Astronomy Ireland

Astronomy Ireland
Formation 1990
Type Astronomy club
Location
  • Ireland
Leader David Moore
Website http://www.astronomy.ie

Astronomy Ireland is an astronomy association based in Ireland (including the Republic and Northern Ireland). It is a non-profit educational organisation, separate but connected to its parent company 'Astronomy & Space Ltd.', owned by its director David Moore. The club does not hold annual general meetings nor allow its membership to elect its officers. It does not publish annual accounts, despite publicly aired concerns about its close relationship with the chairman's commercial interests.

History

Astronomy Ireland (AI) was founded in Dublin in 1990 by David Moore and others following a split from the Irish Astronomical Society.

Activities

Publications and media

Members are kept up-to-date by e-mail newsletters and text messages. A premium rate telephone news service alerts Irish and British astronomers to celestial events, ranging from flyovers of the International Space Station to meteor showers.

Astronomy & Space Ltd. produces a monthly magazine for Astronomy Ireland called Astronomy & Space which is aimed mainly at young people and inexperienced amateur astronomers.[1]

A weekly radio programme, AIRS (Astronomy Ireland Radio Show), is broadcast every Tuesday on FM radio and on the Internet. Previous shows are available from the MP3 archive on the club's website, along with recordings of other radio programmes of interest to astronomers, such as interviews with famous astronomers.

Astronomy Shop

A private venture called the Astronomy Shop, owned and managed by the company's director, David Moore, is associated with Astronomy Ireland.[2][3]

External links

References

  1. Astronomy & Space Magazine Astronomy Ireland. Retrieved: 2011-02-03.
  2. Astronomy Shop website. Astronomy Ireland. This shop was used to "create" member lists for several years before being liquidated in 2013. Retrieved: 2011-02-03.
  3. Registered with Companies Registration Office as number 259707.
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