Sic Itur Ad Astra – Thus The Way To The Stars : 143 years of astronomy
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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 event is free, and is open to all members of the public.Continue Reading »
The October 2025 monthly meeting of Liverpool Astronomical Society for the 2025-2026 session will be held on Friday, 17th October from 19:00 to 21:00. Members of the public are welcome to attend (for free), but please consider joining our Society if you attend more than two monthly meetings. Donations are always welcome but are not required. About This Meeting 19:00 – 19:20 – Meeting opens with Society business19:20 – 20:00 – Lecture20:00 – 20:20 – Tea break in the communal area followed by raffle in the meeting room.20:20 – 21:00 – Lecture continued followed by Q&A and the Vote of […]Continue Reading »
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 event is free, and is open to all members of the public.For more information contact our outreach officer, Mr. David Harper via this page.Continue Reading »
The December 2021 monthly meeting of Liverpool Astronomical Society for the 2019 – 2021 (138th) session will be held on Friday, December 10th from 19:00 to 21:00. The tradition is for the December monthly meeting to have speakers from our own Society. As such we will continue with that tradition and we have three very interesting talks from three of our very own well known and respected members. Our speakers this month and the titles of their talks are as follows: Name Talk Title Mr. David Galvin FRAS Imaging Neptune’s Moon, Triton Mr. Gerard Gilligan A Tale of Two Observatories […]Continue Reading »
The April 2021 monthly meeting of Liverpool Astronomical Society for the 2019 – 2021 (138th) session will be held on Friday, April 16th from 19:00 to 21:00. 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: “Moons of the Solar System” A guide to the major Moons within our Solar System and what we know. Please note that this lecture will only be available live – it will not be available as a recording afterwards. The structure of the meeting is expected […]Continue Reading »
