Our latest outreach event took place on Saturday 4 October, as part of the global International Observe the Moon Night  celebrations. We...

42 of us flew out to La Palma in September, mostly Flamsteed members plus some friends and family (including our youngest ever attendee...

It was one of those nights that will linger in the memory for a long time – not for flawless skies or perfect observing conditions, but...

The evening began with the Flamsteed Astronomy Society’s 26th Annual General Meeting, where Chair Bobby Manoo presented a positive review...

After the huge crowds for last week’s lunar eclipse event, our latest Blackheath observing session on Saturday 13 September was a much...

Our first Blackheath observing session of the new season promised to be a memorable one, with a total lunar eclipse coinciding with...

Our latest public solar viewing session at the Royal Observatory Greenwich took place on Sunday 24 August and went almost exactly as...

The mid-August solar viewing session at the Royal Observatory Greenwich took place on one of the hottest days of the year. By 10.15am, we...

As part of the Royal Observatory’s 350th anniversary celebrations, we hosted another public solar viewing session on Saturday 9 August....

After the disappointment of last week’s cancelled session, we decided to take a chance and go ahead with our planned solar viewing on...

Nine events planned so far this season – and nine successfully delivered. We’re beginning to wonder when our luck will run out. There was...

Thanks to everyone who came along to the summer social drinks on the evening of 10 July at The Old Brewery in Greenwich! It was a very...

A group of Flamsteed members met at Mycenae House to take part in a workshop given by Mark Jeffery and Paul May.   Citizen Science...

The forecast was a tricky one. Cloud cover looked stubborn for much of the morning, and deciding which day to run wasn’t easy. Saturday...

25 years later: from a group of enthusiasts and friends to the Flamsteed Astronomy Society It all started on 11th September 1999 with...

Our seventh successful solar session in a row – and it landed on Friday the 13th. Who said astronomers were superstitious? I arrived on...

On Saturday 7th June, 56 of us headed to the deep south of East Sussex to visit Herstmonceux for the day. This is the biggest group we’ve...

This was a very enjoyable evening, and we discovered some fascinating books, and we also heard the stories behind why they were chosen....

We had a fantastic solar viewing session at the Royal Observatory Greenwich on Saturday 31 May, rounding off the season’s meteorological...

A fascinating and enlightening evening with three very different talks. It’s always good to hear from our members - whether just in...