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Deep Sky Update – August 2024

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

It would seem like observing weather in March has been poor for most. That was certainly the case up here.

February has been another month of poor weather on Orkney – though I am not sure other parts of the

January has been a poor month for observing in Orkney – I’ve not managed any deep sky observing sessions, and

There are four main way of double star observing; using a reticle, a bifilar micrometer, the ‘stopwatch’ method, and direct