Astronomy in Edinburgh
Because of Covid-19 all our meetings are now online – and we’re doing more of them. Stay involved and keep an eye open here, on Facebook and Twitter. Visitors can join us on our YouTube channel.
We’re aiming to have something happening online twice a week – often on Wednesdays and Fridays at 7:30pm.
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The priority for the ASE is the health and safety of our members and the public but we also want to continue engaging with you all through our love of astronomy.
Observing forecast for Edinburgh
A green block indicates a clear sky, orange partially clear, red cloudy. Blue blocks show cloud level – darker blue is clearer. Click on the chart for hourly detail and ISS passes.
Forecast provided by clearoutside.com
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Featured news
Third time lucky with Comet NEOWISE
We should be able to spot Comet NEOWISE during July as it moves through a region of sky that is circumpolar for Edinburgh.
BioRock: wee miners in space
We had a very comprehensive, enthusiastic and fascinating talk from Dr Rosa Santomartino on the BioRock project.
Scotland’s Sky in July 2020
Jupiter partners with Saturn in our southern night sky
More News
Lundmark Panorama and Sky in July
Clive Davenhall told us the interesting story of the Lundmark Panorama and Horst covered the Sky in July at our online meeting on Wednesday 1 July. You can catch up [...]
James Bradley and others FACT CHECKED!
ASE member Dr Bruce Vickery followed on from his previous talk by looking into some historical fake news about dates and the calendar in general and give us a very [...]
Three Scope and Shed talks
ASE members Tosh White, Mike McGovern and Peter Black gave us some very interesting and informative Scope and Shed talks on Wednesday evening. The aim of these SCope Talks is [...]
Ask an Astronomer
Is there something you always wanted to know about our universe?
How to observe a planet? Take a photo of the stars? Which telescope to buy? Why is space black? …
Well here’s your chance: just ask your question in the form and we’ll try and get back to you with an answer. The answer may just be: “we have no idea” – but that’s the beauty of astronomy!