End-of-term report
The first part of our lockdown season of talks came to end on Friday and what an amazing time we've had. Featuring practical, historical, entertaining and superb keynote talks.
The Sky in August 2020 presentation
ASE member Mark Phillips told us about the things to view in the night sky during August, including the Perseids meteor shower, Mars and several objects in our ASE-24 list.
Get ready for the Perseid meteor shower August 2020
The Perseids, one of the best meteor showers of the year, coincides with a waning Moon in 2020 when the shower reaches its peak on the night of August 12-13.
Intro to Astro-imaging Part 5 online
The fifth part of our Intro to Astro-imaging course covered imaging for science projects at our online Zoom meeting, also broadcast on YouTube.
Parker Solar Probe meeting report
What an enthusiastic, exciting and engaging talk we had from mission Senior Scientific Officer Dr. Nour Raouafi live from John Hopkins University, Maryland.
Is Earth Special?
Very thought-provoking talk from Prof Dave Waltham last night. Did we get a Yes or No answer? See what you think.
Things that go BANG in the night meeting report
What a fabulous talk we had from our Honorary President Professor Andy Lawrence. Always a delight to have a talk from Andy and as always he gave us something to make us think.
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.
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 with the video from the meeting on our YouTube channel.
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 informative and entertaining talk as always. Watch the video above [...]
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 to give you an insight into what each bit of [...]
Astro-navigation talk video
ASE member Jim Anderson gave us a fascinating and very clear talk on the complex subject of astro-navigation at sea.
Exploring Alien Atmospheres
What a fantastic, engaging talk we had by Dr Hannah Wakeford of the University of Bristol. Lots of viewers both on Zoom and YouTube with many good questions afterwards.
ASE-24 guided tour in Stellarium
Neil Martin gave us a talk about scripts he had developed for the ASE-24 objects. Download them and find out how to use them.