Meeting report: “Planet 9 or Planet Nein?” and “Sky in May”
Dr Samantha Lawler gave a detailed and fascinating technical explanation of what astronomers understand about the bodies in our outer Solar System, discussing theories for their formation. Alan Pickup then gave a wonderful Sky in May presentation which was, as always, full of topical gems of knowledge.
Venus Tablets of Ammisaduqa and Scope Talks.
Dr Bruce Vickery's talk was a fascinating in-depth analysis of the origin and importance of a famous cuneiform tablet describing astronomical observations of Venus. We also had two Scope Talks from Pat Devine and Hugh Somerville.
Missions to Near Earth Asteroids & April Sky Report
Dr John Davies gave an exciting talk introducing us to Near Earth Asteroids (NEO's) and discussed in detail two ongoing sample return missions to NEO's.
ASE projects
We started out with the ASE Messier project, have now added the Caldwell and Lunar 100 projects too.
Nova in Cassiopeia
Yuji Nakamura (Kameyama, Mie, Japan) has reported the discovery of a possible nova, PNV J23244760+6111140, on March 18.4236. It is relatively bright at mag. 8 and may brighten more so worth a look. Here's a finder chart prepared by Alan [...]
Comet Tales
We knew it would be good but it was really quite special, our talk from ASE member Prof. Randall Stevenson on Comet Tales.
Meeting report 5th March 2021
A fascinating talk about Edinburgh's local Rocket company by SKYRORA's Head of Launch, Robin Hague followed by a comprehensive tour of the night Sky in March by Alan Pickup
Expanding the ASE Technical Support
To help spread the workload maintaining the website Mark has enlisted some Elves
The Solar Cycle Meeting – All About Sunspots!
Lyn Smith, BAA Solar Section Director, talks Sun, Solar Cycles and Sunspots!
“Losing the Sky”
Andy Lawrence has written a new book - a popular-level polemic about the pollution of the night sky by satellite mega-constellations.
From SWARM to JUNO meeting
Dr Ciaran Beggan of the British Geological Survey gave us a fascinating talk on how magnetic fields work on Earth and Jupiter, and also how missions are expanding our understanding of them.
Ron Livesey
We are sad to inform members of the death of Ron Livesey who passed away on the 25th Jan 2021.
The ASE Messier project
We've started a new project! ASE members are are going to try capturing all of the objects in the Messier Catalogue and gather them on our website.
Navigating the Night Sky
Watch Alan Pickup's brilliant presentation on finding our way round the night sky.
Vera Rubin talk and January Sky meeting report
Prof Aaron Roodman from Standford University and Alan Pickup gave us some great talks about the Vera Rubin Observatory and Scotland's night sky in January 2021.
2020 Review: what a year!
2020 started normally but soon became unlike any other year. But we stepped up and were more active than ever.
Imaging & Observing Group 2020 in pictures
We've had a record number of images by more members than ever this year. Here's a sample.
Asteroseismology & Exoplanets with the NASA TESS Mission meeting report
Last night's meeting was a very well attended, fascinating and informative talk by Prof. William Chaplin from the University of Birmingham.