The mid-August solar viewing session at the Royal Observatory Greenwich took place on one of the hottest days of the year. By 10.15am, we...

As part of the Royal Observatory’s 350th anniversary celebrations, we hosted another public solar viewing session on Saturday 9 August....

After the disappointment of last week’s cancelled session, we decided to take a chance and go ahead with our planned solar viewing on...

Thanks to everyone who came along to the summer social drinks on the evening of 10 July at The Old Brewery in Greenwich! It was a very...

A group of Flamsteed members met at Mycenae House to take part in a workshop given by Mark Jeffery and Paul May.   Citizen Science...

The forecast was a tricky one. Cloud cover looked stubborn for much of the morning, and deciding which day to run wasn’t easy. Saturday...

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...

The Flamsteed Astronomy Society  hosted Astronomy Art Attack: A Beginners Workshop, an event designed to introduce participants to...

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

After a week of glorious weather, the forecast for Saturday 3 May  was less than ideal – but as it turned out, we couldn’t have asked for...

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...

“I’m waiting on a sunny day, gonna chase the clouds away…” – as the Boss once sang, and how true that felt for our second solar special...

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...