Sic Itur Ad Astra – Thus The Way To The Stars : 143 years of astronomy
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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 Annual General Meeting of Liverpool Astronomical Society for the 2025-2026 session will be held on Friday, May 15th from 19:00 to 21:00. The meeting will consist of Society business, followed by short talks from our own Members. The talks are: TBC 1. 2. Livestream & Recording Information This meeting will be held at our normal venue of the Quaker Meeting House, and may be live-streamed via YouTube, if I get the equipment set up in […]Continue Reading »
Liverpool A.S will be attending the Cronton Gala Day. Safe solar viewing with our specialised and safe telescopes (Clear skies permitting). Cronton Gala and Music Festival is back on Saturday 13th September 11am-6pm on Cronton Pasture (Hall Lane) WA8 5DW. A full day of music and activities, fair and stalls. Food and Drinks.Continue Reading »
We’ll be at Liverpool MakeFest again this year.There’s lots to see and do. In addition to all the interesting projects from many other Makers, we’ll be upstairs with astronomical and space related displays and activities, including specially adapted solar telescopes to observe the atmosphere of the sun safely in real-time without the risk of damaging your eyes!Continue Reading »
Liverpool AS will joining Liverpool World Museum once again for an interesting evening of telescopes, talks and planetarium shows. The event will start at 5.30pm, however, the Museum’s cafe will remain open from 4 until 8pm, with the event closing at 9pm. The amazing World Museum shop will be open from 17.30 – 8pm for you to grab yourself a gift. Although this event is not free, tickets are low cost and are available on the World Museum event page here where you will also find the full line-up for the talks and planetarium shows.Continue Reading »
Liverpool AS will be joining Liverpool World Museum once again for an interesting evening of telescopes, talks and planetarium shows. The event will start at 5.30pm, however, the Museum’s cafe will remain open from 4 until 8pm, with the event closing at 9pm. The amazing World Museum shop will be open from 17.30 – 8pm for you to grab yourself a gift. Although this event is not free, tickets are low cost and are available on the World Museum event page here where you will also find the full line-up for the talks and planetarium shows.Continue Reading »
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 attend (for free), but please consider joining our Society if you attend more than two monthly meetings. About This Meeting The meeting will consist of Society business followed by a lecture by James Tardiff, an educator at The Intrepid Sea, Air, And Space Museum in New York, USA. Running Order: Please note that times following the opening of the meeting are approximate to account for discussion of Society matters, etc. […]Continue Reading »
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 Liverpool Astronomical Society for the 2024-2025 session will be held on Friday, March 21st from 19:00 to 21:00. About This Meeting Our guest speaker for March 2025 is Dr. Graham Beamson, FRSC. Graham did his first degree in chemistry at the University of Oxford and stayed on to do a DPhil in ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy. He then worked at the University of Durham in infrared and Raman and in x-ray […]Continue Reading »
Liverpool A.S will be attending the Gala Day. Safe solar viewing with our specialised and safe telescopes (Clear skies permitting). Cronton Gala and Music Festival is back on Saturday 7th September 11am-6pm on Cronton Pasture (Hall Lane). A full day of music and activities, fair and stalls. Food and Drinks.Continue Reading »
Come along to our Solar Day at the Miller & Carter Steakhouse, Otterspool, L17 5AL from 12:30 until 16:30 where we’ll have specially adapted telescopes in which you can safely view the sun. In addition, there will be a talk on, no matter the weather.Continue Reading »
