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This promises to be a fascinating online talk this coming Friday. Anyone is welcome to follow on YouTube. 🔭 www.astronomyedinburgh.org/event/white-...

This promises to be a fascinating online talk this coming Friday. Anyone is welcome to follow on YouTube. 🔭 www.astronomyedinburgh.org/event/white-...

Yup. Ian's over in East Lothian.

Mono picture of several galaxies with multiple satellite trails crossing the image. From Ian A Smith in East Lothian

Whoever said we needed more satellites in space? What do you think @e-astronomer.bsky.social ?

Details of what's in the sky in April 2026, set against a background image of M101 captured with our remote 12" Newtonian in Spain. Highlights are: 2nd April:Full Moon (“Pink Moon”) 17th April: New Moon 19th April: Moon and Venus conjunction Venus is bright in the west all month Jupiter still visible all month Lyrid meteor shower peaks 22 April M51 (Whirlpool Galaxy) well placed

What's in the sky in April? Our sky diary for this month. #astronomy

Jupiter 2026-03-27-2013 Best image to date from ASERO of Jupiter

We're getting our new planetary 🔭 dialled in at #Trevinca in our remote observatory. This image by Mark Phillips shows Jupiter from 11 x 60s videos. flic.kr/p/2s4vTnD #astrophotography

A trio of galaxies in the constellation Draco. The spiral galaxy on the left of the image is NGC 5985, around 140 million light-years away The fuzzy elliptical galaxy NGC 5982 is in the centre of the image. This galaxy was discovered by Sir William Hershel in 1788. NGC 5981 is an edge-on spiral galaxy to the right of the frame. The galaxy has a prominent line of dust towards one side.

The Draco trio of galaxies imaged from @astronomyedinburgh.bsky.social's remote 12" Newtonian 🔭 at #Trevinca in Spain. 22x300s L, 21x300s RGB, stacked and processed in PixInsight. #astrophotography

Messier 65 and 66 in Leo. M66 on the left of the image shows regions with hot young stars in blue, red star forming regions with hydrogen alpha emission, and darker dust lanes. M65, on the right of the image, is a spiral galaxy with a prominent dust lane on the upper right. Both galaxies are part of the Leo triplet

2 nights imaging of M65 and M66 with @astronomyedinburgh.bsky.social
remote 🔭 at #Trevinca in Spain. 12" Murrell Newtonian, #JTW Trident mount, 36x300s LRB and 35x300s G subs, stacked and processed in PixInsight. #astrophotography

This was data from 7 Seestars mostly in Scotland but one in the US. So, yes it can be done!

Messier 101, the Pinwheel galaxy. Blue spiral arms (hot, young stars) with red hydrogen alpha showing star forming regions.

After delays for bad weather and installation of a new planetary telescope, we're back in business with @astronomyedinburgh.bsky.social remote 🔭 at #Trevinca in Spain. 12" Murrell Newtonian, #JTW Trident mount, 12 to 14 x 300s LRGBHa subs, stacked and processed in PixInsight. #astrophotography

The IAYC - one of the best ways to get young people into astronomy - needs funding! I know *so* many students who speak so highly of it, check out their fundraiser below for more info ⤵️ 🔭

We are nearly 20% of the way to our funding goal!

If 100 amazing people donate €15, we will have a tracking mount for the Bortle 2 skies at the IAYC 2026 🔭

gofund.me/0f14445af

Data for this combined effort gathered by Astronomical Society of Edinburgh members @timhonisett.bsky.social, Ramsay McIver, Pat Clough, Pat Devine, @neilem.bsky.social, @mikechristie.bsky.social, Larry Cable

Spiral Galaxy M101 or the Pinwheel galaxy. Blueish spiral arms against a backdrop of stars.

