Professor Sanjeev Gupta visited the Flamsteed Astronomy Society for a second time, leaving us with a thought-provoking statement about...

Who needs the stars and planets when you’ve got buildings? That seemed to be the theme of the day as the Flamsteed Astronomy Society took...

Another year draws to a close! And on 12th December, we gathered again in the Trafalgar Tavern in Greenwich to celebrate the festive...

The Search for Life on Mars "Yet across the gulf of space, minds that are to our minds as ours are to those of the beasts that perish,...

Frank began his talk with a fascinating observation: "Astronomy in China, Korea & Japan presents a total change to how we in the West...

We were really excited to join forces with the British Astronomical Association (BAA) and the Society for Popular Astronomy (SPA) to run...

The Flamsteed Astronomy Society’s November meeting began with an engaging astronomy news update from our chair, Bobby Manoo . Kicking off...

Report by Simon Hurst & Bobby Manoo This was our second Exclusive Access event at the ROG, and unfortunately, the sky gods didn’t...

Tony and Tej gave us talks on two very different subjects, yet both managed to captivate us with history and artistry in fascinating...

Observing, by Simon Hurst We were here for the "great gig in the sky" - ok, enough of the song titles, let’s get on with it. From...

Lost in the dark: where’d all that pesky matter go??? The challenge: To find something in the dark, that you cannot see, whose...

The evening started off with quite the excitement as we prepared for the much-hyped appearance of Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-Atlas) ....

Last night’s Blackheath observing session was another great success, with around 80 visitors joining us under mostly clear skies. Despite...

(and other songs) The first lecture of the Flamsteed Astronomy Society's 2024-25 season kicked off with our 25th Annual General Meeting...

When the weekend forecast said "rain," we said "Friday it is!" Our volunteers adapted quickly, showing up with scopes in hand like it was...

Last night, we kicked off the 2024-25 season of Flamsteed’s History of Astronomy talks at Mycenae House. Now, we could’ve just given you...

Blackheath observing events in September have always been popular. Although the skies don’t get particularly dark until quite late, the...

You’ve heard of Oscar wrap parties - well, get ready to strap in and set your inertial compensators to full! To celebrate an amazing...

After three successful solar viewing sessions in a row this August, we were clearly due for a weather-disrupted one - and, naturally, the...

One of the big highlights of our solar viewing season has been the incredible quality of our volunteers and the fact that we’ve been able...