AAS - Aberdeen Astronomical Society

Welcome to the website of Aberdeen Astronomical Society (AAS).

AAS is an organisation for astronomy enthusiasts that meet on a regular basis for astronomical observing, talks by guest speakers and visits to observatories and planetaria. AAS has members of all ages and experience levels. We usually meet at the historic Cromwell Tower Observatory in Old Aberdeen and in Bettridge Centre, Newtonhill (more >)

New members are very welcome!

Within these pages you can find out what events AAS has coming up, details of where and when we meet and how to join us.

AAS may be contacted by email at

Noctilucent Clouds (June 19th)
Bright display of noctilucent clouds visible on June 19th. Images below and a 5 MB video were recorded by AAS member Torcuill Torrance from Newtonhill.
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Torc's pictures and a 5 MB video made there way onto the top story slot on the June 23rd edition of spaceweather.com and the 2008 Noctilucent Cloud Photo Gallery

Upcoming Meetings and Events

Dinner/Social Event : Fri 11th July

Regular events return in September.

more >> AAS Meetings & Events for 2008

Sky Events from Scotland

more >> Sky Notes

Current Geomagnetic Activity
SAMNET's magnetometer near Aberdeen

[ from Aurora Watch ]

more >> Night Sky /Aurorae Section

Society News & Observing Reports

more_>> AAS News

Phil Hart wins Honourable Mentions for astrophotos at prestigious "David Malin Awards", 2007. Phil Hart recently entered a number of his astro-images in the fourth annual David Malin astrophotography competition, hosted by the Central West Astronomical Society in Parkes, NSW, and came away with three honourable mentions in the Amateur Deep Sky and Amateur Solar System categories.
>> Picture of Phil Hart with David Malin

Photo Copyright: Phil Hart

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 Woodbank 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.

Picture by Darren Moody

See
Gallery of
Total Lunar
Eclipse Images
taken by
AAS Members
March 3rd

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.