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Syllabus 2003-2004 (Session 122)

Liverpool Astronomical Society Meetings & Events
Session for 2003-2004

Weekly Meetings

When: Every Wednesday 7-late (No meeting Christmas and New Year)
Details from Director of Observatory, Mr. Geoff Regan
Where: Liverpool Astronomical Society’s Leighton Observatory,
Pex Hill,
Cronton,
near Widnes,
Cheshire,
WA8 5QW
Maps are available by clicking here.

Date	Venue	Guest speaker	Subject & Title
2003
Friday September 19^th 7pm – 9pm	Crypt Concert Room, The RC Metropolitan Cathedral, Car Park entrance, Mount Pleasant, Liverpool	122^nd Presidential Address Mr David Galvin	The Other Moon Landing
Friday October 17^th 7pm – 9pm	Crypt Concert Room, The RC Metropolitan Cathedral, Car Park entrance, Mount Pleasant, Liverpool		16^th William Lassell Memorial Lecture
Friday October 17^th 7pm – 9pm		Mr Mark Williamson	The Technology of Lunar Exploration
Friday November 21^st 7 – 9pm	Crypt Concert Room, The RC Metropolitan Cathedral, Car Park entrance, Mount Pleasant, Liverpool	Dr Darren Baskill The University of Leicester	X-Ray Astronomy
Friday December 2^nd (2^ndFriday)7 – 9pm	Crypt Concert Room, The RC Metropolitan Cathedral, Car Park entrance, Mount Pleasant, Liverpool	Members of Liverpool A.S.	Members Observations and Research Presentations. Followed by a Christmas Cheese & Wine Reception.(Tickets Required)
2004
Friday January 16^th 7 – 9pm	Crypt Concert Room, The RC Metropolitan Cathedral, Car Park entrance, Mount Pleasant, Liverpool	Dr Nicola Richmond, The University Of Liverpool	Paleomagnetism of the Moon & Mars
Friday February 20^th 7 – 9pm	Crypt Concert Room, The RC Metropolitan Cathedral, Car Park entrance, Mount Pleasant, Liverpool	Mr Kevin Kilburn, Manchester Astronomical Society	Dr. Plod & The Amazing Double Sunset
Saturday February 28^th 7.30pm – late	Wirral Country Park Visitor Centre, Station Road, Thurstaston, Wirral, Merseyside, CH61 0HN		Telescopes To Look Through Astronomy Talks Astronomy Sales ENTRY TO EVENT IS FREE!DETAILS HERE
Friday March 19^th 7 – 9pm	Crypt Concert Room, The RC Metropolitan Cathedral, Car Park entrance, Mount Pleasant, Liverpool	Dr David Underwood, The Open University	Earth-type Planets around other Stars
Friday April 16^th 7 – 9pm	Crypt Concert Room, The RC Metropolitan Cathedral, Car Park entrance, Mount Pleasant, Liverpool	Mr Robert Sylvester, British Sundial Association	The History of Sundials
Friday April 30^th 6pm	Cadwick Lecture Theatre, Cadwick Building, Dept. of Physics, The University of Liverpool		(Tea & Coffee Available from 5.30pm)
			Special Event: Joint Meeting with Institute of Physics (Merseyside Branch)
		Dr Allan Chapman, Oxford University Presenter of Channel 4’s “Gods in the Sky” and Channel 5’s “Great Scientists” series.	Transits of Venus 1639-2004 (The Next Transit of Venus takes Place on the of Morning Tuesday June 8th 2004)
Friday May 21^st 7 – 9pm	Crypt Concert Room, The RC Metropolitan Cathedral, Car Park entrance, Mount Pleasant, Liverpool		LAS Annual General Meeting 2003 – 2004 Followed by LAS members observational images & reports