Sic Itur Ad Astra – Thus The Way To The Stars : 144 years of astronomy
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Sefton Park Palm House
The Palm House, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Liverpool Astronomical Society with Sefton Park Palm House invite you to a Star Party! Come and be inspired by the wonders of the night sky: view planets, galaxies and deep sky objects. There will be talks about astronomy and telescopes outside to look through (weather permitting). Experienced amateur astronomers will be on hand to give advice and guidance. Please be advised that the talks will be tailored around what is available to see in the night sky.
Mr. Gerard Gilligan, the Chairman for The Society for the History of Astronomy joins us this March for his talk which was originally due to take place this January. https://societyforthehistoryofastronomy.com/
University of Central Lancashire (UCLan)
University of Central Lancashire, Preston, United Kingdom
Week long UCLAN Lancashire Science week with Solar scopes, desk and displays. We will be helping out along side PADAS on the last day which is the public day. Organised by Lancashire Science Festival Email: lancscifest@uclan.ac.uk;
The Daresbury Open Day is back on Saturday 15th July 2023! The Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) and the Sci-Tech Daresbury campus are throwing open their doors for a free day of fun for all ages. The open day is a rare chance to step inside Daresbury Laboratory and Sci-Tech Daresbury to find out more about the world-class science and research happening at the campus, and across the UK. FOR TICKETS: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/daresbury-laboratory-open-day-tickets-99005796001 Please ensure that you check the venue website for details of how to reach this event, even if travelling by car!
The Quaker Meeting House in Liverpool City Centre
The Quaker Meeting House, 22 School Lane, Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom
The first Monthly Meeting of Liverpool Astronomical Society for the 2023 - 2024 (140th) session will be held on Friday, September 15th from 19:00 to 21:00. Those of you wishing to become members may do so at this meeting (see below for more information.) Members of the public are welcome to attend (for free), but please consider joining our Society if you attend more than two monthly meetings. There will be two short talks for this meeting. The first talk will be our Presidential Address, by LAS President Mr. Colin Murray, on the topic of astronomical books. The second short […]
The Quaker Meeting House in Liverpool City Centre
The Quaker Meeting House, 22 School Lane, Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom
Our guest speaker for October 2023 is Mr. Gary Gilbert, whose talk is entitled: The Drake Equation: Is There Anybody Out There? One of the biggest questions, not just for philosophers, astronomers, astrophysicists or cosmologists but for humanity as a whole is "Are we alone in the universe?" In 1961, Dr. Frank Drake decided to look at this question through a mathematical lens and devised what has come to be known as "The Drake Equation" - the result of which gives a possible number for how many civilisations might be capable of communication with us via radio signals. Join us […]
World Museum, Liverpool (formerly NMGM Liverpool Museum)
World Museum, William Brown St, Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom
Liverpool AS will joining Liverpool World Museum once again for an interesting evening of telescopes, talks and planetarium shows. Although this event is not free, tickets are low cost and are available on the World Museum event page here where you will also find the full line-up for the talks and planetarium shows.
The Quaker Meeting House in Liverpool City Centre
The Quaker Meeting House, 22 School Lane, Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom
The November 2023 monthly meeting of Liverpool Astronomical Society for the 2023-2024 session will be held on Friday, November 17th from 19:00 to 21:00. Members of the public are welcome to attend (for free), but please consider joining our Society if you attend more than two monthly meetings. Our guest speaker this month is Dr. Steve Barrett, Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Physics at the University of Liverpool. This talk follows from last November's talk, The Beginning of Everything The title of the lecture is: The End of Everything This time last year, we looked at origin of […]
Croxteth Hall and Country Park (via Service Entrance on Flint Drive)
Flint Drive, Liverpool, England, United Kingdom
Liverpool Astronomical Society with Croxteth Hall & Country ParkInvite you to a Star PartyatCroxteth Hall & Country Park Everybody please use the SERVICE ENTRANCE on Flint Drive, off Croxteth Hall Lane or you will have a potentially long walk around the park! 🙂 Come and be inspired by the wonders of the night skyIf the weather is clear, there will be views of our Moon and the craters on it, the planet Jupiter and its own moons, and the winter constellationsGalaxies and deep sky objectsThere will be talks about astronomyTelescopes outside to look through (weather permitting)Experienced amateur astronomers on hand […]
