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We had a very successful Telescope Help Shop yesterday with 15 people coming along to learn how to get the best out of their telescopes.

What an amazing meeting we had last Friday. 148 people and a talk by Dr Paul Delgano on the story and history of Black Holes.

Orion and Winter Hexagon in prime-time view - the latest Scotland Sky Diary for February by Alan Pickup.

In the early hours of 21 January we did our very first Live Streaming event of the total Lunar eclipse.

This will be the best eclipse visible from Scotland in 2019 but you'll have to stay up late to watch it.

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

Our recent talk on HOYS-CAPS showed that there are still astronomy projects that amateurs really can contribute to.

Periodic comet 46P/Wirtanen could be a naked eye object in December, rising above the Edinburgh horizon to provide an interesting Winter spectacle.

Dr Aleks Scholz from the University of St Andrews gave a fascinating talk on the HOYS-CAPS citizen science project, explaining how amateurs can get involved.

The reliable Geminids peak on the night of 13/14 December and the Moon conveniently makes way for them. We can expect rates of up to 50 meteors per hour.

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

Various members of the Society have been out and about recently sharing the wonders of the Universe with young people.

We've been asked for a few Gift memberships recently so we thought we would offer them as part of our membership options.

When the Pleiades rise you know Winter's almost here. Easy to observe but sometimes a little tricky to image well.