Newsletter extracts 16 June 2024
Here are some of the things our members see each week in the Newsletter, as well as many more. This is from the latest one.
An Epic Aurora!
Did you see the aurora on 10 May 2024? Wow - what an amazing spectacle! Here's a small selection of images from our members.
3 May 2024 Meeting Report
We were very fortunate to have Ruth Boreham step in at short notice and tell us about the amazing Mary Somerville. And what an excellent, well-told story it was too. Alan Pickup gave us his comprehensive and knowledgeable view of the Sky in May
Deep Sky imaging from Edinburgh? Seriously?
Just look at this video created by very talented ASE member, Eros Tang. He is in the very centre of Edinburgh too and using narrowband filters has imaged some of the most beautiful objects in the night sky.
Northern Lights trip to Norway
Some stunning images, videos and story of ASE member Eros Tang's trip to Norway to capture the aurora
Image of the Quarter Winner
Congratulations to Ron Morley who won our Image of the Quarter Competition Q1 2024 with his creative and alternative "Ring of Fire" image.
A comet outburst discovery for ASERO
We are still ironing out the final kinks in our remote observatory, but already we have some success with the discovery of a major outburst on Comet 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 1. We were fortunate to have clear skies in Spain when many others didn't.
ASE membership benefits
Some of the things that non-members never get to see include weekly newsletters and our Members-only website. Here are some of the things that members can see and contribute to.
15 March 2024 Meeting Report
Steve Tonkin gave us a very entertaining - if doom-laden talk - about how the Universe is trying to get us: "Ten ways the Universe tries to kill you".
16 February 2024 Meeting report
Mary McIntyre gave us part 2 of her History of Women in Astronomy. Some shocking stories in there as well as lots of interesting facts.
Telescope Help Shop 16 March 2024
Need help getting started with your new telescope? Our first few workshops were a great success, this is our sixth. Entry is free to ASE members and £5 to non-members but registration is required as places are limited.
Processing and reporting eclipsing binary data using ASTAP
When reporting eclipsing binary photometry data to the BAA or AAVSO, the simplest way is using ASTAP. This is a practical guide showing how to do it.
Livestream from Spain
Unfortunately we had to cancel our meeting on Friday at the last minute but instead the Society went online and did live observing at our observatory in Spain.
Citizen Science with a Seestar UPDATED with scripts
Mark Phillips explains how to take part in the HOYS Citizen Science Project using a ZWO Seestar smart-scope after a lot of them were bought this Christmas.
19 January 2024 Meeting Report
We had a really interesting talk from Dr James Dire, live from Texas, on The History of Innovations in Telescopes. Useful to hear where all the designs, styles and brands that we now know so well actually come from.
5 January 2024 Meeting Report
We had a really interesting talk from Dr Alex Hall from the ROE about the Euclid Space telescope. We also announced the winner of the IOTY 2023 competition.
WINNER Image of the Year 2023
Winner of Image of the Year 2023 is David Harvey for his image of the Horsehead Nebula. 2nd place goes to Ian Smith and 3rd place to Jamie Shepherd.
15 December 2023 Meeting Report
Great to hear from Steven Flanders direct from Palomar that there is still such a lot of great science going on there, including with the iconic 200-inch Hale telescope. A really interesting talk which you can watch on our YouTube channel.