Sic Itur Ad Astra – Thus The Way To The Stars : 144 years of astronomy
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Liverpool Central Library
William Brown Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom
It’s Completely Free! The LAS is happy to return to the annual MakeFest event again this year, on Saturday 1st July in Liverpool's Central Library. It’s a ‘Fab’ welcome back to the largest free Maker Event in the UK! If you’ve not attended before, Liverpool Makefest is a one day hybrid technology and arts & crafts participatory festival where lovely makers get together to show their projects to the public, with the hope of enthusing the next generation of creative technologists and artists. It’s a fun, educational, buzzing and often wacky day that takes place in the unusual setting of […]
The Daresbury Open Day is back on Saturday 15th July 2023! The Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) and the Sci-Tech Daresbury campus are throwing open their doors for a free day of fun for all ages. The open day is a rare chance to step inside Daresbury Laboratory and Sci-Tech Daresbury to find out more about the world-class science and research happening at the campus, and across the UK. FOR TICKETS: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/daresbury-laboratory-open-day-tickets-99005796001 Please ensure that you check the venue website for details of how to reach this event, even if travelling by car!
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 […]
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.
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 […]
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.
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.
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.
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 […]
