By 7.30pm, volunteers were gathering on Blackheath for our final session of the season, with Alec, Tej, Richard, Yvonne, Paul, Les and others soon getting set up alongside myself. It was particularly good to have Tej with us, as Sunday events are not usually possible for him. Much of our set-up time was dominated by conversations about the weather. The scopes were covered in preparation for a downfall. At one point, we looked to be surrounded on all sides by rain, but, miracu

A very enjoyable evening of observing on Blackheath, even if we were effectively competing with a circus and a fairground for the local sky. Being Easter Sunday, there was a certain sugar-fuelled momentum to the proceedings; it was suspected that a fair amount of chocolate had been accounted for before our visitors made their way onto the heath! We had around 70 visitors, mostly over a fairly busy hour or so, and well over a dozen scopes set up. Conditions turned out pretty m

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

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