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There will be an extra meeting this year, to be held Tuesday 19th June 2012. Dr Valerie Connaughton from the University of Alabama, USA has kindly agreed to come and talk to the LAS whilst she is over in the UK. The Talk is entitled “The Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope: Construction, Launch, and Observer of Gamma-Ray Bursts” Click to enlarge
The next monthly meeting of Liverpool Astronomical Society is to be held at 7pm on Friday April 19th, at the QMH, 22 School Lane, Liverpool City Centre. Sadly I have to report that the speaker for the April Meeting Prof Maurizio Salaris, has had to change his plans, and attend a research meeting outside of the UK, so will not be able to be the Society guest on April 19th. However, a Preston historian, Mr Steve Halliwell, has agreed to step in at relatively short notice, and will speak on Mr Moses Holden – A history talk I know, but […]
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 […]
The November 2013 monthly meeting of Liverpool Astronomical Society for session 2013-14, will take place on Friday, November 15th 2013 from 7pm. Our Guest speaker this month is Dr Mark Hadley from AstraZeneca UK and Macclesfield AS who will speak on the subject of "The Use of Chirality in the Search for Extraterrestrial Life” (The November 2013 issue of BBC Sky at Night Magazine has a good article on the subject to help supplement the lecture) 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 […]
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 […]
The February 2014 monthly meeting of Liverpool Astronomical Society for session 2013-14, will take place on Friday, February 21st 2014 from 7pm. Our Guest speaker this month is Ms Wendy Simkiss, Earth and Physical Science Curator from the World Museum Liverpool, who will speak on the subject of "Meteorites” To those who are yet to renew Subscriptions 2013-14 , remember that the yearly subscriptions to the society membership are now over due! Adult Annual Subscription is £15.00 LAS Newsletter subscription is £5 for 12 issues (optional) Junior Members Subscription (10 to 17yrs) is £5.00 Please note - Doors will only open after […]
The March 2014 monthly meeting of Liverpool Astronomical Society for session 2013-14, will take place on Friday, March 21st 2014 from 7pm. Our Guest speaker this month is Mr Barry Pemberton of Orion Optics, who will speak on the subject of “Telescope Optics” To those who are yet to renew Subscriptions 2013-14 , remember that the yearly subscriptions to the society membership are now over due! Adult Annual Subscription is £15.00 LAS Newsletter subscription is £5 for 12 issues (optional) Junior Members Subscription (10 to 17yrs) is £5.00 Please note - Doors will only open after 6pm. I do hope you can join me and […]
The April 2014 monthly meeting of Liverpool Astronomical Society for session 2013-14, will take place on Friday, April 11th 2014 from 7pm. Please note that this is the 2nd Friday of the month due to the Easter Bank Holiday. Our Guest speaker this month is Dr. Katherine Joy of The University of Manchester, who will speak on the subject of “The Geology of the Moon” To those who are yet to renew Subscriptions 2013-14 , remember that the yearly subscriptions to the society membership are now extremely over due! Adult Annual Subscription is £15.00 LAS Newsletter subscription is £5 for 12 issues […]
The September 2014 monthly meeting of Liverpool Astronomical Society for session 2014-15, will take place on Friday, September 19th 2014 from 7pm. Our speaker this month is Mr. Rob Johnson with the Presidential Address, and a talk entitled: “Telescope Improvements” Adult Annual Subscription is £15.00 Junior Members Subscription (10 to 17yrs) is £5.00 We're happy to announce that the LAS Newsletter is no longer a separate subscription item, and is available electronically to all LAS members as part of their yearly subscription Please note - Doors will only open after 6pm. I do hope you can join me and your fellow members for this meeting, but […]
The October 2014 (William Lassell Lecture) monthly meeting of Liverpool Astronomical Society for session 2014-15, will take place on Friday, October 24th 2014 from 7pm. Please note that this is the 4th Friday of the month. Our Guest speaker this month is Mr. Douglas Arnold of the Astrophysics Research Institute at Liverpool John Moores University who will speak on the subject of “Polarimetry in Astronomy, Past, Present & Future” Subscriptions for 2014-15 Please note that the LAS e-newsletter is now included in your normal subscription cost Adult Annual Subscription is £15.00 Junior Members Subscription (10 to 17yrs) is £5.00 Please note - Doors will […]