Which is the odd one out? Lalande, Hevelius, Patrick Moore or Halley? The first Flamsteed History of Astronomy Group meeting of 2014 was...

Not unsurprisingly, the clouds began to gather as our session was due to start, but not enough to prevent the scope being put to some...

January is perhaps the best month to understand how all the constellations all fit together.  Find a dark site and just go out and look. ...

Under the Plough Our first observing session of 2014 and our first for many weeks, due to weather, proved to be an enormous success. The...

Here is a list of objects to view in the sky in December 2013: Comet C/2012 S1 ISON. Unfortunately, the comet seems to have completely...

Waterfall display, captured during a meteor detection The latest meeting of the Flamsteed Radio Astronomy group was held in the Endeavour...

Dr Stuart Clark The Flamsteed were delighted to welcome back Dr Stuart Clark, a regular visitor to the society. Stuart has recently been...

by Mike Meynell Here is a list of objects to view in the sky in October 2013: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse on 18 October. The Moon will enter...

Marek takes questions after the lecture The Flamsteed were delighted to welcome back our good friend, Dr Marek Kukula, the Public...

by Mike Meynell Here is a list of objects to view in the sky in September 2013: Sun Dogs The Moon – Crater Copernicus, Crater Clavius,...

by Mike Meynell Here is a list of objects to view in the night sky during the Summer 2013: Noctilucent Clouds: These clouds are 80-85km...

Attendees trying to view Jupiter, Venus and Mercury after Sunset Torrential rain for most of Friday 24 May put paid to any plans that we...

by Malcolm Porter Here is a list of objects to view in the night sky in June 2013: A planetary conjunction between Jupiter, Venus and...

by Chris Mann Here is a list of objects to view in the night sky in May 2013: Jupiter Saturn Mercury and Venus The Sun Garnet Star...

A Night with the Stars Some of you may have been aware that we’ve had some film students from Ravensbourne University attending a few of...

by Mike Meynell Here is a list of objects to view in the night sky in March 2013: Comet C/2011 L4 PANSTARRS M44 Beehive Cluster...

Martin takes the stage The objects detailed below will be visible with binoculars or to the un-aided eye. First of all, there is a handy...

by Mike Meynell There are some fabulous objects and events to view in the sky this month: Mercury Venus, Mercury and the Crescent Moon...

BBC Stargazing Live by Grey Lipley Mike Meynell and I have had our first meeting with the BBC to discover what they have planned for...

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...