As the year 2025 comes rapidly to a close, the Flamsteed Astronomy Society held its last ‘main talk’ of the year at the National Maritime Museum auditorium. Attendees gathered for the evening and began with an offering of ‘tea and biscuits’, appropriately presented with colourful Christmas lights, and welcomes from Poly Philippou, Clive Inglis and Richard Summerfield. This was also a chance to catch up with familiar faces and be introduced to new members attending. Suitably r

The evening opened with a short members’ talk (full disclosure, dear reader: it was me!) describing a summer project to build a home observatory. This semi-remote-controlled imaging observatory had been many years in the planning, and finally came together over the spring and summer. In this short overview I discussed the rationale, design, and build of the observatory - watch this space for a potential follow-up workshop for anyone interested in the technical details. Simon,

Our 2025/26 season of main lectures continued with its second fascinating instalment. The evening got off to a great start with a private viewing of the Astronomy Photographer of the Year exhibition for our members, provoking friendly discussions and debates over personal favourites. Then everyone moved into the lecture theatre for the sold-out talk. As well as our usual members’ photos - this time focusing on the Sun and the Moon - we were also treated to a wonderful review

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

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Lost in the dark: where’d all that pesky matter go??? The challenge: To find something in the dark, that you cannot see, whose...

(and other songs) The first lecture of the Flamsteed Astronomy Society's 2024-25 season kicked off with our 25th Annual General Meeting...

As the old saying goes, “All good things must come to an end.” This session marks the last in our Main Lectures for this season and what...

A report of Professor Chris Lintott's talk to the Flamsteed Astronomy Society on "Our Accidental Universe"

The host, Paul May, welcomed everyone to our new main lecture venue for the next year - the magnificent Great Hall of Queens House. Not...

In an era where global challenges often overshadow less visible threats, Professor Sarah Matthews' lecture, "Living with a Star - the...

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.