Historical images
The ROE site in 1919.
The 1928 Grubb Parsons telescope in the East Tower dome.
What's New
- First instrument for the JWST is completed and handed over to NASA
- Black hole caught red-handed in a stellar homicide
- Wish You Were Here? Searching for Exoplanets
- Mid-Kent Astronomical Society begins work with the telescope
- 'Can-do' Kids meet at Royal Observatory
- New SCUBA-2 camera reveals wild youth of the universe
- VISTA produces spectacular panoramic view of the distant Universe
The Royal Observatory Edinburgh comprises the UK Astronomy Technology Centre of the Science and Technology Facilities Council, the Institute for Astronomy of the University of Edinburgh and the ROE Visitor Centre.