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Flamsteed Astronomy Society
Dec 14, 20151 min read
Celebrating 16 years of the Flamsteed Astronomy Society
At our Christmas lecture, on Monday 14 December 2015, the Flamsteed celebrated its “sweet-16th” birthday. We had over a hundred Flamsteed...
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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
Jun 21, 20154 min read
Summer Solstice Sun Day at the Royal Observatory Greenwich
Solar Viewing on the Summer Solstice at the ROG Report by Mike Meynell We had decided to go ahead with our involvement in the Summer...
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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
Oct 12, 20145 min read
Sky this Month: October 2014
The Sky this Month: October 2014 by Mike Meynell Once again, we’ll take a look at what to see in the sky over the coming month. First of...
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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
Sep 15, 20145 min read
Sky this Month: September 2014
Sky this Month: September 2014 by Mike Meynell The autumn equinox is on September 23 – the point where the hours of night and day are...
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Flamsteed Astronomy Society
Jul 9, 20143 min read
Solar Observing at the Royal Observatory Greenwich
Solar Observing at the ROG Report by Andy Sawers As the dawn chorus gave way to the sound of the school run, it still wasn’t at all...
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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
Apr 14, 20142 min read
Sky this Month: April 2014
Chris Mann by Chris Mann The clocks went forward at the end of March and the Earth is motoring along its orbit such that between mid...
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Flamsteed Astronomy Society
Mar 10, 20145 min read
Sky this Month: March 2014
Martin presents the Sky this Month Report by Martin Male For those who don’t know us, Jane & I host observing evenings at Old Romney,...
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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 13, 20145 min read
Sky this Month: January 2014
January is perhaps the best month to understand how all the constellations all fit together. Find a dark site and just go out and look. ...
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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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