Syllabus 2003-2004 (Session 122)

Liverpool Astronomical Society Meetings & Events
Session for 2003-2004

Weekly Meetings

When: Every Wednesday 7-late (No meeting Christmas and New Year)
Details from Director of Observatory, Mr. Geoff Regan
Where: Liverpool Astronomical Society’s Leighton Observatory,
Pex Hill,
Cronton,
near Widnes,
Cheshire,
WA8 5QW

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Date Venue Guest speaker Subject & Title
2003
Friday September 19th

7pm – 9pm

Crypt Concert Room,
The RC Metropolitan Cathedral,
Car Park entrance,
Mount Pleasant,
Liverpool
122nd Presidential Address
Mr David Galvin
The Other Moon Landing
Friday October 17th

7pm – 9pm

Crypt Concert Room,
The RC Metropolitan Cathedral,
Car Park entrance,
Mount Pleasant,
Liverpool
16th William Lassell Memorial Lecture
Mr Mark Williamson The Technology of Lunar Exploration
Friday November 21st

7 – 9pm

Crypt Concert Room,
The RC Metropolitan Cathedral,
Car Park entrance,
Mount Pleasant,
Liverpool
Dr Darren Baskill
The University of Leicester
X-Ray Astronomy
Friday December 2nd
(2ndFriday)7 – 9pm
Crypt Concert Room,
The RC Metropolitan Cathedral,
Car Park entrance,
Mount Pleasant,
Liverpool
Members of Liverpool A.S. Members Observations and Research Presentations.
Followed by a Christmas Cheese & Wine Reception.(Tickets Required)
2004
Friday January 16th

7 – 9pm

Crypt Concert Room,
The RC Metropolitan Cathedral,
Car Park entrance,
Mount Pleasant,
Liverpool
Dr Nicola Richmond, The University Of Liverpool Paleomagnetism of the Moon & Mars
Friday February 20th

7 – 9pm

Crypt Concert Room,
The RC Metropolitan Cathedral,
Car Park entrance,
Mount Pleasant,
Liverpool
Mr Kevin Kilburn, Manchester Astronomical Society Dr. Plod & The Amazing Double Sunset
Saturday February 28th

7.30pm – late

Wirral Country Park Visitor Centre,
Station Road,
Thurstaston,
Wirral,
Merseyside,
CH61 0HN
Telescopes To Look Through
Astronomy Talks
Astronomy Sales
ENTRY TO EVENT IS FREE!DETAILS HERE
Friday March 19th

7 – 9pm

Crypt Concert Room,
The RC Metropolitan Cathedral,
Car Park entrance,
Mount Pleasant,
Liverpool
Dr David Underwood, The Open University Earth-type Planets around other Stars
Friday April 16th

7 – 9pm

Crypt Concert Room,
The RC Metropolitan Cathedral,
Car Park entrance,
Mount Pleasant,
Liverpool
Mr Robert Sylvester, British Sundial Association The History of Sundials
Friday April 30th

6pm

Cadwick Lecture Theatre,
Cadwick Building,
Dept. of Physics,
The University of Liverpool
(Tea & Coffee Available from 5.30pm)
Special Event:
Joint Meeting with Institute of Physics (Merseyside Branch)
Dr Allan Chapman, Oxford University
Presenter of Channel 4’s “Gods in the Sky” and Channel 5’s “Great Scientists” series.
Transits of Venus 1639-2004

(The Next Transit of Venus takes Place on the of Morning Tuesday June 8th 2004)

Friday May 21st

7 – 9pm

Crypt Concert Room,
The RC Metropolitan Cathedral,
Car Park entrance,
Mount Pleasant,
Liverpool
LAS Annual General Meeting 2003 – 2004
Followed by LAS members observational images & reports