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Deep Sky Update – December 2023

December has been a poor month for observing here in Orkney. We did have three nights where aurorae were visible,

The BAA Deep Sky Section annual meeting will be held on March 16th 2024 at the Humfrey Rooms, Northampton. Doors

November has not seen great observing weather in Orkney. No deep-sky sessions sadly. We did have some aurorae early in

An online meeting of the Deep Sky Section will be held on Thursday January 11th 2024 from 19:30 to around

It was mentioned that the email version of the update does not always format well so I have been experimenting

Now past the autumnal equinox we are really seeing the return of properly dark skies. It’s just a pity the

Dark nights have returned to Orkney, and it has been nice to be able to see some stars again. We

On reaching the end of July the night skies are getting very noticeably darker here at 59N. We’ve had few

An on-line meeting of the Deep Sky Section will be held on September 28th from 19:30 BST. You can watch

Now that we are past the summer solstice, the nights are noticeably getting darker. Although we did not have a