Our seventh successful solar session in a row – and it landed on Friday the 13th. Who said astronomers were superstitious? I arrived on...

We had a fantastic solar viewing session at the Royal Observatory Greenwich on Saturday 31 May, rounding off the season’s meteorological...

A fascinating and enlightening evening with three very different talks. It’s always good to hear from our members - whether just in...

In Sky this Month, Mike Meynell provided some interesting observational challenges for the next month, including the well-positioned M51...

Clive, Mike, Tim R and I were in early, sunshine overhead – and the Coronado was quickly delivering a cracking view. Prominences,...

Despite a less-than-promising forecast, we went ahead with our planned solar viewing session at the Royal Observatory Greenwich on Good...

Thank you Ingrid for a spellbounding talk full of technical wizardry, and presented with great enthusiasm. Please see the full video here...

Tired of freezing while stargazing? Fed-up with missing those faint fuzzes? Then EAA is for you!   This is the message we came away with...

What a way to kick off our 2025 solar observing season. Saturday morning’s partial solar eclipse  event at the Royal Observatory...

Size Does Matter! Unfeasibly Large? Dr Ruben Sanchez-Janssen provided a fascinating exposition of the scale of the Extremely Large...

Cue the A-Team  music because the skies are clear, and we love it when a plan comes together! 😊 Tonight was our (get ready, big word...

The Blackheath observing season has had some busy nights over the years, but this one? This was something else. Over 250 visitors, more...

At our latest History of Astronomy meeting, we were delighted to welcome Flamsteed member Paul Wright, who gave a fascinating talk on the...

"To set up or not to set up - poor weather, we knew him so well." As the Bard might have said if he’d turned up tonight! Yep, you’ve...

After what felt like an eternity without a public observing session – our last successful Blackheath event was all the way back on 12th...

Choosing your first telescope can feel like a daunting task - almost a dark art. Yet, unlocking the cosmos is a journey every amateur...

Professor Sanjeev Gupta visited the Flamsteed Astronomy Society for a second time, leaving us with a thought-provoking statement about...

Who needs the stars and planets when you’ve got buildings? That seemed to be the theme of the day as the Flamsteed Astronomy Society took...

Frank began his talk with a fascinating observation: "Astronomy in China, Korea & Japan presents a total change to how we in the West...

We were really excited to join forces with the British Astronomical Association (BAA) and the Society for Popular Astronomy (SPA) to run...