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  • Cancelled CANCELLED – Weekly Public Meeting at the Leighton Observatory, Pex Hill – CANCELLED

    The Leighton Observatory at Pex Hill Pex Hill, Cronton, Widnes, Cheshire, United Kingdom

    This event has been cancelled due to the Coronavirus situation When and Where? Weekly public meetings are held every Wednesday evening (except at Christmas week), between 19:00 (7 PM) and 21:00 (9 PM) local time (e.g. 7pm BST in summer, 7pm UTC in winter) in the Liverpool Astronomical Society’s Leighton Observatory. Children who wish to visit must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. Regular Attendance While we do welcome members of the public, we do ask you to consider that, since everything is paid for from our Membership subscriptions, if you find yourself attending a Weekly meeting more than […]

    Free

  • Cancelled CANCELLED – Weekly Public Meeting at the Leighton Observatory, Pex Hill – CANCELLED

    The Leighton Observatory at Pex Hill Pex Hill, Cronton, Widnes, Cheshire, United Kingdom

    This event has been cancelled due to the Coronavirus situation When and Where? Weekly public meetings are held every Wednesday evening (except at Christmas week), between 19:00 (7 PM) and 21:00 (9 PM) local time (e.g. 7pm BST in summer, 7pm UTC in winter) in the Liverpool Astronomical Society’s Leighton Observatory. Children who wish to visit must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. Regular Attendance While we do welcome members of the public, we do ask you to consider that, since everything is paid for from our Membership subscriptions, if you find yourself attending a Weekly meeting more than […]

    Free

  • Cancelled CANCELLED – Weekly Public Meeting at the Leighton Observatory, Pex Hill – CANCELLED

    The Leighton Observatory at Pex Hill Pex Hill, Cronton, Widnes, Cheshire, United Kingdom

    This event has been cancelled due to the Coronavirus situation When and Where? Weekly public meetings are held every Wednesday evening (except at Christmas week), between 19:00 (7 PM) and 21:00 (9 PM) local time (e.g. 7pm BST in summer, 7pm UTC in winter) in the Liverpool Astronomical Society’s Leighton Observatory. Children who wish to visit must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. Regular Attendance While we do welcome members of the public, we do ask you to consider that, since everything is paid for from our Membership subscriptions, if you find yourself attending a Weekly meeting more than […]

    Free

  • Cancelled CANCELLED – Weekly Public Meeting at the Leighton Observatory, Pex Hill – CANCELLED

    The Leighton Observatory at Pex Hill Pex Hill, Cronton, Widnes, Cheshire, United Kingdom

    This event has been cancelled due to the Coronavirus situation When and Where? Weekly public meetings are held every Wednesday evening (except at Christmas week), between 19:00 (7 PM) and 21:00 (9 PM) local time (e.g. 7pm BST in summer, 7pm UTC in winter) in the Liverpool Astronomical Society’s Leighton Observatory. Children who wish to visit must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. Regular Attendance While we do welcome members of the public, we do ask you to consider that, since everything is paid for from our Membership subscriptions, if you find yourself attending a Weekly meeting more than […]

    Free

  • Cancelled CANCELLED – Weekly Public Meeting at the Leighton Observatory, Pex Hill – CANCELLED

    The Leighton Observatory at Pex Hill Pex Hill, Cronton, Widnes, Cheshire, United Kingdom

    This event has been cancelled due to the Coronavirus situation When and Where? Weekly public meetings are held every Wednesday evening (except at Christmas week), between 19:00 (7 PM) and 21:00 (9 PM) local time (e.g. 7pm BST in summer, 7pm UTC in winter) in the Liverpool Astronomical Society’s Leighton Observatory. Children who wish to visit must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. Regular Attendance While we do welcome members of the public, we do ask you to consider that, since everything is paid for from our Membership subscriptions, if you find yourself attending a Weekly meeting more than […]

    Free

  • Monthly Meeting – Mr. Steve Warbis -“Our Place in The Universe”

    The Quaker Meeting House in Liverpool City Centre The Quaker Meeting House, 22 School Lane, Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom

    The April 2022 monthly meeting of Liverpool Astronomical Society for the 2019 - 2022 (138th) session will be held on Friday, April 22nd from 19:00 to 21:00. Our guest speaker this month is Mr. Steve Warbis of Macclesfield Astronomical Society. In addition to speaking for them 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 is entitled: OUR PLACE IN THE UNIVERSE – How Lucky Do You Feel Today? An explanation and illustration of the incredible and fortunate sequence of astronomical […]

  • Cancelled CANCELLED – Weekly Public Meeting at the Leighton Observatory, Pex Hill – CANCELLED

    The Leighton Observatory at Pex Hill Pex Hill, Cronton, Widnes, Cheshire, United Kingdom

    This event has been cancelled due to the Coronavirus situation When and Where? Weekly public meetings are held every Wednesday evening (except at Christmas week), between 19:00 (7 PM) and 21:00 (9 PM) local time (e.g. 7pm BST in summer, 7pm UTC in winter) in the Liverpool Astronomical Society’s Leighton Observatory. Children who wish to visit must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. Regular Attendance While we do welcome members of the public, we do ask you to consider that, since everything is paid for from our Membership subscriptions, if you find yourself attending a Weekly meeting more than […]

    Free

  • Weekly Public Free Meeting at Leighton Observatory, Pex Hill, Cronton

    The Leighton Observatory at Pex Hill Pex Hill, Cronton, Widnes, Cheshire, United Kingdom

    When and Where? Weekly public meetings are held every Wednesday evening (except if it falls too close to Christmas), between 19:00 (7 PM) and 21:00 (9 PM) local time (e.g. 7pm BST in summer, 7pm UTC in winter) in the Liverpool Astronomical Society’s Leighton Observatory. Can My Children Attend on a Wednesday Evening? We do not recommend that under-14s attend on Wednesday evenings as it can get extremely busy, and some may find it a little overwhelming. We do run a monthly Young Astronomers' club from autumn to spring, which you can find details of here. That said, we understand […]

  • 2019 – 2022 Annual General Meeting (A.G.M.)

    The Quaker Meeting House in Liverpool City Centre The Quaker Meeting House, 22 School Lane, Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom

    This event was rescheduled from 15th May 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic The May 2022 monthly meeting of Liverpool Astronomical Society for the 2019 - 2022 (138th) session is our Annual General Meeting and will be held on Friday, May 20th 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. Those of you wishing to join the Society are welcome to come along and officially become members, however please note that you will not be allowed to vote at this meeting. Ordinarily, the AGM would […]

  • Solar Day at Liverpool World Museum

    World Museum, Liverpool (formerly NMGM Liverpool Museum) World Museum, William Brown St, Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom

    We will be situated near the front entrance of the museum at street level. Details to follow. Two images of the solar disc, side-by-side. The first shows the sun in hydrogen-alpha light, and the second shows the sun in ordinary visible white light. The hydrogen-alpha image makes it possible to see details like prominences, flares and other structures present in the solar chromosphere, while the white-light image shows details in the solar photosphere, such as sunspots.