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Syllabus 2012-2013

Liverpool Astronomical Society Meetings & Events
Session for 2012-2013

Weekly Meetings

When: Every Wednesday 7-9pm (Closed at Xmas/New Year)
For full details of other dates contact Observatory Director Mr Brendan Martin.
Where: Liverpool Astronomical Society’s Leighton Observatory,
Pex Hill,
Cronton,
near Widnes,
Cheshire,
WA8 5QW
Maps are available by clicking here.

Monthly Meetings

When: Third Friday of the Month (September – May). Meetings at 7pm – 9:30pm (Unless Stated)
For further details, click here.
Where: The Quaker Meeting House,
22 School Lane,
Liverpool City Centre,
L1 3BT

Regular Attendance of Weekly and/or Monthly Meetings by non-Members

While we do welcome members of the public, we do ask you to consider that, since everything is paid for from our Membership subscriptions, if you find yourself attending a Weekly meeting more than 3 times, or a Monthly meeting more than twice, you might consider joining the LAS (the cost is minimal and there are a lot of benefits).

Date	Venue	Guest speaker	Subject & Title
2012
Friday September 21^st	The Quaker Meeting House, 22 School Lane, Liverpool City Centre, L1 3BT	131^st Presidential Address Mr Ken Clark LAS President 2012-2013	Fun with Astrophotography & Reception Buffet Tickets Required
Friday October 5^th (1^st Friday) The William Lassell Lecture	The Quaker Meeting House, 22 School Lane, Liverpool City Centre, L1 3BT	Dr Allan Chapman Oxford University	The Victorian Transits of Venus, 1874 & 1882
Saturday October 20^th 7 – 9pm	Wirral Country Park Visitor Centre, Station Road, Thurstaston, Wirral, Merseyside, CH61 0HN	Public Star Party Night sky views Events in Visitor Centre	More Details at Meetings and in LAS Newsletter
Friday November 16^th	The Quaker Meeting House, 22 School Lane, Liverpool City Centre, L1 3BT	Mr Chris Suddick, Altrincham & District A.S.	Pioneering the Voyage to New Horizons
Friday December 14^th (2nd Friday)	The Quaker Meeting House, 22 School Lane, Liverpool City Centre, L1 3BT	LAS Members Short Talks / Observational Reports	Subjects to be confirmed
2013
Friday January 18^th	The Quaker Meeting House, 22 School Lane, Liverpool City Centre, L1 3BT	Mr Ian Baker OpTIC, Glyndwr University, St. Asaph Campus	Amateur Spectroscopy – A Real Possibility
Friday February 15^th	The Quaker Meeting House, 22 School Lane, Liverpool City Centre, L1 3BT	Mr Martin Lunn MBE	King Charles’ Star – The Supernova Cassiopeia A
Friday March 15^th	The Quaker Meeting House, 22 School Lane, Liverpool City Centre, L1 3BT	Dr Rhodri Evans, School of Physics & Astronomy University of Cardiff	The History of the Yerkes Observatory
Saturday March 16^th 7 – 9pm	Wirral Country Park Visitor Centre, Station Road, Thurstaston, Wirral, Merseyside, CH61 0HN	Public Star Party Night Sky Views Events in Visitor Centre	More Details at Meetings, at this link and in LAS Newsletter
Saturday April 13^th 1pm – Late	Leighton Observatory, Pex Hill, Cronton, near Widnes, Cheshire, WA8 5QW	Observatory Open Day / Night	Public tours of Observatory, talks, solar observations and lots more!
Friday April 19^th	The Quaker Meeting House, 22 School Lane, Liverpool City Centre, L1 3BT	~~Prof Mauizio Salaris ARI, Liverpool John Moores University~~	~~Set the Controls for the Heart of the Stars~~
Friday April 19^th		Mr Steve Halliwell	Mr Moses Holden 1777-1864, Gardener, Weaver and Astronomer
Friday May 17^th	The Quaker Meeting House, 22 School Lane, Liverpool City Centre, L1 3BT	LAS A.G.M. 2012 – 2013
		Dave Thomson	Astronomical Instrumentation
		Dave Forshaw	Aurora – Iceland 2013
		Mark Payne	A Year of Solar Imaging
June – August: No Monthly Meetings, however Weekly Meetings continue at Leighton Observatory during the Summer Months