After three successful solar viewing sessions in a row this August, we were clearly due for a weather-disrupted one - and, naturally, the...

One of the big highlights of our solar viewing season has been the incredible quality of our volunteers and the fact that we’ve been able...

We had another hugely successful solar viewing session on Saturday 17th August, with around 650 visitors taking the opportunity to...

“Woke up in the morning, with the sun on my mind….” Whoa! That’s enough of that 😊. Now, to be fair, our resident weather guru had said...

Ah, the Flamsteed Summer Social, or as I like to call it, “Four-ish Pints of Lager and a Not-So-Secret Garden of Snacks.” Before you...

Our solar viewing session at the Royal Observatory Greenwich on Sunday 23rd June was a hit, and not just because of the sunshine! With...

On Saturday 15th June, 34 of us headed up to Cheshire to visit Jodrell Bank for the day. Some drove to get there and many took trains and...

As the old saying goes, “All good things must come to an end.” This session marks the last in our Main Lectures for this season and what...

The Flamsteed volunteers set up their telescopes on Saturday, 25th May, for our public solar viewing event. Despite an overcast day at...

The Flamsteed Astronomy Society hosted an engaging evening at Queen's House that began with a news roundup by committee member Paul May,...

The Flamsteed Astronomy Society kicked off its 2024 solar viewing season in spectacular fashion at the Royal Observatory Greenwich. On a...

Astroberry and StellarMate: Exotic Fruit or Your Sister's Boyfriend? No, they are actually two alternative pieces of software that can be...

A report of Professor Chris Lintott's talk to the Flamsteed Astronomy Society on "Our Accidental Universe"

As the April skies cleared on the evening of Saturday 13th April, our stalwart Blackheath observing volunteers gathered on Blackheath for...

In an age dominated by electronic and audio media, our latest venture at the Flamsteed Astronomy Society took a delightful turn towards...

So, some guy you may have heard of, Sir Isaac Newton, in a letter to his rival Robert Hooke, in 1676 wrote: "What Descartes did was a...

In an act that balanced on the fine line between hope and audacity, we ventured into the unknown with our observing event at Blackheath...

The host, Paul May, welcomed everyone to our new main lecture venue for the next year - the magnificent Great Hall of Queens House. Not...

You know what’s coming; resistance is futile; we live in London after all. The last session of the 2023 -24 season, despite some...

What a fascinating story about one of the unsung heroes of Astronomy. It seems that Henrietta, along with Annie Jump Cannon, Williamina...