Sic Itur Ad Astra – Thus The Way To The Stars : 144 years of astronomy
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The first Monthly Meeting of Liverpool Astronomical Society for the 2026 – 2027 (143rd) session will be held on Friday, September 18th from 18:45 to 21:30. This is a joint meeting with the British Astronomical Association who we are hosting for their Autumn out-of-meeting. Due to this, there will not be a standard Presidential Address. PLEASE NOTE: This meeting STARTS at 18:45 prompt! This meeting is free for LAS Members (& those joining at this meeting) to attend. The running order for the meeting is different from the usual, and is as follows:18:45 – Meeting begins19:00 – Prof. Andrew Newsam […]Continue Reading »
The February 2020 (Jeremiah Horrocks Memorial Lecture) monthly meeting of Liverpool Astronomical Society for the 2019 – 2020 (138th) session will be held on Friday, February 21st from 19:00 to 21:00. Our guest speaker this month is Professor Andy Newsam of Liverpool John Moores University, whose lecture is entitled: “Art & Astronomy: Universal Appeal” For centuries science and art went hand-in-hand, but more recently they seem to have diverged into two distinct “cultures”. However, they still have much to gain from each other and in this talk Professor Andy Newsam will describe some forays by an astronomer into the world […]Continue Reading »
Professor Andy Newsam of the Astrophysics Research Institute, John Moores University, Liverpool, will be delivering his Inaugural Lecture, “How to Explore the Universe” at 5.30pm on 21st June 2013. The Universe is a dynamic, ever-changing place full of extremes. From Black Holes to asteroids, massive exploding stars to elusive distant planets, every part of the Universe poses its own questions. Recent developments in robotic technology have allowed astronomers to build telescopes designed to help us answer those questions, with LJMU leading the way, but the same technology is also opening up the universe to many outside the professional world, especially […]Continue Reading »
