Mike Meynell
Hazy Clouds and Big Crowds: Saturn and Telescopes Galore at Blackheath - 5 October 2024
Last night’s Blackheath observing session was another great success, with around 80 visitors joining us under mostly clear skies. Despite...
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Mike Meynell
Sep 142 min
Season Kickoff at Blackheath: Moon, Saturn, Deep Sky, and a Mix of Old and New Tech - Saturday 14th September 2024
Blackheath observing events in September have always been popular. Although the skies don’t get particularly dark until quite late, the...
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Mike Meynell
Aug 312 min
The Clouds Strike Back: Final Solar Viewing of the Season – 31st August 2024
After three successful solar viewing sessions in a row this August, we were clearly due for a weather-disrupted one - and, naturally, the...
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Simon Hurst
Jun 282 min
The Flamsteed Summer Social 2024: A Recap
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...
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Poly Philippou
Jun 155 min
A Full and Interesting Day – Visit to Jodrell Bank – 15th June 2024
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...
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Mike Meynell
May 134 min
Kilonovae and high energy explosions - multi-messenger astronomy, by Professor Stephen Smartt
The Flamsteed Astronomy Society hosted an engaging evening at Queen's House that began with a news roundup by committee member Paul May,...
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Paul May
May 92 min
From Raspberry Pi to the Night Sky: A Workshop on Electronically Assisted Astronomy - 9th May 2024
Astroberry and StellarMate: Exotic Fruit or Your Sister's Boyfriend? No, they are actually two alternative pieces of software that can be...
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Adrian Challinor
Apr 224 min
Our Accidental Universe, by Professor Chris Lintott
A report of Professor Chris Lintott's talk to the Flamsteed Astronomy Society on "Our Accidental Universe"
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Simon Hurst
Mar 214 min
Citizen Science – how you can get involved – 21st March 2024
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...
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Mike Meynell
Mar 172 min
The Moon's Brief Cameo: A Cloudy Observing Session on Blackheath: 17 March 2024
In an act that balanced on the fine line between hope and audacity, we ventured into the unknown with our observing event at Blackheath...
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Paul May
Feb 123 min
JUICE, the ESA spacecraft mission to Jupiter’s icy moons by Professor Michele Dougherty
Astronomy homework Mike presented the Sky this Month to kickoff the meeting. Highlights include: the conjunction of the first quarter...
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Bobby Manoo
Jan 211 min
Restoration of a 1960’s Wooden Telescope
In July 2022, the Flamsteed inbox was greeted with an unusual request from a member of the public. Someone wanted to know if we were...
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Paul May
Dec 11, 20233 min
Are We Alone? by Dr Robin Catchpole
Asterisms and Christmas Trees Before the main lecture Mike Meynell entertained us with the celestial highlights for the festive period....
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