Thank you for booking tickets to "Star-B-Q", Astronomy Ireland's fund-raising barbecue under the stars. I am pleased to say that the weather forecasts all call for a fairly clear night on Saturday. We are looking forward to a great night of food, fun, and of course the innumerable planets, stars, and clusters that surround us. With a professional caterer supplying the food we can cater for large numbers and we want as many people to look through the telescopes as possible. To this end, do you know anyone else who you could encourage to come along? If so, please get them to book online at www.astronomy.ie/sbq or call (01) 847 0777, but the sooner the better so we can advise our caterer. Thanks in anticipation and we look forward to seeing you there. ============ Bernard Gaffney Executive Secretary Astronomy Ireland P.O.Box 2888, Dublin 5. Tel: (01) 847 0777 Fax: (01) 847 0771 www.astronomy.ie sec@astronomy.ie