Sic Itur Ad Astra – Thus The Way To The Stars : 144 years of astronomy
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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 2022 - 2023 (139th) session will be held on Friday, September 16th from 19:00 to 21:00. Those of you wishing to become members may do so at this meeting (see below for more information.) This meeting is our Presidential Address, and as such our speaker is LAS President Mr. Steve Southern, whose lecture is entitled: Focus on Zeiss Slides from the Gemini/Apollo Era Zeiss produced slides in the early days of the NASA Gemini and Apollo missions. The Society has obtained a set of these. My talk describes the slides […]
World Museum, Liverpool (formerly NMGM Liverpool Museum)
World Museum, William Brown St, Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom
A variety of events are taking place across the country. The LAS will be at the World Museum on Saturday, October 8th (click here for more details.) In addition, the World Museum have other related events on for Science Week, and much more including a Doctor Who exhibition, regular planetarium shows and a host of other interesting exhibits - click here to see their full list.
World Museum, Liverpool (formerly NMGM Liverpool Museum)
World Museum, William Brown St, Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom
Join us and our friends at the Liverpool World Museum on Saturday, 8th October between 11:00 and 15:00 for this one day out of this year's Science Week event, where we'll have talks, solar telescopes to safely observe the sun, and informational displays.
The Pasture, Cronton
Hall Lane, Cronton, Widnes, Merseyside, United Kingdom
‘Cronton Sun Moon and Stars’ is a celebration of Cronton’s links to stargazing and astronomy with a glowing planetarium in the pasture. A free ticket is required. Please see their event page for more information.
The Quaker Meeting House in Liverpool City Centre
The Quaker Meeting House, 22 School Lane, Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom
The October 2022 (William Lassell Memorial Lecture) monthly meeting of Liverpool Astronomical Society for the 2022-2023 session will be held on Friday, October 21st from 19:00 to 21:00. Our guest speaker this month is Mr. Steve Warbis of Macclesfield Astronomical Society, who you may remember joined us before our summer break for a different lecture. In addition to speaking for his own Society and other organisations, Steve is an active member of Macclesfield AS as their Field Trip Co-ordinator and former Chairman, as well as a keen urban astrophotographer. Steve's lecture this month is entitled: Completely Over (and Under) the […]
World Museum, Liverpool (formerly NMGM Liverpool Museum)
World Museum, William Brown St, Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom
We'll be on the 5th floor of the World Museum, William Brown St, Liverpool, L3 8EN, on Friday, 11th November between 17:30 & 21:00 with views of the night sky through telescopes on the balcony if the weather is clear, as well as talks and planetarium shows. For more information contact Mr. Steve Southern via our contact page.
The Quaker Meeting House in Liverpool City Centre
The Quaker Meeting House, 22 School Lane, Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom
The November 2022 monthly meeting of Liverpool Astronomical Society for the 2022-2023 session will be held on Friday, November 18th 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. The title of the lecture is: The Beginning of Everything A brief description of the origin and the very early history of the Universe. After the Big Bang it took […]
Sefton Park Palm House
The Palm House, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Liverpool Astronomical Society with Sefton Park Palm HouseInvite you to a Star PartyatThe Palm HouseSefton ParkLiverpoolL17 1AL Come and be inspired by the wonders of the night skyPlanets, moons and starsGalaxies and deep sky objectsThere will be talks about astronomyTelescopes outside to look through (weather permitting)Experienced amateur astronomers on hand to give advice and guidance All free
The Quaker Meeting House in Liverpool City Centre
The Quaker Meeting House, 22 School Lane, Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom
The December 2022 monthly meeting of Liverpool Astronomical Society for the 2022-2023 session will be held on Friday, December 9th from 19:00 to 21:00 with a break for tea/coffee and Christmas light refreshments. Please note this is the second Friday of the month, not the third. 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 speakers this month are three of our own members, talking about astronomical projects, areas of interest, observations and so on. Each talk is approximately 15 minutes long. All 3 […]
World Museum, Liverpool (formerly NMGM Liverpool Museum)
World Museum, William Brown St, Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom
Liverpool Astronomical Society in association with Liverpool Central Library and Liverpool World Museum would like to invite everybody to join us on Saturday, 10th December 2022 for a day celebrating the 50th anniversary of Apollo 17 - currently standing as the final manned mission to the moon. This event is taking place simultaneously in two prominent city centre venues, conveniently located next door to each other - Liverpool Central Library, and Liverpool World Museum, both on William Brown Street, Liverpool, L3 8EW. Entry to the activities and information desks in Central Library is free. Talks being held at the World […]
