Lectures are held in the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow City Centre at 7.30pm and are normally on the third Thursday of each month, however this does occasionally vary to accommodate the speakers.

All topics of Astronomy are covered in the lectures from Planetary Science to Astrophotography and The Search for Life Beyond Earth.

The Society is involved in a number of outreach events, bringing Astronomy to the people of Glasgow and further afield.

In 2014, the Society took part in a Stargazing Evening at Whitelee Wind Farm with Glasgow Science Centre.

A West of Scotland Branch of the British Astronomical Society was founded in 1894 and based in Glasgow.

The inaugural meeting took place on 23 November that year when members were addressed by E. W. Maunder, founder of the BAA and Editor of the Journal.

With the close of the session 1943-44, the Branch completed fifty years of useful life and this was celebrated, amongst other things, by the re-election of Professor Smart to the Jubilee Chair.

About ten years later, it was decided to wind up the Branch and reconstitute it as The Astronomical Society of Glasgow, affiliated to the BAA.