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Highlands Astronomical Society

Observing Reports

Perseid Party

Added by David Davidson at 00:00 on 25 August 2024

The Perseid Party on 12th August. The last Monday of the skool* holidays for staying up late and perfect timing to coincide with the annual Perseid meteor shower. The events surrounding the day of ...

LORD OF THE RINGS

Added by David Davidson at 00:00 on 25 October 2023

LORD of the RINGS "Then Varda went forth from the council and she looked out from the height of Taniquetil and beheld the darkness of Middle Earth beneath the innumerable stars, faint and far...

Astrophotography Night

Added by David Davidson at 00:00 on 20 August 2023

Astrophotography night. Sat 19th August "Why now, blow wind, swell billow, and swim bark. The storm is up and all is on the hazard!" Saturday the 19th of August was to be the 'Astropho...

Perseids BBQ

Added by David Davidson at 00:00 on 12 August 2023

Where in Inverness on a Saturday night would you find somewhere that combines fine dining, a fireworks display, a meteor shower, fire-side ghost stories, with some of the best company that you could f...

Night Owls

Added by David Davidson at 00:00 on 07 August 2023

How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank! Here we will sit and let the sounds of music creep in our ears. Soft stillness and the night become the touches of sweet harmony. Sit, Jessica. Look ...

Saturn, and a brush with the 'Woo'.

Added by David Davidson at 00:00 on 21 July 2023

It was Friday the twenty first of July and it was cloudy at dusk with just a few holes to see into the blue void of space. I was sitting in the garden watching the sky as the colours changed from pink...

SOLAR FRIDAY

Added by David Davidson at 00:00 on 09 June 2023

It is always risky to set a date for anything to do with astronomy, kind of like buying a telescope, which as we all know comes with its own pre-packaged clouds, so midweek I consulted my garden wea...

More matter for a May morning.

Added by David Davidson at 00:00 on 09 May 2023

' More matter for a May morning ' 09.05.23. 00.00 - 03.30 am. Now is the very witching time of night when churchyards yawn and owls and bats roam the open, silent fields so moths and mice b...

Size Matters - Observing report

Added by David Davidson at 00:00 on 19 April 2023

' SIZE MATTERS ' They say that size doesn't matter, but when it comes to telescopes that is just not true, size is everything. Well, maybe. It depends on a lot of variables, so let's...
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