Sic Itur Ad Astra – Thus The Way To The Stars : 144 years of astronomy
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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. Dr. Steve Barrett has kindly stepped in, and will be giving two shorter presentations in place of one long one:Continue Reading »
About This Meeting Our guest speaker for April 2025 is Dr. Julian Onions, of the University of Nottingham, and he will be giving us a talk about: Crazy Interstellar Rockets! What sort of rockets or spaceships could we use to go to the distant stars? We will explore some of the crazier designs that have been proposed over the years, most of which have some possibility of working? The future may be nearer than we think!Continue Reading »
Liverpool Astronomical Society in association with Liverpool Central Library and Liverpool World Museum would like to invite everybody to join us on Saturday, 10th December 2022 for a day celebrating the 50th anniversary of Apollo 17 – currently standing as the final manned mission to the moon. This event is taking place simultaneously in two prominent city centre venues, conveniently located next door to each other – Liverpool Central Library, and Liverpool World Museum, both on William Brown Street, Liverpool, L3 8EW. Entry to the activities and information desks in Central Library is free. Talks being held at the World […]Continue Reading »
This informal and/or short talk will take place on Friday, April 23rd from 19:00 to 21:00. These informal talks are for LAS members only. These talks will be much less formal than the main meetings; there won’t be any Society Business section at the start, and they won’t be minuted. The exact format will depend on the individual talk itself. Could you be the next European Space Agency astronaut? Join Dr. Jackie Bell, mathematician and theoretical particle physicist as she shares her unique experience as a candidate on the BBC documentary series “Astronauts: Do You Have What it Takes?” (iPlayer […]Continue Reading »
The January 2021 monthly meeting of Liverpool Astronomical Society for the 2019 – 2021 (138th) session will be held on Friday, January 15th from 19:00 to 21:00. Our guest speaker will be Mr. Alan Cross, the Regional Ambassador for the north-west of England and north Wales at the Science and Technology Facilities Council based in Daresbury (near Warrington). Alan’s talk is entitled: “The North West Space Strategy“ Alan discusses how organisations and businesses in our region help with large agencies like ESA and related space missions. Please note, due to COVID-19 this meeting is ONLINE-ONLY. Society members have […]Continue Reading »
The February 2021 monthly meeting of Liverpool Astronomical Society for the 2019 – 2021 (138th) session will be held on Friday, February 19th from the earlier time of 18:40 to 21:00. This month’s meeting is going to be structured a little differently than normal – it’s not so much a lecture as a cinematic documentary experience. Our guest speaker will be Dr. Kevin Bowman of the University of Central Lancashire. Kevin’s presentation is entitled: “Apollo 13: Lucky for Some?“ On April 13th 1970 the Apollo 13 spacecraft was headed for the Moon, passing 200,000 miles from the Earth when an “incident” […]Continue Reading »
Join us on Saturday, 20th July at Liverpool’s Central Library for a day celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing. We’ll be at the Library from 10am through to 5pm, along with a variety of guests, including regional astronomical societies, academics, interest groups and more. Lectures about the Apollo mission will run throughout the day and there’ll be an assortment of memorabilia, displays, desks and stalls where you can learn and have fun. The event is completely free to attend and no tickets are required – just walk in on the day. For more information please click […]Continue Reading »
Long hot summer days are behind us and maybe clean, dark, cold winter nights are ahead :-) The first monthly meeting of Liverpool Astronomical Society for session 2013-14, will take place on Friday, September 20th 2013 from 7pm. The venue is the Quaker Meeting House, 22 School Lane, Liverpool City Centre. Doors will only open after 6pm. Please note that due to refurbishment of the QMH meeting venue main entrance, we are required to use another door way, which is indicated on the attached image, (kindly provided by Chris Banks). This blue doorway is just a short distance from the […]Continue Reading »
