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.
Intro to Astro-imaging Part 4 online
The fourth part of our Intro to Astro-imaging course covered long exposure deep sky imaging this evening at our online Zoom meeting.
Report and video from Speed of Light and other Stellar Effects talk
We had a great talk from ASE member Dr Bruce Vickery on a variety of historical topics such as parallax and the Aberration of Light.
ASE YouTube channel
We now have a very active YouTube channel where you can watch all our past public talks since lockdown started. https://www.youtube.com/c/AstronomicalSocietyofEdinburgh
Members talks 8, 13, 20, 22 May 2020
We had four great talks from ASE members. You can watch them on our YouTube channel or below.
Hunting Outbursting Young Stars talk 15 May 2020
Dr Dirk Froebrich of the University of Kent gave us a very absorbing talk on the HOYS project. It's a great project for using your imaging skills in real astronomical research.
1 May 2020 meeting report
We had fascinating and challenging talk from Prof. Franz Muheim on Neutrinos in particle physics and astronomy at our meeting last night.
Intro to Astro-Imaging part 3
The third part of our Intro to astro-imaging course covered hi-res lunar, solar and planetary imaging capture and processing techniques. Watch the video of the session.
Offset solar filter
Archie Howitt shows us how he created an offset solar filter for his Celestron 8-inch SCT.
Using robotic telescope for astro-imaging
We had a fun and informative online talk from ASE VP Peter Black explaining the options and how to use the various remote robotic telescopes there are available to amateurs.
ARIEL and ExoClock talk
We had a fantastic online talk from Anastasia Kokori and Angelos Tsiaras last night on the ARIEL space mission and ExoClock projects. What a great way for amateurs to get involved in leading-edge exoplanet research.
Intro to Astro-Imaging part 2
We held the second part of our Introduction to Astro-imaging course this evening via Zoom and YouTube.