Sic Itur Ad Astra – Thus The Way To The Stars : 144 years of astronomy
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When and Where? Weekly public meetings are held every Wednesday evening (except at Christmas week), between 19:00 (7 PM) and 21:00 (9 PM) local time (e.g. 7pm BST in summer, 7pm UTC in winter) in the Liverpool Astronomical Society’s Leighton Observatory. Please note: Voluntary COVID precautions will still be in place including restrictions to the numbers inside the building. Children who wish to visit must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. Regular Attendance While we do welcome members of the public, we do ask you to consider that, since everything is paid for from our Membership subscriptions, if you […]Continue Reading »
When and Where? Weekly public meetings are held every Wednesday evening (except at Christmas week), between 19:00 (7 PM) and 21:00 (9 PM) local time (e.g. 7pm BST in summer, 7pm UTC in winter) in the Liverpool Astronomical Society’s Leighton Observatory. Please note: Voluntary COVID precautions will still be in place including restrictions to the numbers inside the building. Children who wish to visit must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. Regular Attendance While we do welcome members of the public, we do ask you to consider that, since everything is paid for from our Membership subscriptions, if you […]Continue Reading »
When and Where? Weekly public meetings are held every Wednesday evening (except at Christmas week), between 19:00 (7 PM) and 21:00 (9 PM) local time (e.g. 7pm BST in summer, 7pm UTC in winter) in the Liverpool Astronomical Society’s Leighton Observatory. Please note: Voluntary COVID precautions will still be in place including restrictions to the numbers inside the building. Children who wish to visit must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. Regular Attendance While we do welcome members of the public, we do ask you to consider that, since everything is paid for from our Membership subscriptions, if you […]Continue Reading »
This event has been postponed due to the Coronavirus situation The April 2020 monthly meeting of Liverpool Astronomical Society for the 2019 – 2020 (138th) session will be held on Friday, April 17th from 19:00 to 21:00. Our guest speaker this month is Mr. Pete Williamson FRAS, Astronomer & Broadcaster with the Faulkes Telescope Project Astro Radio & the BBC, whose lecture is entitled: “From Herschel to Hawkwind: Music and Astronomy” Join Pete as he takes us on a tour which demonstrates – vividly – how music and astronomy have intertwined across the ages. Please do not bring cigarette lighters […]Continue Reading »
This event was rescheduled from 15th May 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic The May 2022 monthly meeting of Liverpool Astronomical Society for the 2019 – 2022 (138th) session is our Annual General Meeting and will be held on Friday, May 20th from 19:00 to 21:00. Please note that this event is not open to the general public without prior arrangement with the LAS Secretary. Those of you wishing to join the Society are welcome to come along and officially become members, however please note that you will not be allowed to vote at this meeting. Ordinarily, the AGM would […]Continue Reading »
The October 2019 (William Lassell Memorial Lecture) monthly meeting of Liverpool Astronomical Society for the 2019 – 2020 (138th) session will be held on Friday, October 18th from 19:00 to 21:00. Our guest speaker this month is Ms. Melanie Davies from Creative Space – a Community Interest Company delivering astronomy outreach and public engagement to all ages and abilities. From mobile planetarium shows to free astronomy events, they’ve got space covered in a fun and creative way, and her lecture is entitled: “Titan: A candidate for evolution?” Saturn’s moon, Titan, is a strange and mysterious world; it may even have […]Continue Reading »
The November 2019 monthly meeting of Liverpool Astronomical Society for the 2019 – 2020 (138th) session will be held on Friday, November 15th from 19:00 to 21:00. Our guest speaker this month is Dr. Steve Barrett, Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Physics at the University of Liverpool, with part one in his series of “Fiat Lux” talks, entitled: “Fiat Lux” A talk on the nature of light with measurements of the speed of light and the wavelength of light, and demonstrations of splitting light into its component colours and different types of polarisation of light. A publicly […]Continue Reading »
The first Monthly Meeting of the 2019 – 2020 session will be held on Friday, September 20th from 19:00 to 21:00. This meeting is our Presidential Address, however LAS President Mr. Steve Southern will be unable to attend so the meeting will be presented by Chairman of The Society for the History of Astronomy and former LAS President Mr. Gerard Gilligan, with a lecture entitled: “Bidston Observatory & The Death of an Astronomer” There will also be a Welcome Buffet. Subscriptions for the current session 2019-2020 are now due and should be paid by October 1st 2019. If your 2018-2019 […]Continue Reading »
The December 2019 monthly meeting of Liverpool Astronomical Society for the 2019 – 2020 (138th) session will be held on Friday, December 13th from 19:00 to 21:00. Please note that this is the 2nd Friday of the month, not the 3rd Friday. This month will see a series of presentations from our own members, with a break for Free tea/coffee and Christmas light refreshments. The proposed agenda is below – the order of the talks may change on the night. We will begin with Society Business, Apologies, Minutes, Announcements, etc. After this will be the following talks : Speaker Subject […]Continue Reading »
The January 2020 monthly meeting of Liverpool Astronomical Society for the 2019 – 2020 (138th) session will be held on Friday, January 17th from 19:00 to 21:00. Our guest speaker this month is Mr. Russell Parry, whose lecture is entitled: “Safe Food Production from the Space Race” Subscriptions for the current session 2019-2020 are now overdue and should have been paid by October 1st. If your subscription is not paid by the end of January, your membership rights (including voting) will lapse, and if not paid by the end of March, your membership may end. Please contact the Treasurer if […]Continue Reading »
