Flamsteed Astronomy Society
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
- Feb 24
- 2 min
Astro News + Astro Highlights – Theatre & Zoom event – 22 February 2022
So after being away for almost two years… Slingshot around the sun, charge the flux capacitor or use the force – whatever your favourite...
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Flamsteed Astronomy Society
- May 2, 2020
- 1 min
The Sky this Month – May 2020
A short review of what to see in the night sky in May 2020: Light phases at sunrise and sunset Sky conditions during lockdown Starlink...
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Flamsteed Astronomy Society
- Feb 25, 2020
- 3 min
‘Agnes Mary Clerke – from Skibbereen to the Universe’ – History of Astronomy Talk
Agnes Mary Clerke Agnes Mary Clerke was born in Skibbereen in Co Cork in and grew up in the midst of the horrific Irish Famine. Her...
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Flamsteed Astronomy Society
- Nov 9, 2018
- 2 min
Romney Observing – 8th November 2018
Martin trained his Meade 14” SCT (Schmitt Cassegrain Telescope) on a fascinating variety of deep sky objects and planets. With such a...
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Flamsteed Astronomy Society
- Jan 24, 2017
- 3 min
Viewing with the Great Equatorial Telescope – 24 January 2017
The planet Uranus on the evening of 24th Jan 2017, captured using the Great Equatorial Telescope at the Royal Observatory by Tom Kerss...
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Flamsteed Astronomy Society
- Dec 7, 2016
- 2 min
Radio Astronomy Group Workshop – 7 December 2016
A workshop meeting of the Radio Astronomy special interest group took place at Mycenae House on the 7th December 2016. Owing to the usual...
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Flamsteed Astronomy Society
- Nov 22, 2016
- 3 min
Viewing with the Great Equatorial Telescope – 22 November 2016
However, on this evening, no such backup program was needed! The skies partly opened up for us and our ROG Astronomer, Brendan Owens,...
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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
- Sep 19, 2016
- 6 min
Astrobiology: What makes a planet habitable?
Professor Lewis Dartnell Astrobiology, said Professor Lewis Dartnell, is “the science of hunting for aliens”! That may conjure up images...
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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
- Mar 7, 2016
- 1 min
The Sky this Month – March 2016
Bobby Manoo treated the Flamsteed audience to another highly entertaining review of what to see in the night sky in the month of March...
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Flamsteed Astronomy Society
- Dec 14, 2015
- 1 min
Celebrating 16 years of the Flamsteed Astronomy Society
At our Christmas lecture, on Monday 14 December 2015, the Flamsteed celebrated its “sweet-16th” birthday. We had over a hundred Flamsteed...
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Flamsteed Astronomy Society
- Jun 21, 2015
- 4 min
Summer Solstice Sun Day at the Royal Observatory Greenwich
Solar Viewing on the Summer Solstice at the ROG Report by Mike Meynell We had decided to go ahead with our involvement in the Summer...
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Flamsteed Astronomy Society
- Jan 10, 2015
- 2 min
Comet 2014/Q2 Lovejoy Observing Event – 10 January 2015
Comet 2014/Q2 Lovejoy by Rupert Smith Saturday the 10th was the date for our inaugural observing and imaging event under Chris Mann’s...
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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 25, 2014
- 3 min
Ghosts, Poltergeists, and the Law of Gravity – History of Astronomy Group Meeting
Tony Sizer We were a month late for Halloween but Tony Sizer nevertheless gave us a good scare with “Ghosts, poltergeists, and the Law of...
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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
- Nov 10, 2014
- 9 min
Cosmic Quest – A History of Astronomy
Heather Couper and Dr Nigel Henbest “We have one hour to cover thousands of years of astronomy,” said Heather Couper. She and Nigel...
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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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