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 December 2018 monthly meeting of Liverpool Astronomical Society for the 2018 - 2019 (137th) session will be held on Friday, December 7th from 19:00 to 21:00. Please note that this is the 1st Friday of the month, not the 3rd Friday. This month will see a series of presentations from our own members, with a break for Free tea/coffee and Christmas light refreshments. The proposed agenda is below – the order of the talks may change on the night. We will begin with Society Business, Apologies, Minutes, Announcements, etc. After this will be the following talks : Speaker Subject […]
The Quaker Meeting House in Liverpool City Centre
The Quaker Meeting House, 22 School Lane, Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom
The January 2019 monthly meeting of Liverpool Astronomical Society for the 2018 - 2019 (137th) session will be held on Friday, January 18th from 19:00 to 21:00. Our guest speaker this month is Dr. Steve Barrett, Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Physics at the University of Liverpool, whose lecture is entitled: “Legacy of the Hubble Space Telescope” A brief history of the Hubble Space Telescope and a description of its legacy in terms of its scientific contributions to our understanding and the way that it touched the public consciousness. Subscriptions for the current session 2018-2019 are now overdue and should […]
The Quaker Meeting House in Liverpool City Centre
The Quaker Meeting House, 22 School Lane, Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom
The February 2019 (Jeremiah Horrocks Memorial Lecture) monthly meeting of Liverpool Astronomical Society for the 2018 - 2019 (137th) session will be held on Friday, February 15th from 19:00 to 21:00. Our guest speaker this month is Dr. Allan Chapman FRAS, whose lecture is entitled: “Islands in the Sky; Edwin Hubble, the Galaxies, and the 'Star' of Mt. Wilson” Dr. Chapman will talk about the impact of one of the greatest discoveries of the early 20th Century - the size of the known universe; that it was unimaginably larger than previously thought, and the implications and effects this discovery had […]
The Quaker Meeting House in Liverpool City Centre
The Quaker Meeting House, 22 School Lane, Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom
The March 2019 monthly meeting of Liverpool Astronomical Society for the 2018 - 2019 (137th) session will be held on Friday, March 22nd from 19:00 to 21:00. Please note that this is the 4th Friday of the month, not the 3rd Friday. Our guest speaker this month is Dr. Rob Lyon of the Universities of Liverpool and Manchester, whose lecture is entitled: “The Square Kilometre Array: Astronomy at Scale” Dr. Lyon will talk about his work helping to design the world's largest radio telescope, the Square Kilometre Array and how the Array will be used Subscriptions for the current session […]
The Quaker Meeting House in Liverpool City Centre
The Quaker Meeting House, 22 School Lane, Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom
The April 2019 monthly meeting of Liverpool Astronomical Society for the 2018 - 2019 (137th) session will be held on Friday, April 26th from 19:00 to 21:00. Please note that this is the 4th Friday of the month, not the 3rd Friday. This lecture is expected to be attended by more people than usual due to how well known the guest speaker is. For this reason, the event will be ticketed (details of how to book will be posted closer to the time), however LAS members will not have to pay any additional fee and will also be given first […]
The Quaker Meeting House in Liverpool City Centre
The Quaker Meeting House, 22 School Lane, Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom
The May 2019 monthly meeting of Liverpool Astronomical Society for the 2018 - 2019 (137th) session is our Annual General Meeting and will be held on Friday, May 17th from 19:00 to 21:00. Please note that this event is not open to the general public without prior arrangement with the LAS Secretary. The first part of the AGM is the business of the Society for the past year, but following tea/coffee we will have the following short presentations by society members: Speaker Subject TBC - if you are a member who wishes to give a short presentation, please contact the […]
World Museum, Liverpool (formerly NMGM Liverpool Museum)
World Museum, William Brown St, Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom
Join us to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Apollo 10, with a special talk by Dr Kevin Bowman from the Jeremiah Horrocks Institute at the University of Central Lancashire. Apollo 10 descended to within 50,000 feet of the lunar surface and then returned to Earth. In his talk Dr Bowman, an expert on the American Moon Missions will highlight some of the key of episodes of the Apollo missions including the moon landings." PLEASE NOTE: You must book a free ticket to attend this lecture. You can do so by clicking here. The lecture is approximately an hour in length, […]
World Museum, Liverpool (formerly NMGM Liverpool Museum)
World Museum, William Brown St, Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom
As part of our ongoing Apollo celebrations, the LAS will be present at the World Museum on Saturday with a set of Apollo-related displays in the area outside the lecture theatre where Dr. Bowman's talk will take place, as well the area near the 5th floor balcony. We will also have Solar scopes on the balcony if the weather permits. If you would like to help out on the day, please contact Steve Southern by filling out the form below and let him know. Any assistance will be appreciated. In addition to the LAS displays, the museum is also hosting […]
Liverpool Central Library
William Brown Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom
Join us on Saturday, 20th July at Liverpool's Central Library for a day celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing. We'll be at the Library from 10am through to 5pm, along with a variety of guests, including regional astronomical societies, academics, interest groups and more. Lectures about the Apollo mission will run throughout the day and there'll be an assortment of memorabilia, displays, desks and stalls where you can learn and have fun. The event is completely free to attend and no tickets are required - just walk in on the day. For more information please click […]
The Quaker Meeting House in Liverpool City Centre
The Quaker Meeting House, 22 School Lane, Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom
The first Monthly Meeting of the 2019 - 2020 session will be held on Friday, September 20th from 19:00 to 21:00. This meeting is our Presidential Address, however LAS President Mr. Steve Southern will be unable to attend so the meeting will be presented by Chairman of The Society for the History of Astronomy and former LAS President Mr. Gerard Gilligan, with a lecture entitled: “Bidston Observatory & The Death of an Astronomer” There will also be a Welcome Buffet. Subscriptions for the current session 2019-2020 are now due and should be paid by October 1st 2019. If your 2018-2019 […]
