1. Star-B-Q was postponed both Friday and Saturday night due to poor weather forecast. It will now go ahead on Friday May 6 so if you haven't yet got your tickets for Ireland's biggest annual gathering of telescopes please go to our NEWLY UPDATED webpage and book online now: http://www.astronomy.ie/sbq.html 2. THE SKY AT NIGHT is on BBC 1 TV tonight at 1:25am (Monday morning) about the exciting 15th anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope. Remember EVERYONE who comes to the Star-B-Q gets a FREE copy of the HST 15th anniversary DVD that Armagh Planetarium are selling for £6.99 sterling! 3. Several of you have reported watching the new giant sunspot that has appeared on the Sun. NEVER LOOK DIRECTLY AT THE SUN. Use the inexpensive AstroSolar filter material that many of you have already bought from our Shop. Call (01) 847 0777 to have a sheet posted to you on Tuesday when the Shop re-opens if not. There is a chance of aurora in the next few nights, activity has already increased noticeably. TEXT 086 081 99 86 if you see any and email observe@astronomy.ie with a full report afterwards please. Our latest Radio Show is online at http://www.astronomy.ie/radioshow.html remember And our Newslines on 1550-111-442 give all the latest weekly news. I hope to see you all at the Star-B-Q next weekend! Clear skies, David Moore BSc FRAS, Chairman, Astronomy Ireland, P.O.Box 2888, Dublin 5. Editor, "Astronomy & Space" magazine. ASTRONOMY SHOP: open until 5:30pm Mon.-Sat. Tel (01) 847 0777. Fax (01) 847 0771. www.astronomy.ie info@astronomy.ie