Sic Itur Ad Astra – Thus The Way To The Stars : 144 years of astronomy
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The January 2017 monthly meeting of Liverpool Astronomical Society for session 2016-17, will take place on Friday, January 20th 2017 from 7pm. Our guest speaker this month is Melanie Davies FRAS, the founder of Creative Space, Hastings, whose lecture is entitled: “The Pleiades” – covering the mythology to modern-day science 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 Free tea/coffee with light […]Continue Reading »
The February 2017 monthly meeting of Liverpool Astronomical Society for session 2016-17, will take place on Friday, February 24th 2017 from 7pm. Please note that this is the 4th Friday of the month, not the 3rd Friday. Our guest speaker this month is Dr. Allan Chapman FRAS, whose lecture is entitled: “The ‘Ferret of Comets’; Charles Messier and Astronomy in 18th century France” 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 […]Continue Reading »
The March 2017 monthly meeting of Liverpool Astronomical Society for session 2016-17, will take place on Friday, March 17th 2017 from 7pm. Our guest speaker this month is Dr. Rene Breton of the University of Manchester, with a lecture entitled: “Einstein’s Relativity: Tested to the Limit with Pulsars” Dr. Breton writes: Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity was published in 1915. In over a century it has not failed a single time despite hundreds of tests and experiments. One of the most extreme environments in which to benchmark Relativity and possible alternative theories of gravity is around pulsars (after black holes, the […]Continue Reading »
The April 2017 monthly meeting of Liverpool Astronomical Society for session 2016-17, will take place on Friday, April 21st 2017 from 7pm. Our guest speaker this month is Mr. Martin Lunn MBE FRAS, whose lecture is entitled: “Telstar” 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 Free tea/coffee with light refreshments break will form part of the evening at about 8pm. Please […]Continue Reading »
The February 2016 monthly meeting of Liverpool Astronomical Society for session 2015-16, will take place on Friday, February 19th 2015 from 7pm. Due to unforeseen circumstances, our scheduled guest speaker Dr. Chris Copperwheat, LT2 Project Scientist at Liverpool John Moores University is unable to join us as planned. A replacement guest speaker has kindly agreed to step in; Kevin Kilburn, FRAS, vice-president of Manchester Astronomical Society and vice-chairman of the Society for the History of Astronomy, whose lecture is entitled: “The Bevis’s Uranographia Britannica” If your 2015-2016 subscriptions have not yet been paid, your membership has lapsed. If you wish to […]Continue Reading »
A new exhibition in the Tate Hall Museum charts the contribution of the University of Liverpool made to the field of Particle Physics – Past, Present and Future. The exhibition aims to ‘demystify’ particle physics for the general visitor whilst exhibiting some of the fascinating and spectacular machinery that has been used here in Liverpool, in pursuit of new breakthroughs. Please visit our webpage for more details on this exhibition: http://vgm.liv.ac.uk/worldaparticle/ Directions/Location of museum in Brownlow Hill, Liverpool – http://vgm.liverpool.ac.uk/contact-us/ Easter Closures: The VG&M will be closed on Friday 18th Saturday 19th & Monday 21st April. – See more […]Continue Reading »
A new exhibition in the Tate Hall Museum charts the contribution of the University of Liverpool made to the field of Particle Physics – Past, Present and Future. The exhibition aims to ‘demystify’ particle physics for the general visitor whilst exhibiting some of the fascinating and spectacular machinery that has been used here in Liverpool, in pursuit of new breakthroughs. Please visit our webpage for more details on this exhibition: http://vgm.liv.ac.uk/worldaparticle/ Directions/Location of museum in Brownlow Hill, Liverpool – http://vgm.liverpool.ac.uk/contact-us/Continue Reading »
The January 2014 monthly meeting of Liverpool Astronomical Society for session 2013-14, will take place on Friday, January 17th 2014 from 7pm. Our Guest speaker this month is Mr Martin Lunn MBE FRAS, who will speak on the subject of “King Charles’ Star – Supernova Cassiopeia A” Syllabus/membership cards for 2013-14 will also be made available if you have not collected one already. Please also remember that the yearly subscriptions to the society membership are due and need to be paid by January 31st 2014 Adult Annual Subscription is £15.00 LAS Newsletter subscription is £5 for 12 issues (optional) Junior Members Subscription (10 […]Continue Reading »
