Next Meetings

As we approach the winter solstice, we are now well into our autumn season. The next meeting will be at the Smith Institute on Friday 11th January, at 7:30 pm. All welcome.

Next Evening Class: Thursday 3rd January. Classes take place in the Highland Hotel on the first Thursday of the month, at 7:00 pm.

Further details on our Meetings page, or please contact us for more information.

Celestial Events in November

• 5th: Crescent Moon, Venus and Spica are close in the pre-dawn sky
• 9th: New Moon at 17h40m UT
• 14th: Maximum of the Geminid meteor shower at 11h00mUT
• 17th: Mercury at superior conjunction
• 21st: Moon appears to move through Pleiades
• 22nd: Maximum of the Ursid meteor shower
• 22nd: Winter solstice occurs at 06h08m
• 23rd: Jupiter is in conjunction with the Sun at 05h55m UT
• 24th: Mars is at opposition at 20h00m UT
• 24th: Full Moon at 01h16m UT
• 24th: Moon occults Mars in Northern Scotland at around 03h40m UT
• 30th: Comet 8P/Tuttle appears to move through M33 (Triangulum Galaxy)