Scotland’s Sky in January, 2018
Inconstant stars in stunning New Year sky The maps show the sky at 21:00 GMT on the 1st, 20:00 [...]
Scotland’s Sky in December, 2017
Geminid meteors sparkle during long December nights The maps show the sky at 21:00 GMT on the 1st, 20:00 [...]
Astro Imaging Presentation
At the recent Member's Evening on 3 November 2017, Mark Phillips gave a presentation about his experience of astro imaging. [...]
Scotland’s Sky in November, 2017
Astronomers spot a mystery interstellar visitor The maps show the sky at 21:00 GMT on the 1st, 20:00 on [...]
Scotland’s Sky in October, 2017
Saturn at full tilt as Comet Halley’s meteors fly The maps show the sky at 23:00 BST on the [...]
Scotland’s Sky in September, 2017
Cassini’s scheduled suicide at Saturn The maps show the sky at 23:00 BST on the 1st, 22:00 on the [...]
Scotland’s Sky in August, 2017
Countdown to the Great American Eclipse The maps show the sky at 00:00 BST on the 1st, 23:00 on [...]
Scotland’s Sky in July, 2017
Pole stars of the future in the Summer Triangle The maps show the sky at 01:00 BST on the [...]
Are We Alone?
In 1961, Professor Frank Drake attempted to estimate the number of extra-terrestrial civilizations in the Milky Way with which we [...]
Scotland’s Sky in June, 2017
Saturn at its best as noctilucent clouds gleam The maps show the sky at 01:00 BST on the 1st, [...]
Scotland’s Sky in May, 2017
Cassini begins Grand Finale at Saturn The maps show the sky at 01:00 BST on the 1st, midnight on [...]
Scotland’s Sky in April, 2017
Jupiter rules our April nights The maps show the sky at midnight BST on the 1st, 23:00 on the [...]
Scotland’s Sky in March, 2017
Brilliant Venus plunges into the evening twilight The maps show the sky at 23.00 GMT on the 1st, 22.00 [...]
Scotland’s Sky in February, 2017
Venus highest and brightest as evening star The maps show the sky at 22:00 GMT on the 1st, 21:00 [...]
Scotland’s Sky in January, 2017
Moon between Venus and Mars on the 2nd The maps show the sky at 21:00 GMT on the 1st, [...]
Scotland’s Sky in December, 2016
Geminids suffer in the supermoonlight The maps show the sky at 21:00 GMT on the 1st, 20:00 on the [...]
The Big Bang: who first suggested it?
The phrase ‘Big Bang’ was coined in 1949 by astronomer Fred Hoyle as a label for a cosmological model of [...]
Book review: Haynes manual – Saturn V
W. David Woods (2016). NASA Saturn V – 1967-1973 (Apollo 4 to Apollo 17 & Skylab) – Owner's workshop manual – [...]
Scotland’s Sky in November, 2016
Nights begin with Venus and end at Jupiter The maps show the sky at 21:00 GMT on the 1st, [...]
Scotland’s Sky in October, 2016
Mars bright in evenings as ExoMars probe arrives The maps show the sky at 23:00 BST on the 1st, [...]
Scotland’s Sky in September, 2016
Harvest moon eclipsed on the 16th The maps show the sky at 23:00 BST on the 1st, 22:00 on [...]
Scotland’s Sky in August, 2016
Perseids rain as Mars approaches his rival The maps show the sky at 00:00 BST on the 1st, 23:00 [...]
Scotland’s Sky in July, 2016
Juno to begin hazardous mission at Jupiter The maps show the sky at 01:00 BST on the 1st, midnight [...]
Scotland’s Sky in June, 2016
Saturn at its best as summer begins The maps show the sky at 01:00 BST on the 1st, midnight [...]