August Club News

Added on 11 August 2019

August Club News presented to Members & Visitors at our last Monthly Club Meeting on Tuesday 6th August 2019. It contains news, updates, and photos of the following •Culloden 300 •Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival •Summer Astrophotography Challenge •Doors Open Day 2019 (Power...

50 Years Ago .... by Eric W Walker (21 July 2019)

Added on 21 July 2019

50 years ago my mum & dad let me stay up to watch Man take his first step on the Moon. I was 11 years old and had been passionately watching & reading about all the American & Russian space missions for the past few years. Anyone that has met me, will know that, still, I just want to lea...

Trustees' Annual Report & Accounts 2018-19

Added on 16 July 2019

Please find a copy of the Society's Trustees' Annual Report & Accounts 2018-19 which meets our legal & OSCR charitable status requirements

Pop-Up Solar Observatory - Rosemarkie Beach

Added on 29 June 2019

Members of our Observing Team (Gerry, Pauline, David, and Eric) set up the first pop-up solar observatory of the season next to Rosemarkie Beach Cafe on Saturday 29th June. Our youngest active member, Georgina, taking a smartphone pic of our Sun through the Club's Lunt Ha Solar Telescope The we...

Pauline Digs Deep at JSL Observatory

Added on 26 June 2019

A busy and successful day for the Work Crew today at JSL Observatory. Gales over the past couple+ years had taken their toll on our south-facing fence and it was never going to last out another observing season. After much digging of deep holes, 3off 4x4 posts, four and a half hundredweight of P...

The Hunting of Comet 46P Wirtanen - Observing & Photography Challenge

Added on 09 November 2018

“The Hunting of Comet 46P Wirtanen” Our astronomy club announced its end of year challenge for observers and astrophotographers at our November monthly meeting last night. Will you be the first member to see the comet, the first to photograph its tails? This comet is on track to become a...

A Daytrippers Guide To Visiting The Moon

Added on 08 September 2018

Please download your copy of A Daytripper's Guide To Visiting the Moon by clicking on the link. This Guide has been compiled to use in conjunction with the skyran Moon exhibition in Stromness Academy during September 2018 which is part of the Orkney International Science Festival 2018

Doors Open Day 2018

Added on 03 September 2018

A great turnout for Doors Open Day 2018 - JSL Observatory (with photos of the event)