Tag Archives: Wirral Country Park

Event Report: Wirral Star Party, 1st March 2014 by Hayley Parr

On Saturday the 1st March I attended the Wirral Star Party with Liverpool Astronomical society. Not coming from Liverpool myself and being a St. Helens girl, I thought I would avoid the pesky £1.60 charge on the Mersey tunnel and drive around it all instead. This journey took me 3 hours, caused me to go […] Continue Reading »

Images from Wirral Star Party, 1st March 2014

Below are some of the images we’ve been sent from last night’s Star Party at Wirral Country Park. As we receive more, the gallery below will update. If you have images you’d like to add, please get in touch! You can contact us in any of several ways: In the comments at the bottom of […] Continue Reading »

Message of thanks re: Wirral Star Party (National Astronomy Week 2014)

Just a message of thanks, once again to all the LAS Members who helped with last night’s Wirral Star Party, which was attended by approx 125 members of the public. The weather tried to crash the party with rain and cloud, but we did get some clear spells, to enjoy Jupiter, and lots more. Special […] Continue Reading »

Wirral Star Party (1st March 2014, part of National Astronomy Week 2014)

Join us for an evening of astronomy as part of the National Astronomy Week Explore the universe Telescope views of the Moon and Jupiter (weather permitting!) Illustrated talks This event is free entry and has free car parking, and is with thanks to the Wirral Rangers Services. Continue Reading »

National Astronomy Week 2014

In 2014, Jupiter will be at its highest in UK skies for many years to come, in fact until the year 2025, and to celebrate the event, UK astronomers and local organisations will be holding another National Astronomy Week (NAW), from Saturday 1st to Saturday 8th March. We have two events planned for NAW: Saturday 1/03/2014 […] Continue Reading »

Wirral Star Party: Saturday 16th March 2013 at 7pm

  Liverpool Astronomical Society and Wirral Ranger Services present The Wirral Star Party 7.00pm Saturday March 16th 2013 Wirral Country Park, Thurstaston, Wirral, CH61 0HN Tel: 0151-648-4271 or 0151-220-8718 This is a free, public event, with free car parking. Directions can be found on the Wirral Council website: http://www.wirral.gov.uk/my-services/find-us/parks/wirral-country-park or via Google: http://goo.gl/maps/plQl0 Continue Reading »

Star Party at Wirral Country Park, Thurstaston, Saturday 20th October 2012

The Liverpool Astronomical Society and the Wirral Rangers present: A Wirral Star Party The Liverpool Astronomical Society goes “over the water” to Thurstaston Visitor Center, Thurstaston, for a Wirral Star Party on Saturday October 20th 2012 Starting at 7.00pm there will be telescopes to look through, entertaining and informative talks, things to see and buy […] Continue Reading »