Cosmos 2014 - 3 days of Astronomy In Athlone (April 4th-6th)

MAC is delighted to announce a further addition to Cosmos 2014.

Saturday morning John McKeon will deliver a talk on his amazing planetary images.

John has shown us some of his amazing work on this site over the last few months and won Decembers Astrophotography Comp.

John has promised to show us his process for capturing these amazing images.

Very glad to be on board! Hope to see you all at Cosmos.

As the countdown to Cosmos continues we are delighted to announce two competitions

Visit MAC Facebook page and like and share our Cosmos Poster to be with the change to win Helios Solana 10 X 50 Binoculars and a copy of Turn left At Orion.

www.facebook.com/pages/Midlands-Astronomy-Club/177773508924371

Secondly we have teamed up with the Westmeath Independent and Examiner, grab a copy of next weeks edition for details of a very special competition that could see you observing with some new kit !

Prizes for these promotions have been kindly donated by Ktec Telescopes.
Competition's are open to all. No cash alternative will be offered. Judges decision final.

Air-powered Rocket Launches

This year, MAC member (and Engineer) Bob Campbell has constructed a pressurised air platform to act as a launch pad for up to 4 rockets! Building your rocket is easy: you just need an empty pop bottle (the 1.5 litre to 2.5 litre kind) and get creative! The bottle neck is the 'exhaust', so your rocket has to be built upside-down so to speak. This event will take place during the lunch break on Saturday afternoon from around 1:45pm and is open to all visitors to COSMOS, young and old.



Good luck!

Hi Seanie and Dave

How much is the entry fee for either the Saturday or Sunday? I dont see it mentioned?

What is the group rate?

Thanks, Look forward to it

Ronan Newman
Galway AC

Hi Ronan et all,

Rates for Cosmos:

€30 Weekend (includes refreshments).
€20 Saturday or Sunday only (includes refreshments).
€5 Friday only.

Children under 12 are gladly welcomed free with an accompanying, paying adult.

We will also have lunch offers so that you can buy a kind of 'one ticket fits all' according to your stay duration. Visitors always found this handy at previous COSMOS star parties. Details will be at the registration desk.

Also: check out our Facebook page here:
www.facebook.com/pages/Midlands-Astronomy-Club/177773508924371
for details of two competitions we have in conjunction with Ktec Telescopes.


Seanie.