Category Archives: Unmanned Space Probes

Monthly Meeting: Dr. Steve Barrett – “Fiat Lux III”

The November 2021 monthly meeting of Liverpool Astronomical Society for the 2019 – 2021 (138th) session will be held on Friday, November 19th from 19:00 to 21:00. Our guest speaker this month is Dr. Steve Barrett, Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Physics at the University of Liverpool, whose lecture is entitled: “Fiat Lux III” ‘Fiat Lux’ (Nov 2019) was a talk/demo on the nature of light. ‘Fiat Lux II’ (Nov 2020) looked at how the nature of light influences the design and construction of optical telescopes. The final talk in this trilogy describes a new telescope that will […] Continue Reading »

Monthly Meeting: Members’ Talks (Winter 2021)

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 »

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 »

Monthly Meeting: Friday, 20th October, 2017

The October 2017 (William Lassell Memorial Lecture) monthly meeting of Liverpool Astronomical Society for the 2017 – 2018 (136th) session will be held on Friday, October 20th from 19:00 to 21:30. Our guest speaker this month is Mr. Paul L Money FRAS FBIS, whose lecture is entitled: “Triumphs of Voyager [part 1]: Journey to Jupiter, Splendours of Saturn” In 1977 NASA launched two spacecraft to explore the outer solar system; the Voyager Mission. This year is the 40th anniversary of their launch and in this lecture, the first of a two-parter, we look back at the start of the mission […] Continue Reading »

Monthly Meeting: Friday, 20th April, 2018

The April 2018 monthly meeting of Liverpool Astronomical Society for the 2017 – 2018 (136th) session will be held on Friday, April 20th from 19:00 to 21:30. Our guest speaker this month is Mr. Paul L Money FRAS FBIS, whose lecture is entitled: “Triumphs of Voyager [part 2]: Where no probe has gone before” This is the second part of a two-part lecture; the first part took place at our October 2017 meeting. In this instalment, we cast an eye to the Icy Giant encounters with Uranus and Neptune and take a look at the Interstellar Mission as these probes […] Continue Reading »

Monthly Meeting: Friday 18th November, 2016

The November 2016 monthly meeting of Liverpool Astronomical Society for session 2016-17, will take place on Friday, November 18th 2016 from 7pm. Our guest speaker this month is Mr. Paul L Money FRAS FBIS, whose lecture is entitled: “Into the Darkness, but shining a light” – The New Horizons mission to Pluto and beyond Subscriptions for 2016-2017 are now overdue and should have been paid by October 1st. Adult Annual Subscription is  £15.00 Junior Members Subscription (10 to 17yrs)  is £5.00 Please contact the Treasurer if you wish to become a member. The LAS e-newsletter is now included in your normal subscription cost […] Continue Reading »

Astronomy and Space News Roundup: 14th May 2013 to 19th May 2013

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