 2012 Annual General Meeting: All Welcome

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Welcome to Midlands Astronomy

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

Midlands Astronomy Club• Public Lectures
• Observing Sessions
• Club Magazines & Literature
• Its own annual (Cosmos) Star Party
• Newspaper and Radio coverage
• Visits to schools and other clubs
• Fundraising Events
• 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 MAC & TAS here.
Anyone can get involved, and our friendly and informal meetings cater for everyone. Why not come along and find out for yourself?

 

Coming Up Next in MAC

Next Lecture Night: Tues Jan 24th
Annual General Meeting
All welcome to attend, free admission.
View our meetings calendar.

 

 

Events and News

• Our Annual general Meeting takes place on Tuesday january 24th next at 8:00pm. All are welcome to attend.

• Our Telescope Night for Beginners took place on Tuesday January 10th where telescopes and binoculars were on display. Members of the public brought their own instruments to get guidance and ask questions. Everything from 10 X 50 binoculars to 12 inch reflectors were present.

• Our 2012 Calendar is available for purchase for only €5. You can get a copy (or more) by sending the correct amount with an A4 stamped (€0.90cents) self address envelope to our Secretary.

• We hosted a successful Astronomy Outreach in Athlone on Friday September 16th at St. Kieran's Community Centre, Tormey Villas, Athlone from 8pm despite bad weather. See our Facebook page for a few photos.

• What a Bummer of a Summer! Our repeated attempts at our Midsummer and Perseids StarBQs were constantly set back due to poor weather when it mattered. We can only hope for another cold, dry Winter, which, Astronomically-speaking, suits us best!

• You can now find us on Facebook with regular Astronomical updates added daily to the Newsfeed.

• A VERY successful COSMOS 2011 was held on the weekend of April 1st to 3rd with visitors from around Ireland making their way to Annaharvey Farm. A report as well as the new addition of photo galleries will be posted here soon.

 

Today's Astronomy

Current location of the International Space Station

The ISS will next be seen after January 13th as an early evening object. 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.

Astronomy News Making Headlines

 

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