May 2010
2 posts
(More) Citizen Science Projects
Sky at Night Magazine had quite a nice article this month on the proliferation of ‘citizen science’ projects. I’m sure that most of you are familiar with the concept and have maybe even participated in one or two: SETI@home, Galaxy Zoo and the new Solar Stormwatch for example. There was, however, an omission in my opinion. One that is close to the ASG’s heart:...
Looking up at those looking down
Now that we are getting closer to summer, the nights are getting much lighter. At least here in Scotland they are. It doesn’t make observing impossible, just a wee bit harder to see fainter objects and you have to stay up very, very late. So what to do?
Well, last night I watched a very bright object overhead - the International Space Station (ISS). It’s a fun thing to do and it...
February 2010
1 post
It's been a while...
Sorry we haven’t posted much recently, but unfortunately we haven’t had the skies here in Glasgow to do much observing.
It’s not like we haven’t been trying. We have had several nights at the Botanic Gardens in Glasgow (we had to cancel one due to heavy snow in December), and we have been at the Acre Road observatory and our darker skies site every month, but the weather...
September 2009
3 posts
A Sunny Day in West Glasgow
Today was our first public event of the astro season - Sun over the Botanics. We had our solar telescope set up to view the Sun and were treated to some fantastic views of prominences all afternoon. We also had a spectroscope set up to show how the light from the Sun is comprised of many different colours.
We spoke to lots of people about astronomy in general and specifically what we had...
New session, first night
On Thursday night we had Robert Law visiting from Mills Observatory in Dundee, talking about Observing with Small Telescopes.
This was a more varied talk than I had anticipated, as he incorporated a history of small telescopes, including the influence of Charles Frank as a maker and supplier of small telescopes in Glasgow and Scotland as whole. He then went on to point out the benefits of using...
Well, hello there!
Hi!
We’re the Astronomical Society of Glasgow, or The ASG to our friends. As the name suggests, we’re an astro society in Glasgow, Scotland with over 150 members.
We hold lectures, visit the local observatory, do public observing evenings at the Botanic Gardens in Glasgow, organise visits to darker skies sites and various other activities that crop up.
This week sees the start of...