North Ronaldsay’s dark skies have achieved international recognition. The island has been...
Tag - Astronomy
A Shining Star
Williamina Paton Fleming (1857-1911) This year is the 125th anniversary of the discovery of the...
Photographing distant skies
Alan Tough got his first compact digital camera back in 2003. “There was a spectacular aurora in...
The stars from my back door
When Eric Walker asked his wife for a telescope for his birthday back in 2004 he got just a little...
Darker skies and brighter stars
When the “yellow lights” first arrived in Kirkwall more than 40 years ago they began in Palace...
Caithness skies and seas have star role
A Caithness photographer has won two awards in a national astronomy competition. Maciej Winiarczyk...
Merry dancers in the North Ronaldsay sky
The merry dancers were swaying across the sky last night, to their own esoteric music, pale diffuse...
Sleepwalk among the planets
In late November on Papa Westray, I set my alarm for before dawn - 6.30am - on a morning when I...
Sunrise at Brodgar
It happened with the tenth issue of the Orkney Telephone Directory; a very good photograph of the...
On earth as it is in heaven – was Orion linked to Orkney’s...
If there is one constellation that dominates an Orkney winter, it must surely be Orion. Orion over...