Category Archives: Astronomical Objects and Phenomena

Articles and information on astronomical phenomena

Annual General Meeting 2024-2025

The Annual General Meeting of Liverpool Astronomical Society for the 2024-2025 session will be held on Friday, May 16th from 19:00 to 21:15. Members of the public are welcome to […] Continue Reading »
The image is a cover slide for a lecture to Liverpool Astronomical Society on 21st February 2025 by Dr. Steve Barrett of the University of Liverpool entitled "Cosmic Rays". The background is a picture of the Earth in space, with cosmic rays entering its atmosphere. The cosmic rays appear as thin streaks of light in the very upper atmosphere which expand into narrow, feathery cones of fainter particles as they get closer to the surface of the planet. Overlaid in the bottom right is a multicoloured 4x5 grid which reads left-to-right, from top-to-bottom: STAR WARS HAIL RAIN RAYS to the left of the word RAYS, outside of the grid and above the backdrop of the Earth is the word COSMIC.

Monthly Meeting: Dr. Steve Barrett – “Cosmic Rays”

The February 2025 monthly meeting of Liverpool Astronomical Society for the 2024-2025 session will be held on Friday, February 21st from 19:00 to 21:20. About This Meeting Please note that […] Continue Reading »

Monthly Meeting: Dr. Steve Barrett – Christmas Short Talks

Our guest speaker for November 2024 was to be Mr Gary Palmer – Introduction to Deep Sky Imaging however ill-health means that the planned talk will need to be rescheduled. […] Continue Reading »

Monthly Meeting: Dr. Graham Beamson, FRSC – “Backyard Spectroscopy”

Members of the public are welcome to attend (for free), but please consider joining our Society if you attend more than two monthly meetings. The March 2025 monthly meeting of […] Continue Reading »

Sidewalk Event, Otterspool: Saturday, 7th December 2024

Members of the Liverpool Astronomical Society, (founded in 1881), will display several telescopes for viewing the night sky if clear. There will also be an illustrated talk on astronomy. This […] Continue Reading »

Monthly Meeting: Steve Warbis: “Messier’s Objects and How they Map the Milky Way”

The January 2024 monthly meeting of Liverpool Astronomical Society for the 2023-2024 session will be held on Friday, January 19th from 19:00 to 21:00. Members of the public are welcome […] Continue Reading »