Events
The Changing Scene in Astronomy
Augustine United Church 41 George IV Bridge, EdinburghTalk by Prof. Ian Robson. We will also have the Sky in May. Since the first use of the telescope in 1609 astronomers have made amazing discoveries about the Universe [...]
Imaging & Observing Group
For ASE members
Meteoroid impacts on the Moon
OnlineTalk by Dr Chrysa Avdellidou, Lecturer in Planetary Science at the School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leicester. More than 25 years ago the lunar surface started to be [...]
Free
Chasing and Photographing the Aurora & AGM
Augustine United Church 41 George IV Bridge, EdinburghTalk by Wil Cheung We will also have the Sky in June and our AGM at the end of the meeting. Join me as I share what it really takes [...]
Imaging & Observing Group
OnlineFor ASE members
POSTPONED: Quark stars and Strange Matter
OnlineTHIS HAS BEEN POSPONED UNTIL A FUTURE DATE Talk by Paul Fellows The usual story told of the end stage of giant stars is that they either finish up as [...]
Get Ready for the Eclipse
Dynamic Earth Dynamic Earth, Holyrood Road, Edinburgh, United KingdomDynamic Earth is running an event on 5 Aug to help people get ready for the partial eclipse of the Sun on 12 Aug. We will be there along with the Astronomer Royal for Scotland, Catherine Heymans, to do some solar observing and help you observe the eclipse itself safely.
Partial Solar Eclipse Viewing on Calton Hill
City Observatory City Observatory, Calton Hill, EdinburghJoin us in the evening on 12 August to watch the amazing partial eclipse of the Sun. We'll have our solar telescopes with us plus lots of free eclipse glasses to give away.
Imaging & Observing Group
OnlineFor ASE members Image credit: IC 5146 Cocoon Nebula, M. Sansom / ASERO
Space exploration told through the medium of plastic model kits
Augustine United Church 41 George IV Bridge, EdinburghTalk by Dr John Davies. We will also have the Sky in September. John will revisit his (and some of our) childhood memories of building spaceships made by Airfix, Revell, [...]
Free
Star Colours: From William Henry Smyth to Edward Iszatt Essam
OnlineOnline talk by Dr Mike Leggett Beginning with a brief introduction to colour science and colour vision as applied to astronomy, the talk then covers the Sidereal Chromatics and colour [...]
Free
Michael Scot (~1175 – ~1235): A major Scottish figure in medieval Science
Augustine United Church 41 George IV Bridge, EdinburghTalk by Prof. Alexander Mackinnon plus the Sky in October. Michael Scot, the 13th century astrologer and astronomer, has had a long afterlife in Scottish culture but most of what [...]
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