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The Draconid meteor shower is an annual event which usually produces low rates on the 8-9 October. However, in some years it can produce spectacular storms. Will this year be one of those?

Open Clusters are beautiful, varied and relatively simple to observe and image. There are a number of good ones well-placed at this time of year. Have a look at some of them.

We had a good start to the new season of ASE monthly meetings on Friday 7th September, with a fascinating talk by Dr. John Lightfoot of the ROE on Hubble's Variable Nebula.

Neptune is higher in the Sky from Edinburgh than the other major planets and is an interesting challenge to set yourself if you've never seen it before.

You can now find the latest Scotland Sky Diary for September by Alan Pickup in the ASE Journal.

The summer twilight is receding and the globular clusters are again well placed for viewing. Go outside and have a look at these beautiful objects.

So it turns out that everyone's favourite double star, Albireo, is not a true binary system. The components are about 60 light years apart and simply an optical alignment.

Comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner is now brightening and expected to reach a peak magnitude of 7.1 on 05 Sep 2018. It should be easy to observe from Edinburgh.

The NASA Parker Solar Probe lifted off this morning to fly closer to the Sun than ever before, through its outer atmosphere known as the corona.

You can now find the latest Scotland Sky Diary for August by Alan Pickup in the ASE Journal.

As you can see we have a new website! It's just a starting point as the website will evolve over the next few months. We'll say more at the September meeting.

The Perseids coincide with a young Moon this year so conditions are very favourable. The shower reaches its peak on the night of August 12-13.

There will be a total eclipse of the Moon on Friday 27th July. The Moon will rise fully eclipsed as seen from Edinburgh at 21:21 BST.

You can now find the latest Scotland Sky Diary by Alan Pickup in the ASE Journal.