AAS - Aberdeen Astronomical Society

Noctilucent Clouds from Banchory-Devenick - 2009-Jun-18. Photo by Andrew Phethean (Click on image for large view)

Upcoming Meetings and Events

August 25th : Informal Meeting. Bettridge Centre, Newtonhill, 8-10pm

September 22nd : Informal Meeting. Bettridge Centre, Newtonhill, 8-10pm

Check back later for information on more talks/events in during the Autumn/Winter Season.

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Sky Events from Scotland

more >> Sky Notes

Current Geomagnetic Activity
SAMNET's magnetometer near Aberdeen

[ from Aurora Watch ]

more >> Night Sky /Aurorae Section

International Year of Astronomy 2009 (IYA2009)

In 2009 the world will celebrate the International Year of Astronomy to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Galileo's use of a telescope to study the night sky.

IYA2009 links
UK :: http://www.astronomy2009.co.uk/
Global : http://www.astronomy2009.org/

Spring Star Gazing Success (Mar 28th) -
read about successful recent public event on News Page

Society News & Observing Reports

Spring Star Gazing Success (Mar 28th, 2009)

Star gazers in Newtonhill were blessed with clear skies on Saturday night (March 28th) and braved freezing temperatures to enjoy the Spring Star Watch event organised by Aberdeen Astronomical Society. About 90 people enjoyed the evening that included talks on astronomy and telescope observing.

A highlight of the evening was the Cosmic Dome planetarium run by Christine Macmillan from Techfest-Setpoint, who gave the audience a guided tour of the night sky before they were then able to go outside and see the real thing for themselves. read more >>

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Feel free to come along to one of our meetings to find out more about AAS. AAS members are happy to give advice on telescope purchase and any other astronomical queries (AAS Meetings).

Come along to one of our Bettridge Centre meetings if you'd like to try out a few telescopes or learn your way around the night sky.

We look forward to meeting you!

What can you see from Aberdeen tonight? Is an aurora display likely? Will the International Space Station be visible? Find out in the Aberdeen's Night Sky section. This section includes an interactive star chart for Aberdeen. This website also has a Sky Notes page with details of forthcoming astronomical events visible from Aberdeen.

AAS organises regular public observing sessions. See our AAS News and Events page for details.

AAS may be contacted by email at

AAS is grateful to Forest Enterprise for access to a dark sky site in the Midmar area. In the future, we may wish to build an observatory somewhere as well. AAS members wanting to get involved in this project should join the aberdeenastro Yahoo! Group specially set up for the purpose. The Yahoo! site also contains an active message board for members, giving details of impromptu observing sessions and astronomical chat.