The next meeting of the Northern Ireland Amateur Astronomy Society will take place on Monday 1st March 2010 in the lecture theatre at Ballyclare High School, Ballyclare, Co.Antrim commencing at 8pm.

Directions can be found here!

'Hubble - History STILL in the Making'
Speaker : Seanie Morris (IFAS)

Hubble was one of the biggest ventures into space to give us a better view of the Universe, but how was it conceived and constructed, and why was it put in space?
Seanie Morris will show some of its amazing achievements to date, and where its future lies.

Seanie is Secretary of Midlands Astronomy Club and is also IFAS Secretary. He has been interested in Astronomy since he was 5, and remembers seeing Halley's Comet in 1985/6 when he was 7.
His interests are spacecraft, meteors, planets and telescopic observing and terms himself as a “serious novice amateur astronomer”. He owns a graphic design company, and is a DJ/Radio Presenter by night.

Admission:
Members - Free
Non-members - £3
Associate Members -£2
Under 16 and Over 65 - £1

As usual, refreshments available after the meeting!