History of Astronomy Group Meeting: 'A Miscellany of Historical Astronomy Sites and Places of Interest in the South East of England'
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Mycenae House
90 Mycenae Road Blackheath SE3 7SE United KingdomDescription
Flamsteed History of Astronomy Group Meeting.
A talk by Malcolm Porter.
We all know about the Royal Observatory Greenwich in South East London and the Royal Greenwich Observatory Herstmonceux in Sussex, or at least we think we do! However, there are a good number of astronomy-related site around the South East of England that are not so obvious. This is a brief trip around London, Kent, Surrey and Sussex to take a look at some of these locations, showing what’s still there, which is sometimes little, sometimes much, and sometimes just a reminder of what or who was there in the past.
THIS EVENT IS OPEN TO MEMBERS OF THE FLAMSTEED ASTRONOMY SOCIETY ONLY.
Please do not book a place on this event if you are not a member of the society. Your booking will be cancelled if your name does not appear on our membership database.
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The Flamsteed is an amateur astronomy society at the Royal Observatory and National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, London SE10. It has around 400 members who represent the full range of interests and experience in astronomy. Many are beginners. It is named after the first Astronomer Royal, John Flamsteed. The Society was founded in 1999, and is part of the membership organisation of Royal Museums Greenwich. Our lecture meetings are held on the first Monday of each month between September and May in the lecture theatre of the National Maritime Museum, or in the Peter Harrison Planetarium at the Royal Observatory Greenwich (ROG). The Society regularly holds observing evenings using members’ own telescopes. In addition the Society stages viewing sessions with the ROG’s Great Equatorial refractor, the largest of its kind in the UK, and seventh largest in the world. We are members of The Federation of Astronomical Societies.