I'm pleased to advise that the next Section Meeting will be on Saturday 5th May 2007 and will take place at the Royal Observatory, Blackford Hill, Edinburgh - our first meeting in Scotland. The meeting will start at 10.00 am for 10.30 am and finish at 5.30 pm.

Speakers will include Dr Martin Hendry on "Gravitational microlensing - nature's telescope", Dr Michael Hawkins on "Dark matter" and Andrew Collier Cameron on "Sizing-up extrasolar planets with small telescopes".

There will be an optional tour of the ROE following the lunch break.

The cost will be £10 per head to include all refreshments and a buffet style lunch.

In addition the Astronomical Society of Edinburgh are holding their monthly meeting on Friday 4th May at 8 pm at the Calton Hill Observatory in the middle of Edinburgh. Members are welcome to attend this meeting who have arrived in Edinburgh on Friday evening.

Des Loughney is kindly organising the meeting for me and so any queries on travel and accommodation etc should be addressed to him. Some details can be obtained from the ROE's website <http://www.roe.ac.uk/>.

I would be grateful if those attending can register with Des so that we can make the necessary catering arrangements and organise the tour of the ROE (we may need to do it in two parties). Car parking is available just outside the ROE. Those people who have special needs should contact Des as car parking can be arranged inside. The lecture room is accessible.

Further details will appear on the web site as they become available or may be obtained from either Des or myself.

If you want to display a poster paper please let Des or myself know.

I'm sorry for the late announcement of this meeting but it only came about following the Director's visit to Edinburgh in December last year.'

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Roger Pickard, Director