Flamsteed Astronomy Society
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
- 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
- Sep 15, 2014
- 6 min
Testing Gravity in the Solar System
Dr Ali Mozaffari Dr Ali Mozaffari’s presentation on Testing Gravity in the Solar System was the opening event of the Flamsteed 2014-15...
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Flamsteed Astronomy Society
- Jun 9, 2014
- 8 min
Members’ Talks
One of the great pleasures of being a member of the Flamsteed Astronomy Society is the opportunity to chat to other members of the...
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Flamsteed Astronomy Society
- Oct 14, 2013
- 6 min
The Day Without Yesterday
Dr Stuart Clark The Flamsteed were delighted to welcome back Dr Stuart Clark, a regular visitor to the society. Stuart has recently been...
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Flamsteed Astronomy Society
- Sep 16, 2013
- 4 min
Photographing the Universe
Marek takes questions after the lecture The Flamsteed were delighted to welcome back our good friend, Dr Marek Kukula, the Public...
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Flamsteed Astronomy Society
- May 9, 2011
- 5 min
The Big Questions: The Universe
Dr Stuart Clark The 20 biggest cosmic mysteries made simple by Dr Stuart Clark This lecture was presented by Dr Stuart Clark, Senior...
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Flamsteed Astronomy Society
- Jan 10, 2011
- 3 min
Space Debris – Danger in Orbit
Dr Richard Crowther This was a lecture delivered by Prof Richard Crowther who is currently in charge of International Relations at the UK...
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Flamsteed Astronomy Society
- Nov 9, 2010
- 1 min
To here from Eternity – The extraordinary story of some ordinary chondrite meteorites
Dr Mike Simms Unfortunately, there is no meeting report available for this lecture.
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Flamsteed Astronomy Society
- May 17, 2010
- 1 min
The VISTA project
Prof Jim Emerson Unfortunately, there is no meeting report available for this lecture.
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Flamsteed Astronomy Society
- Feb 1, 2010
- 4 min
Solar Story: understanding the Sun
Dr Rebekah Higgitt Rebekah Higgitt began the evening with a talk entitled “Solar Observation at the Royal Observatory...
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Flamsteed Astronomy Society
- Jan 11, 2010
- 1 min
The Universe in 3-D
Greg has been delivering this super presentation for a couple of years now, including his appearance at AstroFest in 2009. His...
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Flamsteed Astronomy Society
- Nov 2, 2009
- 3 min
Working the Line
Mike Dryland A complicated set of circumstances … prevented our scheduled speaker from coming to Greenwich and so Mike stepped into the...
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Flamsteed Astronomy Society
- Oct 16, 2009
- 1 min
The Moon — Exploring our nearest neighbour
Dr Robert Massey Robert Massey kicked-off the Flamsteed’s 10th birthday evening with an excellent presentation covering the full story of...
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Flamsteed Astronomy Society
- Sep 28, 2009
- 2 min
Aliens! Could Darwin work on the distant worlds of Galileo?
Dr Francisco Diego We were delighted that Dr Francisco Diego was able to be with us to deliver the first talk of the Flamsteed’s 2009/10...
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Flamsteed Astronomy Society
- May 11, 2009
- 3 min
Cosmic Oasis
Dr Marek Kukula Marek spoke to us in our final lecture meeting of the season. Over the Millennia man has had many different perceptions...
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Flamsteed Astronomy Society
- Apr 6, 2009
- 3 min
History of the telescope – the view from Greenwich
Richard Dunn Richard Dunn began with a brief introduction to his new book “The Telescope: A short history” (NMM Publishing 2009). The...
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Flamsteed Astronomy Society
- Mar 2, 2009
- 1 min
Mars discovered – a crash course
Doug Ellison “A crash course” and no mishtake! In the 20th century only about 32% of space missions to Mars were successful. The...
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Flamsteed Astronomy Society
- Nov 3, 2008
- 1 min
Photographing the Night Sky
Nik Szymanek at Greenwich [Pic Mike Dear] Nik Szymanek talked to us about astro imaging. Nik is Britain’s leading amateur...
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Flamsteed Astronomy Society
- Sep 26, 2008
- 3 min
Decoding Meteorites
Dr Alan Longstaff (Pic: Mike Dryland) Alan Longstaff is a fiercely clever polymath. (He says ‘Jack-of-all trades’ — too modest!). He’s...
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