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Syllabus 2015-2016

Liverpool Astronomical Society Meetings & Events
Session for 2015-2016

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 Monthly meetings more than twice, you might consider joining the LAS (the cost is minimal and there are a lot of benefits).

Date	Venue	Event / Guest speaker	Subject & Title
2015
Friday September 18th	The Quaker Meeting House, 22 School Lane, Liverpool City Centre, L1 3BT	134th Presidential Address Mr Rob Johnson LAS President 2015-2016	“Our Amazing Universe” & Welcome Buffet
Friday October 16th The William Lassell Lecture	The Quaker Meeting House, 22 School Lane, Liverpool City Centre, L1 3BT	Mr Jerry Stone FBIS Astronomy & Spaceflight Presenter, Spaceflight UK	“Is Pluto a Planet?”
Wirral Star Party Saturday October 24th from 7pm	Wirral Country Park Visitor Centre, Station Road, Thurstaston, Wirral, Merseyside, CH61 0HN	Public Star Party	Night sky views Telescopes and Events in Visitor Centre
Friday November 20th	The Quaker Meeting House, 22 School Lane, Liverpool City Centre, L1 3BT	Mr. Brendan Martin & Mr. Geoff Regan Liverpool Astronomical Society	Make mine a half
Friday December 11th (2nd Friday)	The Quaker Meeting House, 22 School Lane, Liverpool City Centre, L1 3BT	LAS Members’ Talks	Subjects to be confirmed
2016
Friday January 15th	The Quaker Meeting House, 22 School Lane, Liverpool City Centre, L1 3BT	Mr. Howard Parkin, Astromanx	“Astronomy & Space Travel on the Isle of Man”
Friday February 19th	The Quaker Meeting House, 22 School Lane, Liverpool City Centre, L1 3BT	Mr. Kevin Kilburn	“The Bevis’s Uranographia Britannica”
Friday March 18th	The Quaker Meeting House, 22 School Lane, Liverpool City Centre, L1 3BT	Dr. David Whitehouse	“Astronomy in the Media”
Wirral Star Party Saturday March 19th From 7pm	Wirral Country Park Visitor Centre, Station Road, Thurstaston, Wirral, Merseyside, CH61 0HN	Public Star Party	Night Sky Views Events in Visitor Centre
Friday April 15th	The Quaker Meeting House, 22 School Lane, Liverpool City Centre, L1 3BT	Mr David Sellers, Leeds A.S. & Society for the History of Astronomy.	“William Gascoigne (c1612 – 1644) & the Telescope Micrometer”
Observatory Open Day Saturday April 16th 1pm – 10pm	Leighton Observatory, Pex Hill, Cronton, near Widnes, Cheshire, WA8 5QW	Observatory Open Day and Night	Public tours of Observatory, talks, solar observations and lots more!
Friday May 20th	The Quaker Meeting House, 22 School Lane, Liverpool City Centre, L1 3BT	LAS A.G.M. 2015 – 2016 Members’ Talks	Subjects to be confirmed
June – August: No Monthly Meetings, however Weekly Meetings continue at Leighton Observatory during the Summer Months