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23rd Annual General Meeting
Heartfelt thanks to everyone who contributed towards making the 23rd Annual General Meeting of the Flamsteed Astronomy Society a success....
The amateur astronomy society based at the Royal Observatory Greenwich
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Flamsteed Astronomy Society
- Mar 30
- 5 min
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
- Sep 25, 2021
- 4 min
Send Off Presentation and Drinks for Andy Sawers – 10th September 2021
Planning a surprise event is never an easy task, especially when working remotely with 13 people all trying not to let it slip in the...
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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
- Jan 28, 2020
- 2 min
“Instrumental Engineering in the Time of Sir George Airy” – History of Astronomy Talk – 28th January
In the first of our History of Astronomy sessions for this season, we were presented with a talk by Bill Barton. Bill is a founding...
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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
- Aug 1, 2015
- 2 min
Blackheath Observing Evening – Saturday 1 August 2015
Blackheath Observing Evening – 1 August 2015 Our August observing event took place on Saturday August 1st under clear skies. This was a...
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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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