Deep Sky – British Astronomical Association

Deep Sky Update – November 2024

I suppose November has been an average observing month for me this year, with just the one night clear enough

October has been another windy month with not many opportunities for good observing. I did manage a couple of hours

September has been a busy month for me with the Orkney International Science Festival at the start, for a week.

The Deep Sky Section is holding its annual meeting in Goostrey, Cheshire, hosted by Macclesfield Astronomical Society on Saturday 22nd

August has finally brought dark skies again – and even a few clear nights. Last night of the month (31

An online Zoom webinar is being held by the Deep Sky Section. Here is the Zoom webinar link. And the

Clear nights have been few and far between, but there were a couple of nice displays of noctilucent clouds. And

We had a nice display of noctilucent clouds on June 25-26 but this was I think the only night that

Just a quick update this month. Really light nights are here in Orkney now, but hopefully those further south might

Well, April was another poor month of observing opportunities again for me. Astronomical twilight now lasts all night in Orkney