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Welcome to the website of the Highlands Astronomical Society!

We hope you enjoy your visit. You can use  the buttons to the left hand side to visit the different sections on the site, including our popular reviews section, members-mods page, and wonderful gallery section.

The Society has members all over the Highlands, and even some who are further afield! We have a new observatory sited at Culloden Battlefield. The Jim Savage-Lowden observatory houses a computerised Meade LX200R 14 inch telescope, which gives outstanding views of galaxies, nebular, planets -  in fact anything we point it at! Details of the next public observing session can be found under JSL Observatory in the right-hand column. We have Solar Saturdays from April to early September and public evening viewing sessions on two Fridays each month throughout the winter. Please be sure to visit the Observing Etiquette page before joining us - it will help you to get the most out of your observatory visit!

The main meeting is held on the first Tuesday of each month at Smithton Culloden Free Church (second Tuesday January and April) from 19:30 - 22:00. All welcome. Your first visit is free.

The Youngstars, for ages 8-14, meet at the same venue prior to the main meeting from 19:00 - 19.30.

To see what is on at the next meeting, please click on the button at the left hand side.

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Stargazey Pie.  How did the things we look at in the night (and daytime) sky get their names? This is the question that is answered, by James Marett-Crosby, in the February edition of Stargazey Pie, the club's monthly newsletter! You can read it here.

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Gallery Update.  Click the thumbnail to left to see the latest addition to our Gallery pages: This is Eric Walker's recent Pleiades image, taken in December 2011 using new equipment. More additions to the gallery are also available for your viewing!

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Reviews.  Fancy a "small" scope that thinks it's bigger than it is? Want it with a posh dual-speed Crayford focuser and a triplet ED lens assembly? Ok? Want it with a carbon-fibre tube? Well, alright then: here's the TS TLAPO906T ED Triplet refractor. Read the review of it by Antony McEwan 

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Space News.  Pat Williams has taken over the reigns of the popular Space News updates, initiated by John Gilmour last year. October 2010's update, and all the previous ones, can be accessed HERE! 

 

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