For our 3rd main lecture of the season we made a welcome return from the furthest reaches of the universe to our own celestial backyard.

Despite the misty veil that the London skies draped over us, the Blackheath observing event on Saturday night was far from a washout....

A new season of the popular Viewing with the Great (and very old!) Equatorial Telescope commenced on Tuesday, this week.

Our recent telescope workshop was a resounding success. A massive thank you to all participants, and a special shout-out to our eight...

A Stellar Sequence It's not every day we can say we've held four consecutive uncancelled Blackheath observing events, and to think it's...

It was a pleasure to welcome Dr Wolfgang Steinicke to give us the second talk in the History of Astronomy series for this term. Wolfgang...

The second main lecture of the 2023/24 Flamsteed Astronomy Society season saw Dr Emma Curtis-Lake talk about the James Webb Space Telescope.

Report of our Blackheath Observing session on Saturday 14th October 2023

An unforgettable night at Blackheath! Saturn, Jupiter's moons, and deep-sky wonders had us all in awe.

The 2023/24 History of Astronomy lectures kicked off with a stunning two-for-one combination of lectures by Dr Jane Clark.

From Dark Matter to New Observations: Challenging Our Current Understanding The Season Opener and AGM Preview To kick off our first...

Report on our Blackheath Observing session on Saturday 16th September 2023.

Saturday 26th August 2023 was our last public Solar observing event for the 2023 season. The weather did not look promising from all the...

The British Astronomical Association held their annual Comet Section Meeting in the lecture theatre at National Maritime Museum on...

Our most recent Public Solar Observation event at the Royal Observatory Greenwich, on Friday 7th July 2023, was nothing short of a...

Dr Philippa Mason gave a talk focused on the intriguing differences between Earth and our closest planetary neighbor, Venus.

On Saturday, 10th June, the Flamsteed Astronomy Society participated in the Greenwich Together 23 Festival held at Charlton Park

The first members’ solar viewing session took place on Tuesday 6th June at the Royal Greenwich Observatory. Despite a partly cloudy start...

On Saturday 3rd June 2023, the Flamsteed Astronomy Society, with the support of the Royal Observatory Greenwich, resurrected a...

We heard about another great Victorian amateur, William Huggins. He not only built his own observatory, but also did much of the...