Flamsteed Astronomy Society
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
- 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
- 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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Flamsteed Astronomy Society
- Oct 12, 2014
- 5 min
Sky this Month: October 2014
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...
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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
- Sep 15, 2014
- 5 min
Sky this Month: September 2014
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...
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Flamsteed Astronomy Society
- Jul 9, 2014
- 3 min
Solar Observing at the Royal Observatory Greenwich
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...
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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
- Apr 14, 2014
- 2 min
Sky this Month: April 2014
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...
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