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How fast is the Universe expanding? by Dr Matt Bothwell
Dr Matt Bothwell from the University of Cambridge started his fascinating talk with an apology to the audience... he was not going to be...
Mike Meynell
Mar 13, 20233 min read
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Paradise Planet Earth: A Cosmic Miracle (but for how long?) by Dr Francisco Diego
Flamsteed Lecture - 13 February 2023. With Dr Francisco Diego.
Mike Meynell
Feb 13, 20231 min read
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Archaeoastronomy: A Brief History by Professor Clive Ruggles
Flamsteed Lecture - 16 January 2023. With Professor Clive Ruggles.
Mike Meynell
Jan 16, 20231 min read
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Seeing Jupiter’s Aurora in a Different Light by Dr Affelia Wibisono
Flamsteed Lecture - 5 December 2022. Our 2022 Christmas Lecture was given by Dr Affelia Wibisono of the Royal Observatory Greenwich.
Mike Meynell
Dec 5, 20222 min read
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Astrobiology: What makes a planet habitable?
Professor Lewis Dartnell Astrobiology, said Professor Lewis Dartnell, is “the science of hunting for aliens”! That may conjure up images...
Flamsteed Astronomy Society
Sep 19, 20166 min read
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Cosmic Quest – A History of Astronomy
Heather Couper and Dr Nigel Henbest “We have one hour to cover thousands of years of astronomy,” said Heather Couper. She and Nigel...
Flamsteed Astronomy Society
Nov 10, 20149 min read
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Testing Gravity in the Solar System
Dr Ali Mozaffari Dr Ali Mozaffari’s presentation on Testing Gravity in the Solar System was the opening event of the Flamsteed 2014-15...
Flamsteed Astronomy Society
Sep 15, 20146 min read
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Members’ Talks
One of the great pleasures of being a member of the Flamsteed Astronomy Society is the opportunity to chat to other members of the...
Flamsteed Astronomy Society
Jun 9, 20148 min read
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The Day Without Yesterday
Dr Stuart Clark The Flamsteed were delighted to welcome back Dr Stuart Clark, a regular visitor to the society. Stuart has recently been...
Flamsteed Astronomy Society
Oct 14, 20136 min read
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Photographing the Universe
Marek takes questions after the lecture The Flamsteed were delighted to welcome back our good friend, Dr Marek Kukula, the Public...
Flamsteed Astronomy Society
Sep 16, 20134 min read
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The Big Questions: The Universe
Dr Stuart Clark The 20 biggest cosmic mysteries made simple by Dr Stuart Clark This lecture was presented by Dr Stuart Clark, Senior...
Flamsteed Astronomy Society
May 9, 20115 min read
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Space Debris – Danger in Orbit
Dr Richard Crowther This was a lecture delivered by Prof Richard Crowther who is currently in charge of International Relations at the UK...
Flamsteed Astronomy Society
Jan 10, 20113 min read
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To here from Eternity – The extraordinary story of some ordinary chondrite meteorites
Dr Mike Simms Unfortunately, there is no meeting report available for this lecture.
Flamsteed Astronomy Society
Nov 9, 20101 min read
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The VISTA project
Prof Jim Emerson Unfortunately, there is no meeting report available for this lecture.
Flamsteed Astronomy Society
May 17, 20101 min read
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Solar Story: understanding the Sun
Dr Rebekah Higgitt Rebekah Higgitt began the evening with a talk entitled “Solar Observation at the Royal Observatory...
Flamsteed Astronomy Society
Feb 1, 20104 min read
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The Universe in 3-D
Greg has been delivering this super presentation for a couple of years now, including his appearance at AstroFest in 2009. His...
Flamsteed Astronomy Society
Jan 11, 20101 min read
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Working the Line
Mike Dryland A complicated set of circumstances … prevented our scheduled speaker from coming to Greenwich and so Mike stepped into the...
Flamsteed Astronomy Society
Nov 2, 20093 min read
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The Moon — Exploring our nearest neighbour
Dr Robert Massey Robert Massey kicked-off the Flamsteed’s 10th birthday evening with an excellent presentation covering the full story of...
Flamsteed Astronomy Society
Oct 16, 20091 min read
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Aliens! Could Darwin work on the distant worlds of Galileo?
Dr Francisco Diego We were delighted that Dr Francisco Diego was able to be with us to deliver the first talk of the Flamsteed’s 2009/10...
Flamsteed Astronomy Society
Sep 28, 20092 min read
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Cosmic Oasis
Dr Marek Kukula Marek spoke to us in our final lecture meeting of the season. Over the Millennia man has had many different perceptions...
Flamsteed Astronomy Society
May 11, 20093 min read
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