The summer is with us again and the dark skies have mostly departed. We want to thank everyone who visited us this past season 2024/25. It was our most successful season yet in terms of visitor numbers and we hope some of you will join us again next season. Whilst it is the end of the official visitor season, we may still be offering a chance to visit for an open day and share a look through our Solar Telescope with you. Look out for mail shots on this. Also there will still be interesting things going on in the sky such as Aurora, Noctilucent clouds, Lunar Eclipses etc so keep looking up until we see you again. We will be open for visitors in October 2025 and the booking form will be live from mid September 2025.

Based in the south of Scotland. Moffat Community Observatory was officially opened to the public in 2021. For the opening ceremony we were delighted to welcome Professor of Astrophysics and Astronomer Royal for Scotland Catherine Heymans to join us.

Our main goal is to inspire as many people as we can to engage with Astronomy. To learn about our planets place in the wider universe and bring people together to appreciate the beauty of the night sky, whether they be local to Moffat or from all parts of the UK and beyond. 

We aim to to do this by providing free access to otherwise expensive astronomy equipment, resources and expertise.  The access and expertise is provided by our small team of dedicated volunteers from Moffat Astronomy Club. Members of Moffat Astronomy Club are entitled to privileged access to Moffat Community Observatory. You can join Moffat Astronomy Club here. To find out more about our people, equipment, events and how to book a visit. Please have a tour of our website. 

Moffat Community Observatory is free to visit there is no obligation to contribute. We cannot however continue to provide our services without ongoing support for running costs and maintenance. So if you can afford to donate to help keep this amazing resource open then please help by clicking on one of our  Make A Donation buttons. Thank you for your support.   

Professor of Astrophysics and Astronomer Royal for Scotland Catherine Heymans commemorating the opening of the Observatory in October 2021