Category Archives: Astronomical Objects and Phenomena

Articles and information on astronomical phenomena

Monthly Meeting: Mr. Robert Naeye – “How we find life in the Universe”

The December 2020 monthly meeting of Liverpool Astronomical Society for the 2019 – 2020 (138th) session will be held on Friday, December 11th from 19:00 to 21:00. Our guest speaker will be Mr. Robert Naeye, a USA scientific journalist with an extremely interesting talk entitled : “How we find life in the Universe“ Bob talks about the search for life ‘out there’ – from exoplanets to exobiology and beyond; what might we find?     Please note, due to COVID-19 this meeting is ONLINE-ONLY. Society members have been sent Zoom & YouTube links. A publicly available recording IS available for […] Continue Reading »

Monthly Meeting: Mr. Steve Tonkin – “Two Eyes Are Better Than One”

The October 2020 (William Lassell Memorial Lecture) monthly meeting of Liverpool Astronomical Society for the 2019 – 2020 (138th) session will be held on Friday, October 23rd (fourth Friday of the month) from 19:00 to 21:00. Our guest speaker this month is Mr. Steve Tonkin FRAS, author of the popular Binocular Astronomy Book and The Binocular Sky website & newsletter with his talk on practical binocular astronomy, entitled: “Two Eyes Are Better Than One” In his talk, Steve details just what can be achieved with a nice pair of binoculars and why they can be better than a telescope for […] Continue Reading »

Monthly Meeting: Mr. Pete Williamson – “From Myth to Moon”

The September 2020 monthly meeting of Liverpool Astronomical Society for the 2019 – 2020 (138th) session will be held on Friday, September 18th from 19:00 to 21:00. Normally this meeting would have been the Presidential Address however as we’re still getting used to doing things online, and since we haven’t yet been able to have the AGM, we’ve opted to do this meeting more like a ‘normal’ one, albeit online. Our guest speaker this month is Mr. Pete Williamson FRAS, Astronomer & Broadcaster with the Faulkes Telescope Project Astro Radio & the BBC, whose lecture is entitled: “From Myth to […] Continue Reading »

Monthly Meeting (William Lassell Memorial Lecture): Ms. Melanie Davies FRAS – “Titan: A candidate for evolution?”

The October 2019 (William Lassell Memorial Lecture) monthly meeting of Liverpool Astronomical Society for the 2019 – 2020 (138th) session will be held on Friday, October 18th from 19:00 to 21:00. Our guest speaker this month is Ms. Melanie Davies from Creative Space – a Community Interest Company delivering astronomy outreach and public engagement to all ages and abilities. From mobile planetarium shows to free astronomy events, they’ve got space covered in a fun and creative way, and her lecture is entitled: “Titan: A candidate for evolution?” Saturn’s moon, Titan, is a strange and mysterious world; it may even have […] Continue Reading »

POSTPONED – Monthly Meeting: Professor Derek Ward-Thompson – “How to Take a Picture of a Black Hole” – POSTPONED

This event has been cancelled or postponed due to the Coronavirus situation The March 2020 monthly meeting of Liverpool Astronomical Society for the 2019 – 2020 (138th) session will be held on Friday, March 20th from 19:00 to 21:00. Our guest speaker this month is Professor Derek Ward-Thompson, Head of the School of Physical Sciences and Computing at the University of Central Lancashire, Director of the Jermiah Horrocks Institute and President of the UK Society for Popular Astronomy. Professor Ward-Thompson’s lecture is entitled: “How to Take a Picture of a Black Hole” You will almost certainly recognise some of Derek’s […] Continue Reading »

Liverpool MakeFest 2019

The LAS will be at the annual MakeFest event again this year, on Saturday 29th June, with a selection of Apollo memorabilia (in the run-up to our own event at the Library in mid-July) as well as our Solar ‘scopes on the roof. The MakeFest event is FREE but you will need to book a ticket if you want to come along. MakeFest is always a great day and even if you’re not in the mood for astronomical activities, there’s plenty of other things to see and do such as: Cubert Cubert is a 8x8x8 RGB LED cube that is […] Continue Reading »