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Syllabus 2016-2017

Liverpool Astronomical Society Meetings & Events
Session for 2016-2017

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
2016
Friday, 16th September	The Quaker Meeting House, 22 School Lane, Liverpool City Centre, L1 3BT	135th Presidential Address Mr. Steve Southern LAS President 2016-2017	“What has Astronomy ever done for you?” & Welcome Buffet
Friday, 21st October The William Lassell Memorial Lecture	The Quaker Meeting House, 22 School Lane, Liverpool City Centre, L1 3BT	Dr. Steve Barrett University of Liverpool	“What is Dark Matter? Why is it Dark? Does it Matter?”
Friday, 18th November	The Quaker Meeting House, 22 School Lane, Liverpool City Centre, L1 3BT	Mr. Paul L Money FRAS FBIS	“Into the Darkness, but shining a light” – The New Horizons mission to Pluto and beyond
Friday, 9th December (2nd Friday)	The Quaker Meeting House, 22 School Lane, Liverpool City Centre, L1 3BT	LAS Members’ Talks
		Mr. Noel Rimmer	“The making of my telescope”
		Mrs. Hilary Harper-Abernethy	“Caroline Herschel”
		Mr. Ken Herd	“Space Art”
2017
Friday, 20th January	The Quaker Meeting House, 22 School Lane, Liverpool City Centre, L1 3BT	Melanie Davies FRAS Founder of Creative Space, Hastings	“The Pleiades” – covering the mythology to modern-day science.
Friday, 24th February (4th Friday)	The Quaker Meeting House, 22 School Lane, Liverpool City Centre, L1 3BT	Dr. Allan Chapman, FRAS	“The ‘Ferret of Comets’; Charles Messier and Astronomy in 18th century France”
Friday, 17th March	The Quaker Meeting House, 22 School Lane, Liverpool City Centre, L1 3BT	Dr. Rene Breton, University of Manchester	“Einstein’s Relativity: Tested to the Limit with Pulsars”
Spring – date to be confirmed Wirral Star Party	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, 21st April	The Quaker Meeting House, 22 School Lane, Liverpool City Centre, L1 3BT	Mr. Martin Lunn MBE FRAS, former Curator of Astronomy, Yorkshire Museum, York.	“Telstar”
Spring – date to be confirmed Observatory Open Day	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, 19th May	The Quaker Meeting House, 22 School Lane, Liverpool City Centre, L1 3BT	LAS A.G.M. 2016 – 2017	Society business Members’ talks (subjects to be confirmed)
June – August: No Monthly Meetings, however Weekly Meetings continue at Leighton Observatory during the Summer Months