| Astronomy Ireland | |
|---|---|
| Formation | 1990 |
| Type | Astronomy club |
| Location | Ireland |
| Leader | David Moore |
| Website | http://www.astronomy.ie |
Astronomy Ireland is one of the national astronomy clubs of Ireland (including the Republic and Northern Ireland). It is a non-profit educational organisation, apart from the associated astronomy shop owned by chairman 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.[1]
The British astronomer and broadcaster, Sir Patrick Moore, is an honorary member of the society.
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Astronomy Ireland (AI) was founded in Dublin in 1990 by David Moore and others following a split from the Irish Astronomical Society.
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.[2]
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.
A private venture called the Astronomy Shop, owned and managed by the society's chairman, David Moore, is associated with Astronomy Ireland.[3][4]