Clive, Mike, Tim R and I were in early, sunshine overhead – and the Coronado was quickly delivering a cracking view. Prominences,...

After a week of glorious weather, the forecast for Saturday 3 May  was less than ideal – but as it turned out, we couldn’t have asked for...

Graham Dolan introduced us to John Flamsteed, the first Astronomer Royal, who held the post from its creation in 1675. Flamsteed made...

Despite a less-than-promising forecast, we went ahead with our planned solar viewing session at the Royal Observatory Greenwich on Good...

Thank you Ingrid for a spellbounding talk full of technical wizardry, and presented with great enthusiasm. Please see the full video here...

“I’m waiting on a sunny day, gonna chase the clouds away…” – as the Boss once sang, and how true that felt for our second solar special...

Tired of freezing while stargazing? Fed-up with missing those faint fuzzes? Then EAA is for you!   This is the message we came away with...

What a way to kick off our 2025 solar observing season. Saturday morning’s partial solar eclipse  event at the Royal Observatory...

We were treated to two fascinating talks by Royal Observatory Greenwich assistants Ross Code and Paul Miller. Ross gave us an insider’s...

On 25th March, 32 of us headed into central London to visit the RAS Library in Burlington House in Piccadilly, 17 for the first afternoon...

Size Does Matter! Unfeasibly Large? Dr Ruben Sanchez-Janssen provided a fascinating exposition of the scale of the Extremely Large...

Cue the A-Team  music because the skies are clear, and we love it when a plan comes together! 😊 Tonight was our (get ready, big word...

The Blackheath observing season has had some busy nights over the years, but this one? This was something else. Over 250 visitors, more...

The latest in the series of Flamsteed workshops for the current season, Astrophotography: A Beginner’s Guide , was presented by Mike...

At our latest History of Astronomy meeting, we were delighted to welcome Flamsteed member Paul Wright, who gave a fascinating talk on the...

A big treat on Monday 10th February as we welcomed Professor Ofer Lahav (UCL) to talk about Einstein’s “biggest blunder” and the topic of...

"To set up or not to set up - poor weather, we knew him so well." As the Bard might have said if he’d turned up tonight! Yep, you’ve...

After what felt like an eternity without a public observing session – our last successful Blackheath event was all the way back on 12th...

Choosing your first telescope can feel like a daunting task - almost a dark art. Yet, unlocking the cosmos is a journey every amateur...

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