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Flamsteed Astronomy Society
May 9, 20115 min read
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...
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Flamsteed Astronomy Society
Jan 10, 20113 min read
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...
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Flamsteed Astronomy Society
Nov 9, 20101 min read
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.
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Flamsteed Astronomy Society
May 17, 20101 min read
The VISTA project
Prof Jim Emerson Unfortunately, there is no meeting report available for this lecture.
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Flamsteed Astronomy Society
Feb 1, 20104 min read
Solar Story: understanding the Sun
Dr Rebekah Higgitt Rebekah Higgitt began the evening with a talk entitled “Solar Observation at the Royal Observatory...
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Flamsteed Astronomy Society
Jan 11, 20101 min read
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...
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Flamsteed Astronomy Society
Nov 2, 20093 min read
Working the Line
Mike Dryland A complicated set of circumstances … prevented our scheduled speaker from coming to Greenwich and so Mike stepped into the...
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Flamsteed Astronomy Society
Oct 16, 20091 min read
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...
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Flamsteed Astronomy Society
Sep 28, 20092 min read
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...
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Flamsteed Astronomy Society
May 11, 20093 min read
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...
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Flamsteed Astronomy Society
Apr 6, 20093 min read
History of the telescope – the view from Greenwich
Richard Dunn Richard Dunn began with a brief introduction to his new book “The Telescope: A short history” (NMM Publishing 2009). The...
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Flamsteed Astronomy Society
Mar 2, 20091 min read
Mars discovered – a crash course
Doug Ellison “A crash course” and no mishtake! In the 20th century only about 32% of space missions to Mars were successful. The...
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Flamsteed Astronomy Society
Nov 3, 20081 min read
Photographing the Night Sky
Nik Szymanek at Greenwich [Pic Mike Dear] Nik Szymanek talked to us about astro imaging. Nik is Britain’s leading amateur...
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Flamsteed Astronomy Society
Sep 26, 20083 min read
Decoding Meteorites
Dr Alan Longstaff (Pic: Mike Dryland) Alan Longstaff is a fiercely clever polymath. (He says ‘Jack-of-all trades’ — too modest!). He’s...
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