#Seestar S50 🔭 collaboration. 39 hours of M101 data gathered this year and last year. Individual stacked subs combined weighted according to total exposure time. This image processed by @mikechristie.bsky.social. #astrophotography

Binary Stars and Stellar Cannibalism YouTube video by Astronomical Society of Edinburgh

We have a talk on “Binary Stars and Stellar Cannibalism” this Friday 20 March at 7.30pm. Everyone welcome to watch: www.youtube.com/live/y49RT-T... 🔭

An image showing equal day and night wishing a happy vernal equinox from the Astronomical Society of Edinburgh

Happy Vernal Equinox from Astronomical Society of Edinburgh 🔭

Binary Stars and Stellar Cannibalism YouTube video by Astronomical Society of Edinburgh

We have a talk on “Binary Stars and Stellar Cannibalism” this Friday 20 March at 7.30pm. Everyone welcome to watch: www.youtube.com/live/y49RT-T... 🔭

Many Scopes, One Target – The Power of Collaborative Imaging with the Seestar S50 - Astronomical Society of Edinburgh Pat Devine reports on the success of our Seestar S50 collaboration, producing impressive results by combining data from multiple scopes and observers

We've just published a report on the power of collaborative imaging with multiple Seestars 🔭. 5 or 6 people (or more!) imaging the same target, and submitting their stacked images for further processing. #astrophotography #Seestar

www.astronomyedinburgh.org/2026/03/15/m...

M81 (Bode's galaxy) and M82 (Cigar galaxy) using combined data from six @astronomyedinburgh.bsky.social members. M81 shows detail in the spiral arms, and M82 has red (hydrogen-alpha) starburst regions

A collaborative effort imaging M81 and M82 with six Seestar S50 🔭 by @astronomyedinburgh.bsky.social members. 5.3 hours combined LP filter and 15.6 hours IRCUT filter. LP and IRCUT stacked separately, and stacked images processed in PixInsight. #astrophotography

The Biggest Telescope in the World YouTube video by Astronomical Society of Edinburgh

We have a talk tonight by Bill Barton, Deputy Director of the Historical Section of the British Astronomical Association. We will also have the Sky in March. Free to watch on YouTube 🔭

youtu.be/vcGXZ0_Zcek

Reminder of tonight’s online talk at 7.30pm on YouTube. Free to watch. 🔭

Touching the Sun: Solar Orbiter, Parker Solar Probe and the origin of the solar wind YouTube video by Astronomical Society of Edinburgh

Online talk this Friday 20th February at 7.30pm. "Touching the Sun: Solar Orbiter, Parker Solar Probe and the origin of the solar wind". Free to watch on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRnK... #astronomy

I created this image of the Moon (using LROC data), with numbers highlighting craters named after women. The numbers refer to the MIT list at web.mit.edu/tripathi/www...

We had a talk recently on lunar craters named after women, and tonight have a members only meeting where @mikechristie.bsky.social will be talking about his captures of some of these craters.

🔊 Calling UK early career researches in astro, particle & nuclear physics. Please sign this open response to the proposed cuts at STFC ⚛️🧪🔭

"Protecting the UK's reputation as a science superpower requires not only investment, but continuity, confidence, and people"

✍️ ecr-openletter-stfc.github.io

Reminder of this evening’s talk on “Moon Women”. Starts at 7.30pm on YouTube. www.youtube.com/live/VksUh7x...

Moon Women: A reflection of human history - Astronomical Society of Edinburgh Talk by Ruth Boreham and we will also have the Sky in February. 1586 craters have been named on the moon, but only 28 are named after women. Join Ruth [...]

We have a talk on Friday this week (6th February) on "Moon Women", free to watch on YouTube. Details on our webpage. #astronomy

www.astronomyedinburgh.org/event/moon-w...

Richard Carrington.

🚨 Exciting news! 🚨

Here is the first known picture of the 19th Century astronomer Richard Carrington – who had the largest geomagnetic storm in history named after him.

It was found by our assistant archivist Kate Bond thanks to some brilliant detective work.🕵️‍♀️ 👉️ ras.ac.uk/news-and-pre...

Sky Diary February 2026 - Astronomical Society of Edinburgh All the things we cannot see, Jupiter still the highlight

February sky diary is now on our website: www.astronomyedinburgh.org/2026/01/26/s... 🔭