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...

Comet 2014/Q2 Lovejoy by Rupert Smith Saturday the 10th was the date for our inaugural observing and imaging event under Chris Mann’s...

Blackheath Observing Our scheduled observing session on the 19th coincided with a spell of clear skies that offered good seeing and a...

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...

Herschel’s Garnet Star Weather forecasting skills are almost as important as knowledge of the night sky when trying to practise astronomy...

Heather Couper and Dr Nigel Henbest “We have one hour to cover thousands of years of astronomy,” said Heather Couper. She and Nigel...

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...

The Sky this Month: October 2014 by Mike Meynell Once again, we’ll take a look at what to see in the sky over the coming month. First of...

Dr Ali Mozaffari Dr Ali Mozaffari’s presentation on Testing Gravity in the Solar System was the opening event of the Flamsteed 2014-15...

Sky this Month: September 2014 by Mike Meynell The autumn equinox is on September 23 – the point where the hours of night and day are...

Solar Observing at the ROG Report by Andy Sawers As the dawn chorus gave way to the sound of the school run, it still wasn’t at all...

One of the great pleasures of being a member of the Flamsteed Astronomy Society is the opportunity to chat to other members of the...

Chris Mann by Chris Mann The clocks went forward at the end of March and the Earth is motoring along its orbit such that between mid...

Martin presents the Sky this Month Report by Martin Male For those who don’t know us, Jane & I host observing evenings at Old Romney,...

Which is the odd one out? Lalande, Hevelius, Patrick Moore or Halley? The first Flamsteed History of Astronomy Group meeting of 2014 was...

Not unsurprisingly, the clouds began to gather as our session was due to start, but not enough to prevent the scope being put to some...

January is perhaps the best month to understand how all the constellations all fit together.  Find a dark site and just go out and look. ...

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...

Here is a list of objects to view in the sky in December 2013: Comet C/2012 S1 ISON. Unfortunately, the comet seems to have completely...

Waterfall display, captured during a meteor detection The latest meeting of the Flamsteed Radio Astronomy group was held in the Endeavour...