Mike Meynell
A Stellar Night for All: Blackheath Observing Report - 23rd September 2023
An unforgettable night at Blackheath! Saturn, Jupiter's moons, and deep-sky wonders had us all in awe.
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Mike Meynell
- Sep 16
- 3 min
Rolling the Dice with British Weather: Blackheath Observing Report - 16th September 2023
Report on our Blackheath Observing session on Saturday 16th September 2023.
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Flamsteed Astronomy Society
- Mar 30, 2022
- 5 min
Blackheath Observing Event – 25 March 2022
On Saturday, 18th January 2020, we gathered on Blackheath Common looking thoughtfully up at what the night sky was offering. Members with...
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Flamsteed Astronomy Society
- Oct 22, 2016
- 3 min
Blackheath Observing – Saturday 22 October 2016
The start of our observing session, with the added backdrop of the Blackheath funfair! An excellent session started off rather dubiously...
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Flamsteed Astronomy Society
- Mar 11, 2016
- 1 min
Blackheath Observing – Friday 11 March 2016
Friday 11th saw us returning to Blackheath for an observing session. After what seemed like a never ending spell of bad weather which had...
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Flamsteed Astronomy Society
- Aug 1, 2015
- 2 min
Blackheath Observing Evening – Saturday 1 August 2015
Blackheath Observing Evening – 1 August 2015 Our August observing event took place on Saturday August 1st under clear skies. This was a...
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Flamsteed Astronomy Society
- Dec 19, 2014
- 3 min
Blackheath Observing – Friday 19 December 2014
Blackheath Observing Our scheduled observing session on the 19th coincided with a spell of clear skies that offered good seeing and a...
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Flamsteed Astronomy Society
- Nov 14, 2014
- 4 min
Blackheath Observing – Friday 14 November 2014
Herschel’s Garnet Star Weather forecasting skills are almost as important as knowledge of the night sky when trying to practise astronomy...
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Flamsteed Astronomy Society
- Oct 25, 2014
- 2 min
Blackheath Observing – Occultation of Saturn by the Moon
Setting up the telescopes on Blackheath Well, you’ve got to love astronomy in the UK… don’t you?!… don’t you?!?!?!? A very frustrating...
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Flamsteed Astronomy Society
- Jan 9, 2014
- 1 min
Blackheath Stargazing – 9 January 2014
Under the Plough Our first observing session of 2014 and our first for many weeks, due to weather, proved to be an enormous success. The...
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Flamsteed Astronomy Society
- May 25, 2013
- 3 min
Blackheath “Stargazing” Evening – Saturday 25 May
Attendees trying to view Jupiter, Venus and Mercury after Sunset Torrential rain for most of Friday 24 May put paid to any plans that we...
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Flamsteed Astronomy Society
- Jun 6, 2012
- 6 min
‘Transit of Venus’ on Blackheath
The crowd gathers on Blackheath (Pic by Mike Dryland) Grey makes final adjustments to the 90mm Coronado (Pic by Mike Dryland) Around 140...
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