If Galileo had been a Scotsman

[Bulkins]

... we might have had more flavours of porridge but his talents would not have been manifested through astronomy.

2:45am and still a bright northern horizon. Through a break in the clouds I spotted one star (no idea which)!

[Lorne]

Never mind, a couple of weeks and the nights will be "fair drawin in" again

[callump]

There are plenty of 'famous' scottish astronomers in the 16, 17 and 18th centuries though - during the Scottish Enlightenment.

John Napier (inventor of logarithms)

James Gregory (inventor of the Gregorian telescope)

David Brewster (of Brewster's angle)

Adam Smith (wrote History of Astronomy)

+ many more less well known...

So Scottish weather did not hold them back....

Callum

[damnut]

He would have to have been really good, as there are few breaks in the cloud!. Spent three weeks in the Highlands in March, one clear night.

Absolutely beautiful.

[Bulkins]

There are plenty of 'famous' scottish astronomers in the 16, 17 and 18th centuries though - during the Scottish Enlightenment.

John Napier (inventor of logarithms)

James Gregory (inventor of the Gregorian telescope)

David Brewster (of Brewster's angle)

Adam Smith (wrote History of Astronomy)

+ many more less well known...

So Scottish weather did not hold them back....

All famous for things they did while waiting for a break in the clouds

[callump]

How true :-)

[Astro Imp]

All famous for things they did while waiting for a break in the clouds

Great!!