It was the night before Halloween, and we had booked the evening at the 350-year-old Royal Observatory in Greenwich for our first exclusive access evening - what could possibly go wrong? Well, the weather for one. The only thing you could see was thick cloud with a spooky glow where the Moon just couldn’t get through. Did that matter? Hell no! We plan for this - we’re in England, after all 😊. I arrived at 6:30pm and proceeded to the staff entrance by the Shepherd Clock, whic

Observing, by Simon Hurst We were here for the "great gig in the sky" - ok, enough of the song titles, let’s get on with it. From...

About 20 members ventured into the cold and joined us for our latest GET night last night. And about half of the guests were members for...

By Jove, it's Jupiter! What have the Victorians ever done for us? Well obviously quite a lot. They also built this incredible Great...

A new season of the popular Viewing with the Great (and very old!) Equatorial Telescope commenced on Tuesday, this week.