Flamsteed Astronomy Society
Sky This Month : November 2012
by Mike Meynell At our lecture on 29 October 2012, we looked at a number of easier objects to view in the night sky: Jupiter Andromeda...
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Flamsteed Astronomy Society
- Oct 29, 2012
- 1 min
Sky This Month : October 2012
by Mike Meynell At our lecture on 29 October 2012, we looked at a number of easy objects to view in the night sky: Jupiter Andromeda...
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Flamsteed Astronomy Society
- Oct 1, 2012
- 7 min
Flamsteed Annual General Meeting 2012
Mike and Malcolm present the Strategy 81 members of the Flamsteed Astronomy Society gathered in the lecture theatre of the National...
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Flamsteed Astronomy Society
- Jun 6, 2012
- 6 min
‘Transit of Venus’ on Blackheath
The crowd gathers on Blackheath (Pic by Mike Dryland) Grey makes final adjustments to the 90mm Coronado (Pic by Mike Dryland) Around 140...
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Flamsteed Astronomy Society
- Jan 17, 2012
- 2 min
BBC Stargazing Live – Charlton House
Charlton House Crowds at Charlton House Mike and Sumitra wait patiently for the clouds to clear Grey demonstrates the joys of an iPhone...
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Flamsteed Astronomy Society
- May 9, 2011
- 5 min
The Big Questions: The Universe
Dr Stuart Clark The 20 biggest cosmic mysteries made simple by Dr Stuart Clark This lecture was presented by Dr Stuart Clark, Senior...
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Flamsteed Astronomy Society
- Jan 10, 2011
- 3 min
Space Debris – Danger in Orbit
Dr Richard Crowther This was a lecture delivered by Prof Richard Crowther who is currently in charge of International Relations at the UK...
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Flamsteed Astronomy Society
- Nov 9, 2010
- 1 min
To here from Eternity – The extraordinary story of some ordinary chondrite meteorites
Dr Mike Simms Unfortunately, there is no meeting report available for this lecture.
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Flamsteed Astronomy Society
- May 17, 2010
- 1 min
The VISTA project
Prof Jim Emerson Unfortunately, there is no meeting report available for this lecture.
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Flamsteed Astronomy Society
- Feb 1, 2010
- 4 min
Solar Story: understanding the Sun
Dr Rebekah Higgitt Rebekah Higgitt began the evening with a talk entitled “Solar Observation at the Royal Observatory...
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Flamsteed Astronomy Society
- Jan 11, 2010
- 1 min
The Universe in 3-D
Greg has been delivering this super presentation for a couple of years now, including his appearance at AstroFest in 2009. His...
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Flamsteed Astronomy Society
- Nov 2, 2009
- 3 min
Working the Line
Mike Dryland A complicated set of circumstances … prevented our scheduled speaker from coming to Greenwich and so Mike stepped into the...
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Flamsteed Astronomy Society
- Oct 16, 2009
- 1 min
The Moon — Exploring our nearest neighbour
Dr Robert Massey Robert Massey kicked-off the Flamsteed’s 10th birthday evening with an excellent presentation covering the full story of...
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Flamsteed Astronomy Society
- Sep 28, 2009
- 2 min
Aliens! Could Darwin work on the distant worlds of Galileo?
Dr Francisco Diego We were delighted that Dr Francisco Diego was able to be with us to deliver the first talk of the Flamsteed’s 2009/10...
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Flamsteed Astronomy Society
- May 11, 2009
- 3 min
Cosmic Oasis
Dr Marek Kukula Marek spoke to us in our final lecture meeting of the season. Over the Millennia man has had many different perceptions...
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Flamsteed Astronomy Society
- Apr 6, 2009
- 3 min
History of the telescope – the view from Greenwich
Richard Dunn Richard Dunn began with a brief introduction to his new book “The Telescope: A short history” (NMM Publishing 2009). The...
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Flamsteed Astronomy Society
- Mar 2, 2009
- 1 min
Mars discovered – a crash course
Doug Ellison “A crash course” and no mishtake! In the 20th century only about 32% of space missions to Mars were successful. The...
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Flamsteed Astronomy Society
- Nov 3, 2008
- 1 min
Photographing the Night Sky
Nik Szymanek at Greenwich [Pic Mike Dear] Nik Szymanek talked to us about astro imaging. Nik is Britain’s leading amateur...
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Flamsteed Astronomy Society
- Sep 26, 2008
- 3 min
Decoding Meteorites
Dr Alan Longstaff (Pic: Mike Dryland) Alan Longstaff is a fiercely clever polymath. (He says ‘Jack-of-all trades’ — too modest!). He’s...
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