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Calendar of AAS Events for 2025/2026

Please look out for further notices regarding in-person meetings 
   (look out for notices here and on
aberdeenastro.groups.io )

Date

Event

Location

     
2025-Sep-23
(Tue)
In Person and Online Meeting

Start 7:00pm

(Zoom Start 7.30pm)
Informal Meeting
Meeting at Bettridge Centre, Newtonhill 

In-person from 7 pm for informal chat and tea/coffee etc in the Bettridge Centre kitchen. Enter via the side entrance and up the stairs.

also available online to members, via Zoom (from 7:30 pm)

(Directions to Bettridge Centre)
2025-Oct-14
(Tue)

Zoom Meeting
(online only)

Start 7:00pm
Meeting/Talk  

John Reid Memorial Lecture:

by Dr Jamie Robinson, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Institute for Astronomy, University of Edinburgh 
Royal Observatory Edinburgh( ROE)

"Asteroids, Comets and the Legacy Survey of Space and Time  (unlocking the secrets of the Solar System with Survey Astronomy)"

Online Zoom Meeting, 7 pm 
(Directions to RGC)

Meeting for AAS Members & Associates

Some background on the Vera Rubin Telescope :

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory, formerly the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, is an astronomical observatory in Coquimbo Region, Chile. Its main task is to conduct an astronomical survey of the southern sky every few nights, creating a ten-year time-lapse record, termed the Legacy Survey of Space and Time.

- First light: June 2025
- Altitude: 2672m
- Diameter: 8.4m
- Collecting area: 35 m2 
- Angular resolution: 0.7" median seeing limit


2025-Oct-28
(Tue)
In Person and Online Meeting

Start 7:00pm

(Zoom Start 7.30pm)
Informal Meeting
Meeting at Bettridge Centre, Newtonhill 

In-person from 7:00 pm for informal chat and tea/coffee etc in the Bettridge Centre kitchen. Enter via the side entrance and up the stairs.

also available online to members, via Zoom (from 7:30 pm)

(Directions to Bettridge Centre)
2025-Nov-25
(Tue)
In Person and Online Meeting

Start 7:00pm

(Zoom Start 7.30pm)
Informal Meeting
Meeting at Bettridge Centre, Newtonhill 

In-person from 7:00pm  for informal chat and tea/coffee etc in the Bettridge Centre kitchen. Enter via the side entrance and up the stairs.

also available online to members, via Zoom (from 7:30 pm)

(Directions to Bettridge Centre)
2025-Dec-09 
(Tue)    

In Person and Online Meeting

Start 7:00pm

(Zoom Start 7.30pm)
Meeting - Christmas Quiz

Bring your Christmas Snacks & Drinks

** Date to be confirmed **
Christmas Meeting at Bettridge Centre, Newtonhill 

In-person from 7:00 pm for informal chat and tea/coffee etc in the Bettridge Centre kitchen. Enter via the side entrance and up the stairs.

Bring your Christmas Snacks & Drinks

also available online to members, via Zoom (from 7:30 pm)

(Directions to Bettridge Centre)
2026-Jan-27
(Tue)
In Person and Online Meeting

Start 7:00pm

(Zoom Start 7.30pm)
Informal Meeting
Meeting at Bettridge Centre, Newtonhill 

In-person from 7 pm for informal chat and tea/coffee etc in the Bettridge Centre kitchen. Enter via the side entrance and up the stairs.

also available online to members, via Zoom (from 7:30 pm)

(Directions to Bettridge Centre)
2026-Feb-24
(Tue)
In Person and Online Meeting

Start 7:00pm

(Zoom Start 7.30pm)
Informal Meeting
Meeting at Bettridge Centre, Newtonhill 

In-person from 7 pm for informal chat and tea/coffee etc in the Bettridge Centre kitchen. Enter via the side entrance and up the stairs.

also available online to members, via Zoom (from 7:30 pm)

(Directions to Bettridge Centre)
2026-Mar-24
(Tue)
In Person and Online Meeting

Start 7:00pm

(Zoom Start 7.30pm)
Informal Meeting
Meeting at Bettridge Centre, Newtonhill 

In-person from 7 pm for informal chat and tea/coffee etc in the Bettridge Centre kitchen. Enter via the side entrance and up the stairs.

also available online to members, via Zoom (from 7:30 pm)

(Directions to Bettridge Centre)
2026-Apr-28
(Tue)
In Person and Online Meeting

Start 7:00pm

(Zoom Start 7.30pm)
Informal Meeting
Meeting at Bettridge Centre, Newtonhill 

In-person from 7 pm for informal chat and tea/coffee etc in the Bettridge Centre kitchen. Enter via the side entrance and up the stairs.

also available online to members, via Zoom (from 7:30 pm)

(Directions to Bettridge Centre)
2026-May-26
(Tue)
In Person and Online Meeting

Start 7:00pm

(Zoom Start 7.30pm)
Informal Meeting
Meeting at Bettridge Centre, Newtonhill 

In-person from 7 pm for informal chat and tea/coffee etc in the Bettridge Centre kitchen. Enter via the side entrance and up the stairs.

also available online to members, via Zoom (from 7:30 pm)

(Directions to Bettridge Centre)
2026-Jun-23
(Tue)
In Person and Online Meeting

Start 7:00pm

(Zoom Start 7.30pm)
Informal Meeting
Meeting at Bettridge Centre, Newtonhill 

In-person from 7 pm for informal chat and tea/coffee etc in the Bettridge Centre kitchen. Enter via the side entrance and up the stairs.

also available online to members, via Zoom (from 7:30 pm)

(Directions to Bettridge Centre)
2026-Jul-28
(Tue)
In Person and Online Meeting

Start 7:00pm

(Zoom Start 7.30pm)
Informal Meeting
Meeting at Bettridge Centre, Newtonhill 

In-person from 7 pm for informal chat and tea/coffee etc in the Bettridge Centre kitchen. Enter via the side entrance and up the stairs.

also available online to members, via Zoom (from 7:30 pm)

(Directions to Bettridge Centre)
2026-Aug-25
(Tue)
In Person and Online Meeting

Start 7:00pm

(Zoom Start 7.30pm)
Informal Meeting
Meeting at Bettridge Centre, Newtonhill 

In-person from 7 pm for informal chat and tea/coffee etc in the Bettridge Centre kitchen. Enter via the side entrance and up the stairs.

also available online to members, via Zoom (from 7:30 pm)

(Directions to Bettridge Centre)
    
 
Past Events (2025/2026)    
    
 

 

Meetings at Bettridge Centre  4th Tuesday of Month (except Dec),  
 7:30pm start unless otherwise stated
(directions to Bettridge Centre, Newtonhill
In Person (from 07:00/07:15) and via ZOOM (from 07:30)

Meetings/Talks on 2nd Tuesday of Month at RGC
have been suspended for the 2025/26 season, and will be replaced by  to 2-3 online talks through the season. Future resumption will be dependant on fresh people coming forward on to the Committee to organize speakers / meetings etc.  (meetings at Bettridge Centre will still continue on the 4th Tuesday of Month)
 
Dark Sky Observing - 
Knockburn Loch. Look out for notices from Neal Weston
AAS Members Only
 
 
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