It has been evident over the last few years, particularly in relation to the huge success of the Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition at the Royal Observatory Greenwich, that there is a great deal of interest in the subject of astrophotography. To try to satisfy some of this interest, the Flamsteed ran their first ever […]
The Flamsteed were delighted to welcome Dr Suzanne Aigrain, who is a lecturer in Astrophysics at the University of Oxford, and a fellow of All Souls College, specialising in the detection and characterisation of exoplanets. Suzanne first drew our attention to the famous picture of Earth rising over the Moon, taken by astronaut William Anders […]
Pictures by: Mike Dryland, Grey Lipley and Mike Meynell Whilst in the middle of preparations for the BBC Stargazing Live event at the National Maritime Museum, we were approached by the BBC Sky at Night team about their forthcoming visit to Greenwich. We were asked to get involved in the making of the very first […]
Dr Francisco Diego is Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at University College London. As a keen populariser of astronomy, he was one of the driving forces behind the formation of the Flamsteed Astronomy Society and presented the first lecture back in 1999. Francisco’s lecture showed how unlikely it was for […]
For the second year running, volunteers from the Flamsteed Astronomy Society helped to organise and run the premier London event for BBC Stargazing Live. This year, we were situated in the National Maritime Museum and had almost double the number of attendees in comparison to last year‘s event at Charlton House. Over 40 Flamsteed volunteers […]
The Flamsteed had the great pleasure of welcoming Brendan Owens from the Royal Observatory Greenwich for our 2012 Christmas lecture. Flamsteed members enjoyed mince pies and chocolate biscuits with their tea and coffee on arrival, to get into a festive mood. We were also very grateful to the museum for arranging to open the museum […]
Two solar flares have been detected by the Flamsteed VLF receiver. – M1.7 on 20 November at 12:41UT and M3.5 on 21 November at 15:30UT. Both have been verified using data from the internet including stunning video footage. Both Mike and I were slightly concerned that we might not have enough to talk about at […]
The Flamsteed were treated to a packed evening of entertainment on an otherwise gloomy November evening. First up, Malcolm Porter gave us a quick overview of objects to view in the night sky this month, focusing on a few objects that are slightly more difficult to view in comparison to those presented at our last […]
Jon Butterworth is Professor of Physics at University College London, and a leading member of the High Energy Physics group on the ATLAS experiment at CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research). Jon made his first visit to the Flamsteed to talk about the latest discoveries at CERN, focusing primarily on the latest update in the […]
On a somewhat cold and blustery morning, ten eager individuals gathered in The Endeavour Room at the Royal Observatory Greenwich for what proved to be another very productive session, which began fairly promptly at 11.30am. Some of us had arrived an hour earlier to transport our motorised HEQ5 mount and tripod together with other equipment […]
