Members of local astronomy groups are invited to attend the Armagh Planetarium 40th Birthday Celebrations.
The year 2008 is an auspicious occasion for Armagh Planetarium as it marks our 40th Birthday! We would like to invite you to Armagh Planetarium on Saturday 8th March from 9:30 – 14:00 where you will be treated to a premiere of our new full-dome show, produced in collaboration with Evans & Sutherland-Spitz and Goto. It will be special preview of "Mars Invaders" Armagh's first full-dome production show, which is not available for general view until the IPS meeting in Chicago in summer 2008. We will also have short presentations from our special guests. They include Prof Carl Murray from Queen Mary College London who is involved in the Cassini probe, Dr. Mike McKay from ESOC Germany who is ESA's flight controller. Also Terence Murtagh who is involved with Evans and Sutherland and their Digistar 3 projection system and Dr. Mark Doherty from ESRIN in Italy who is an Earth Observation scientist. This is a great opportunity to hear experts talking about their field and is not to be missed!
They need to know as soon as possible, as its a first come served basis. If you are interested please give your name to Naomi at naomi@armaghplanet.com or by calling 3751 2939.