At that time, the honorary presidents were Peck and the Astronomer Royal for Scotland, Ralph Allan Sampson.

[7][6][8][9] In 1953, the ASE moved its own base and venue for its lectures and meetings from the Royal Scottish Geographical Society at Randolph Crescent to the Calton Hill Observatory.

Since leaving the City Observatory in 2009, the ASE has transferred the venue for its monthly lectures and meetings to the Augustine United Church hall on George IV Bridge in the centre of the Old Town in Edinburgh.

[10] In person meetings are normally held on the first Friday of each month (except August), and are open to the public free of charge.

[14] As part of the Centenary celebrations, the ASE setup a remote observatory at Trevinca Skies[15] in Galicia, Spain in 2023, completed in April 2024.