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Our popular Young Astronomers' Club continues this month. The topic for the evening will be Deep Sky Objects (This topic may change). Depending on the weather, hopefully there will also be some practical astronomy outside.
Come along to our stargazing evening where we’ll have telescopes in which you can view the night sky if clear. There will also be an illustrated talk about the wonders of the solar system at 7.15pm and repeating it at 8pm (lasting about half an hour). All ages are welcome although the talk is aimed at aged 8 upwards. There will also be telescopes to look through, meteorites, and some themed Lego. Esposito’s cafe will be open late for refreshments. The Friends of Court Hey Park will also be selling some handcrafted items (cash only). There’s no need to book […]
Journey into our universe with members of Liverpool Astronomical Society, to observe our nearest planetary neighbours. There will be space based creative activities, telescopes to observe the Sun and other planets and short talks about the solar system during the course of the day. This event is included in general admission to Norton Priory Museum and Gardens.
The February 2025 monthly meeting of Liverpool Astronomical Society for the 2024-2025 session will be held on Friday, February 21st from 19:00 to 21:20. About This Meeting Please note that this meeting's running order will be slightly altered from the usual, with the lecture taking place from 19:00 and Society Business after the tea-break. Please try to arrive on time or you may miss the beginning of a very interesting talk. 19:00 – 20:30 – Meeting opens, and lecture begins promptly, followed by Q&A and Vote of Thanks20:30 – 20:50 – Tea break in the communal area followed by raffle […]
Come along to our stargazing evening where we’ll have telescopes in which you can view the night sky if clear. There will also be an illustrated talk on astronomy no matter the weather. This event is free, and is open to all members of the public.
Our popular Young Astronomers' Club continues this month. The topic for the evening will be The Moon. Depending on the weather, hopefully there will also be some practical astronomy outside. Please note that this is the last planned Young Astronomers' Club for this session until they restart in around October.
Members of the public are welcome to attend (for free), but please consider joining our Society if you attend more than two monthly meetings. The March 2025 monthly meeting of Liverpool Astronomical Society for the 2024-2025 session will be held on Friday, March 21st from 19:00 to 21:00. About This Meeting Our guest speaker for March 2025 is Dr. Graham Beamson, FRSC. Graham did his first degree in chemistry at the University of Oxford and stayed on to do a DPhil in ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy. He then worked at the University of Durham in infrared and Raman and in x-ray […]
Liverpool AS will be joining Liverpool World Museum once again for an interesting evening of telescopes, talks and planetarium shows. The event will start at 5.30pm, however, the Museum's cafe will remain open from 4 until 8pm, with the event closing at 9pm. The amazing World Museum shop will be open from 17.30 – 8pm for you to grab yourself a gift. 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.
About This Meeting Our guest speaker for April 2025 is Dr. Julian Onions, of the University of Nottingham, and he will be giving us a talk about: Crazy Interstellar Rockets! What sort of rockets or spaceships could we use to go to the distant stars? We will explore some of the crazier designs that have been proposed over the years, most of which have some possibility of working? The future may be nearer than we think!
The Annual General Meeting of Liverpool Astronomical Society for the 2024-2025 session will be held on Friday, May 16th from 19:00 to 21:15. Members of the public are welcome to attend (for free), but please consider joining our Society if you attend more than two monthly meetings. About This Meeting The meeting will consist of Society business followed by a lecture by James Tardiff, an educator at The Intrepid Sea, Air, And Space Museum in New York, USA. Running Order: Please note that times following the opening of the meeting are approximate to account for discussion of Society matters, etc. […]