28-Inch Equatorial Viewing

Simon Hurst

Mar 52 min read

G.E.T: Session five Revenge of the clouds

You know what’s coming; resistance is futile; we live in London after all. The last session of the 2023 -24 season, despite some...

Poly Philippou

Jan 92 min read

Tantalising clear skies, and wind - Great Equatorial Telescope Viewing – 9th January 2024

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...

Paul May

Nov 28, 20232 min read

Great Equatorial Telescope Viewing - 28 November 2023

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

Tej Dyal

Nov 7, 20234 min read

GET’s Back: Great Equatorial Telescope Viewing - 7 November 2023

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

Simon Hurst

Mar 14, 20232 min read

Great Equatorial Viewing Event

14th March 2023 was the date for our last Great Equatorial Viewing session for this season. What could possibly go wrong, well..........

Flamsteed Astronomy Society

Jan 24, 20173 min read

Viewing with the Great Equatorial Telescope – 24 January 2017

The planet Uranus on the evening of 24th Jan 2017, captured using the Great Equatorial Telescope at the Royal Observatory by Tom Kerss...

Flamsteed Astronomy Society

Nov 22, 20163 min read

Viewing with the Great Equatorial Telescope – 22 November 2016

However, on this evening, no such backup program was needed! The skies partly opened up for us and our ROG Astronomer, Brendan Owens,...

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