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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...
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Flamsteed Astronomy Society
Dec 7, 20162 min read
Radio Astronomy Group Workshop – 7 December 2016
A workshop meeting of the Radio Astronomy special interest group took place at Mycenae House on the 7th December 2016. Owing to the usual...
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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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Flamsteed Astronomy Society
Oct 22, 20163 min read
Blackheath Observing – Saturday 22 October 2016
The start of our observing session, with the added backdrop of the Blackheath funfair! An excellent session started off rather dubiously...
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Flamsteed Astronomy Society
Sep 19, 20166 min read
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...
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Flamsteed Astronomy Society
Mar 11, 20161 min read
Blackheath Observing – Friday 11 March 2016
Friday 11th saw us returning to Blackheath for an observing session. After what seemed like a never ending spell of bad weather which had...
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Flamsteed Astronomy Society
Mar 7, 20161 min read
The Sky this Month – March 2016
Bobby Manoo treated the Flamsteed audience to another highly entertaining review of what to see in the night sky in the month of March...
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Flamsteed Astronomy Society
Aug 1, 20152 min read
Blackheath Observing Evening – Saturday 1 August 2015
Blackheath Observing Evening – 1 August 2015 Our August observing event took place on Saturday August 1st under clear skies. This was a...
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Flamsteed Astronomy Society
Jan 10, 20152 min read
Comet 2014/Q2 Lovejoy Observing Event – 10 January 2015
Comet 2014/Q2 Lovejoy by Rupert Smith Saturday the 10th was the date for our inaugural observing and imaging event under Chris Mann’s...
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Flamsteed Astronomy Society
Dec 19, 20143 min read
Blackheath Observing – Friday 19 December 2014
Blackheath Observing Our scheduled observing session on the 19th coincided with a spell of clear skies that offered good seeing and a...
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Flamsteed Astronomy Society
Nov 25, 20143 min read
Ghosts, Poltergeists, and the Law of Gravity – History of Astronomy Group Meeting
Tony Sizer We were a month late for Halloween but Tony Sizer nevertheless gave us a good scare with “Ghosts, poltergeists, and the Law of...
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Flamsteed Astronomy Society
Nov 14, 20144 min read
Blackheath Observing – Friday 14 November 2014
Herschel’s Garnet Star Weather forecasting skills are almost as important as knowledge of the night sky when trying to practise astronomy...
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Flamsteed Astronomy Society
Nov 10, 20149 min read
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...
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Flamsteed Astronomy Society
Oct 25, 20142 min read
Blackheath Observing – Occultation of Saturn by the Moon
Setting up the telescopes on Blackheath Well, you’ve got to love astronomy in the UK… don’t you?!… don’t you?!?!?!? A very frustrating...
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Flamsteed Astronomy Society
Sep 15, 20146 min read
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...
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Flamsteed Astronomy Society
Jun 9, 20148 min read
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...
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Flamsteed Astronomy Society
Jan 28, 20144 min read
Have I Got Astronomers for You – History of Astronomy Group Meeting
Which is the odd one out? Lalande, Hevelius, Patrick Moore or Halley? The first Flamsteed History of Astronomy Group meeting of 2014 was...
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Flamsteed Astronomy Society
Jan 21, 20141 min read
Observing and Imaging Group – 28-Inch Refractor Imaging Session
Not unsurprisingly, the clouds began to gather as our session was due to start, but not enough to prevent the scope being put to some...
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Flamsteed Astronomy Society
Jan 9, 20141 min read
Blackheath Stargazing – 9 January 2014
Under the Plough Our first observing session of 2014 and our first for many weeks, due to weather, proved to be an enormous success. The...
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Flamsteed Astronomy Society
Oct 26, 20133 min read
Radio Astronomy Group Meeting – 26 October 2013
Waterfall display, captured during a meteor detection The latest meeting of the Flamsteed Radio Astronomy group was held in the Endeavour...
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