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  • Cronton Gala Day

    The Pasture, Cronton Hall Lane, Cronton, Widnes, Merseyside, United Kingdom

    Liverpool A.S will be attending the Gala Day. Awaiting further details

  • Monthly Meeting – Presidential Address & opening of new session

    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 […]

    Free

  • Young Astronomers’ Club: Welcome and Basic Astronomy

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

    Our popular Young Astronomers' Club returns this month. The topic for the evening will be a general welcome, then onto Basic Astronomy: Depending on the weather, hopefully there will also be some practical astronomy outside.

    £1.50

  • Monthly Meeting: Mr. Gary Gilbert – The Drake Equation: Is There Anybody Out There?

    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 […]

    Free

  • Martin Mere WWT, Star Party

    WWT Martin Mere Fish Lane, Burscough, Lancashire, United Kingdom

    Join us for an evening of astronomy at Martin Mere Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust in Burscough, Lancashire. We will have displays, activities information desk, talks and - weather permitting - outside we'll have telescopes. This event is open to all, but please note that it is £10 per person and tickets are required (please book via the link below.)Note: there is a partial lunar eclipse in the early evening - see here for more information on the eclipse.

    £10

  • Stargazing Evening at Liverpool World Museum

    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.

  • Young Astronomers’ Club: Stars

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

    Our popular Young Astronomers' Club continues this month. The topic for the evening will be stars: Depending on the weather, hopefully there will also be some practical astronomy outside.

    £1.50
  • An image of a mysterious, black void surrounded by a white ring, perhaps an event horizon? Innumerable streamers are coming from the surface of the ring, like electricity. There is no scale given, so we could br seeing anthing from a proton to a super-massive black hole. The image is energetic! It says "The End of Everything" : "The fate of the Earth, the Sun, …and the Universe"

    Monthly Meeting: Dr. Steve Barrett – “The End of Everything”

    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 […]

    Free

  • Croxteth Hall & Country Park with Liverpool Astronomical Society

    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 […]

    Free

  • Sefton Park Palm House with Liverpool Astronomical Society

    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 skyIf the weather is clear, there will be views of Jupiter and the winter constellationsGalaxies 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

    Free