Sic Itur Ad Astra – Thus The Way To The Stars : 144 years of astronomy
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The October 2025 monthly meeting of Liverpool Astronomical Society for the 2025-2026 session will be held on Friday, 17th October 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. Donations are always welcome but are not required. About This Meeting 19:00 – 19:20 – Meeting opens with Society business19:20 – 20:00 – Lecture20:00 – 20:20 – Tea break in the communal area followed by raffle in the meeting room.20:20 – 21:00 – Lecture continued followed by Q&A and the Vote of […]Continue Reading »
The November 2025 monthly meeting of Liverpool Astronomical Society for the 2025-2026 session will be held on Friday, 21st November 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. Donations are always welcome but are not required. About This Meeting 19:00 – 19:20 – Meeting opens with Society business19:20 – 20:00 – Lecture20:00 – 20:20 – Tea break in the communal area followed by raffle in the meeting room.20:20 – 21:00 – Lecture continued followed by Q&A and the Vote of […]Continue Reading »
The December 2025 monthly meeting of Liverpool Astronomical Society for the 2025-2026 session will be held on Friday, 12th December from 19:00 to 21:00. Please note: This is the second Friday of the month, not the third. Members papers followed by tea/coffee and mince pies. Members of the public are welcome to attend (for free), but please consider joining our Society if you attend more than two monthly meetings. Donations are always welcome but are not required. About This Meeting 19:00 – 19:20 – Meeting opens with Society business19:20 – 20:00 – Lecture20:00 – 20:20 – Tea break in the […]Continue Reading »
The January 2025 monthly meeting of Liverpool Astronomical Society for the 2024-2025 session will be held on Friday, January 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. Donations are always welcome but are not required. About This Meeting 19:00 – 19:20 – Meeting opens with Society business19:20 – 20:00 – Lecture20:00 – 20:20 – Tea break in the communal area followed by raffle in the meeting room.20:20 – 21:00 – Lecture continued followed by Q&A and the Vote of […]Continue Reading »
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 February 2024 monthly meeting of Liverpool Astronomical Society for the 2023-2024 session will be held on Friday, February 16th from 19:00 to 21:00. Our guest speaker this month is Mr. Gary Palmer FRAS, well-respected astro-photographer (with a preference for solar work), BAA member and tutor. From Gary’s ‘About Me’ page: I started off with the basics of a DSLR and some free software as a hobby, now I work at the top end of manufacturing […]Continue Reading »
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 2024 monthly meeting of Liverpool Astronomical Society for the 2023-2024 session will be held on Friday, March 22nd from 19:00 to 21:00. Please note: This is the FOURTH Friday of the month, not the third. Our guest speaker this month is Professor Andy Newsam, Professor of Astronomy Education and Engagement at Astrophysics Research Institute, Liverpool John Moores University, and Director of the National Schools’ Observatory. The title of the lecture is: A Universe for All […]Continue Reading »
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 April 2024 monthly meeting of Liverpool Astronomical Society for the 2023-2024 session will be held on Friday, April 19th from 19:00 to 21:00. Our guest speaker this month is Dr. Dimitris Stamatellos, PhD, Reader in Astrophysics (Associate Professor) of the University of Central Lancashire where he leads the Theoretical star formation and Exoplanets Group. His website can be found at https://dstamatellos.wordpress.com/ The title of the lecture (previously listed as “Exoplanets”) is: New Worlds in our Galaxy […]Continue Reading »
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 Annual General Meeting of Liverpool Astronomical Society for the 2023-2024 session will be held on Friday, May 17th from 19:00 to 21:00. The meeting will consist of Society business, followed by short talks from our own Members. The talks are: “Report on the April 2024 Total Eclipse” by Mr. Peter Hannah “Paramount Observatory – It’s all about the Photons” by Mr. Les Girvan Livestream & Recording Information This meeting will be held at our normal […]Continue Reading »
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 […]Continue Reading »
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 […]Continue Reading »
