As the Flamsteed Astronomy Society’s current ‘History of Astronomy’ season draws to a close, we were presented with an enthralling talk given by our Chairman Bobby Manoo. A near-capacity audience in the main auditorium of the National Maritime Museum were treated to an exposition of one of the most famous and consequential disputes in twentieth-century astrophysics: the clash between Sir Arthur Eddington and Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, over the theory that ultimately became k

The latest in the current season’s History of Astronomy meetings took place at Royal Museums Greenwich on 21st April. The talk, entitled “Tycho Brahe and his Legacy”, was given by Dr Emma Perkins of the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at Cambridge University. Emma started by describing Tycho’s early life in Denmark. He was born in 1546, heir to several noble families. He grew up well educated, and his interest in astronomy as a youth led him to learn the night

Our speaker this evening, Dr Sian Prosser, is surrounded by books. As curator and manager of the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) Library, this is not a great surprise. The RAS has some 25,000 books and volumes dating back to before 1500, making the collection one of the oldest historical astronomy archives in the world. For 45 minutes Sian took us on a journey through the archive, and the people behind the various donations to it, from Lyon, Strasbourg, Milan, Bologna, and t

We were treated to two fascinating talks by Royal Observatory Greenwich assistants Ross Code and Paul Miller. Ross gave us an insider’s...

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

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

Tony and Tej gave us talks on two very different subjects, yet both managed to captivate us with history and artistry in fascinating...

Last night, we kicked off the 2024-25 season of Flamsteed’s History of Astronomy talks at Mycenae House. Now, we could’ve just given you...

Each day, as we wake to the sight of the Sun, we hardly think twice about it. It’s a fixture in our lives, always there – so much so that...

Charles is the chairman of the Herschel society in Bath. The Society was founded in the 1970s to rescue the house in New King Street...

It was a pleasure to welcome Dr Wolfgang Steinicke to give us the second talk in the History of Astronomy series for this term. Wolfgang...

The 2023/24 History of Astronomy lectures kicked off with a stunning two-for-one combination of lectures by Dr Jane Clark.