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

So, some guy you may have heard of, Sir Isaac Newton, in a letter to his rival Robert Hooke, in 1676 wrote: "What Descartes did was a...

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

The host, Paul May, welcomed everyone to our new main lecture venue for the next year - the magnificent Great Hall of Queens House. Not...

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

What a fascinating story about one of the unsung heroes of Astronomy. It seems that Henrietta, along with Annie Jump Cannon, Williamina...

This trip to UCL Observatory on Saturday night was fully booked, and 32 members ventured to the far north of London to Mill Hill for this...

Astronomy homework Mike presented the Sky this Month to kickoff the meeting. Highlights include: the conjunction of the first quarter...

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

In an era where global challenges often overshadow less visible threats, Professor Sarah Matthews' lecture, "Living with a Star - the...

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...

In July 2022, the Flamsteed inbox was greeted with an unusual request from a member of the public. Someone wanted to know if we were...

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...

As the year 2023 draws to a close, the Flamsteed Astronomy Society celebrated the festive season with a convivial gathering at the...

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...

Per ardua ad astra Unless of course you attended this excellent astrophotography workshop in which Mike Meynell significantly reduced the...

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

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...

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

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