Liverpool Astronomical Society Lecture Programme for the Session 2001 – 2002

Meetings and Lectures at the Pex Hill Observatory Click Here Please

Date Event & Venue Speaker Lecture Title
2001
Every Week on Wednesday between 7pm – late.
(No Meeting Between Christmas & New Year)
Meeting Room
LAS Pex Hill Observatory
Details From Director of Observatory
Mr Geoff Regan (Contact details removed as no longer valid).
Weekly meetings move to:
Weds 7-9pm at Pex Hill Observatory.
Mr. G. J. Gilligan, President of the Liverpool Astronomical Society during 2000-2002

Mr. G. J. Gilligan, President of the Liverpool Astronomical Society during 2000-2002

FRIDAY September 21st

Monthly Meeting and Cheese & Wine Reception
Crypt Concert Room –
The RC Metropolitan Cathedral
Car Park Entrance, Mount Pleasant
Liverpool
at 7pm – 9pm.
The 120th Presidential Address
Mr Gerard Gilligan
Title Mars, Comets and Eclipses – A Summer Review.
William Lassell 1799 - 1880. © Liverpool Astronomical Society
William Lassell 1799 – 1880
FRIDAY October 19th
14th William Lassell Memorial Lecture
Crypt Concert Room –
The RC Metropolitan Cathedral
Car Park Entrance, Mount Pleasant
Liverpool
at 7pm – 9pm.
Dr Allan ChapmanWadham College, Oxford University. Rev Thomas Espin and the Amateur Tradition.
Galileo Galilei 1564-1642
Galileo Galilei 1564-1642
SATURDAY October 20th
North West Societies Meeting
Crypt Concert Room –
The RC Metropolitan Cathedral
Car Park Entrance, Mount Pleasant
Liverpool
at 10am – 5pm.
Main Speaker: Dr Allan Chapman, M.A.,F.R.A.S. Wadham College University of Oxford. Galileo – The Martyr who Brought his Own Firewood.
The Art of Telescope Making
FRIDAY November 16th
Monthly Meeting
Crypt Concert Room –
The RC Metropolitan Cathedral
Car Park Entrance, Mount Pleasant
Liverpool
at 7pm – 9pm.
Mr Bill Jones The Art of Telescope Making.
Liverpool Astronomical Society logo (colour, pre-gradient, c.1999)
FRIDAY December 14th
(THE 2ND FRIDAY)
Monthly meeting
Members Short Papers Night
Crypt Concert Room –
The RC Metropolitan Cathedral
Car Park Entrance, Mount Pleasant
Liverpool
at 7pm – 9pm.
Members of Liverpool A.S. Members Observations and Research Presentations.
2002
The Green Flash
FRIDAY January 18th
Monthly meeting
Crypt Concert Room –
The RC Metropolitan Cathedral
Car Park Entrance, Mount Pleasant
Liverpool
at 7pm – 9pm.
Mr Micheal Frost The Green Flash
Noctilucent Cloud
FRIDAY February 15th
Monthly meeting
Crypt Concert Room –
The RC Metropolitan Cathedral
Car Park Entrance, Mount Pleasant
Liverpool
at 7pm – 9pm.
Mr Neil BoneMeteor Section DirectorBritish Astronomical Association. Noctilucent Clouds
A Croxteth Park Star Party
SATURDAY 16th & SUNDAY 17th FEBRUARY
WEEKEND ASTRONOMY STAR PARTYCROXTETH HALL & PARK6:30pm – 9:30pm DETAILS HERE *******
Robotic Telescope
FRIDAY March 15th
Monthly meeting
Crypt Concert Room –
The RC Metropolitan Cathedral
Car Park Entrance, Mount Pleasant
Liverpool
at 7pm – 9pm.
Dr Lilian Hobbs. In House Astronomy -Robotic Telescopes.
Solar System (not to scale)
FRIDAY April 19th
Monthly meeting
Crypt Concert Room –
The RC Metropolitan Cathedral
Car Park Entrance, Mount Pleasant
Liverpool
at 7pm – 9pm.
Ms Pam Spence.Vice-President of The Federation of Astronomical Societies. Recipe For a Solar System.
Liverpool Astronomical Society logo (colour, pre-gradient, c.1999)
FRIDAY May 17th
2001 – 2002 Society Annual General Meeting
Crypt Concert Room –
The RC Metropolitan Cathedral
Car Park Entrance, Mount Pleasant
Liverpool
at 7pm – 9pm.
No formal Lecture AGM will be followed by LAS members observational images & reports.

For more information on the Society please contact:
Liverpool A.S. Hon Secretary
(Contact details removed as no longer valid)