Sic Itur Ad Astra – Thus The Way To The Stars : 144 years of astronomy
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A Public Lecture by Mr David Lunt, Coronado Instrument Group, Arizona, USA. The Sun in Hydrogen-Alpha (H-alpha / Hα) The Peter Jost Enterprise Centre Ground Floor Lecture Theatre. John Moores University Byrom Street Liverpool. Wednesday, 14th October 1998 Starting at 19:00hrs/7:00pm.(Doors open 18:30hrs/6:30pm) Admission by ticket only - available from Mr Alan B.Scott Liverpool Starlink Site Manager The Liverpool John Moores University Astrophysics Research Institute Room 624, The James Parsons Building Byrom Street, Liverpool L3 3AF. EMail: star@astro.livjm.ac.uk Tel:+44 0151-231 2289 FAX:+44 0151-231 2475. and :Liverpool Museum (Tel: 0151-478 4235). Tickets are free! The JMU will be receiving a visit […]
The Leighton Observatory at Pex Hill
Pex Hill, Cronton, Widnes, Cheshire, United Kingdom
For International SUN-day, June 22nd 2014, The Liverpool Astronomical Society is hosting a FREE solar observing day at their Leighton Observatory, Pex Hill, Cronton. The event runs from 1pm to 5pm, and will give people the opportunity to SAFELY view the sun through specially adapted telescopes, allowing you to see details you would never normally be able to view. There are also illustrated talks taking place, along with free tea, coffee and biscuits. Please remember, if you do NOT have specialist equipment you must NEVER view the sun through a magnifying device such as binoculars or telescopes - without the […]
Festival Gardens
Riverside Drive, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Come and join the Conservation Volunteers and Liverpool Astronomical Society to celebrate Tanabata, or the Star Festival, it is held on the evening of 7 July throughout Japan. The festival traces its origins to a romantic legend that the Cowherd Star (Altair) and Weaver Star (Vega), lovers separated by the Milky Way, are allowed to meet just once a year on the seventh day of the seventh month. People, especially children, write their wishes such as “I want to become good at football” or “I want to become an astronaut” on narrow strips of colored paper called tanzaku and hang […]
The Leighton Observatory at Pex Hill
Pex Hill, Cronton, Widnes, Cheshire, United Kingdom
The LAS are hosting a BBC Stargazing Live event at our Leighton observatory, Pex Hill, Cronton. Come along and see a partial (90%) eclipse of the Sun. View through special telescopes.
Sunday 26/6/16 Leighton Observatory, Cronton, open from 12:00 to 16:00 for solar observing. Solar disk, taken by Mark Payne, showing a lifting prominence and at the 10 o'clock position on the limb is a bright spot showing the second of the three x-class flares (X2.8) which occurred in the previous 24 hours. This is located at the active region AR1748 which is moving around onto the earth facing side of the solar disc. This image was captured with a double stacked 50mm H-Alpha scope & DMK31 CCD on 13th May 2013 at 13:16:59
