What a way to kick off our 2025 solar observing season. Saturday morning’s partial solar eclipse  event at the Royal Observatory...

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...

The evening started off with quite the excitement as we prepared for the much-hyped appearance of Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-Atlas) ....

Last night’s Blackheath observing session was another great success, with around 80 visitors joining us under mostly clear skies. Despite...

When the weekend forecast said "rain," we said "Friday it is!" Our volunteers adapted quickly, showing up with scopes in hand like it was...

Blackheath observing events in September have always been popular. Although the skies don’t get particularly dark until quite late, the...

As the April skies cleared on the evening of Saturday 13th April, our stalwart Blackheath observing volunteers gathered on Blackheath for...

In an act that balanced on the fine line between hope and audacity, we ventured into the unknown with our observing event at Blackheath...

After our first cancellation of a Blackheath observing event in January, we were eager to get back on track this month, leading us to...

When the Wind Blows The night was clear, the stars were out, but so was the wind. Our recent Blackheath Observing Event was a tale of two...

Despite the misty veil that the London skies draped over us, the Blackheath observing event on Saturday night was far from a washout....

A Stellar Sequence It's not every day we can say we've held four consecutive uncancelled Blackheath observing events, and to think it's...

Report of our Blackheath Observing session on Saturday 14th October 2023

An unforgettable night at Blackheath! Saturn, Jupiter's moons, and deep-sky wonders had us all in awe.

Report on our Blackheath Observing session on Saturday 16th September 2023.

On Saturday, 18th January 2020, we gathered on Blackheath Common looking thoughtfully up at what the night sky was offering. Members with...

The start of our observing session, with the added backdrop of the Blackheath funfair! An excellent session started off rather dubiously...

Friday 11th saw us returning to Blackheath for an observing session. After what seemed like a never ending spell of bad weather which had...

Blackheath Observing Evening – 1 August 2015 Our August observing event took place on Saturday August 1st under clear skies. This was a...