We have just received notice of this interesting event. I hope to be there: THE JOHN JOLY COLLOQUIUM 2003: Impact Craters Date and Venue: Friday 17th October at 5.30pm Thomas Davis Lecture Theatre, Arts Building, Trinity College, Dublin. Entry is free. SCHEDULE 5.30 INTRODUCTION: Professor Nicky White 5.35-6.05: Mike Simms (Ulster Museum): Searching for hidden impact craters. 6.05-6.35: Joanne Morgan (Imperial College, London): Chicxulub: where do we stand and where are we going? 6.35-7.05: Simon Stewart (IBP Azerbaijan): Silverpit multi-ringed Crater, North Sea. It is aimed very much at a non-specialist audience, and the first talk (Mike Simms) will, amongst other things, describe recent discoveries in Co Antrim and across the UK. Best wishes Dr. Mike Simms Curator of Palaeontology Department of Geology Ulster Museum Botanic Gardens Belfast BT9 5AB tel. 028-9038 3133 FAX 028-9038 3103 michael.simms.um@nics.gov.uk www.burrenkarst.com'' ===== David Moore BSc FRAS, Chairman, Astronomy Ireland, P.O.Box 2888, Dublin 5. Editor, "Astronomy & Space" magazine. ASTRONOMY SHOP: open until 6pm Mon.-Sat. Tel (01) 847 0777. Fax (01) 847 0771. www.astronomy.ie (Subscribe FREE to AI's Events emailing list) Email: info@astronomy.ie P.S. We had a huge attendance (approx 150) at our lecture/debate in D.C.U. on Monday night. The video of the talk should be online at www.astronomy.ie by the end of the week. P.P.S. Don't forget we'll be launching the new Waterford Branch of Astronomy Ireland tomorrow night (Wednesday) in the Granville Hotel at 8pm P.P.P.S. If you are in Dublin, can you come to our office/Shop in Artane to help us get the November issue of A&S in to the post on Thursday (and maybe Friday)? It features all the details of the Total Eclipse of the Moon on Nov. 8 and the booking form for Astro-Expo 2003, Ireland's biggest astronomy event. Email if so and we'll send details.