February 2020
Monthly Meeting (Jeremiah Horrocks Memorial Lecture): Professor Andy Newsam – “Art & Astronomy: Universal Appeal”
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…
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Monthly Meeting: Professor Derek Ward-Thompson – “How to Take a Picture of a Black Hole”
The March 2020 monthly meeting of Liverpool Astronomical Society for the 2019 - 2020 (138th) session will be held on Friday, March 20th from 19:00 to 21:00. Our guest speaker this month is Professor Derek Ward-Thompson, Head of the School of Physical Sciences and Computing at the University of Central Lancashire, Director of the Jermiah Horrocks Institute and President of the UK Society for Popular Astronomy. Professor Ward-Thompson's lecture is entitled: “How to Take a Picture of a Black Hole”…
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Monthly Meeting: Mr. Pete Williamson- “From Herschel to Hawkwind: Music and Astronomy”
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…
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2019 – 2020 Annual General Meeting (A.G.M.)
The May 2020 monthly meeting of Liverpool Astronomical Society for the 2019 - 2020 (138th) session is our Annual General Meeting and will be held on Friday, May 15th 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. The first part of the AGM is the business of the Society for the past year, but following tea/coffee we will have the following short presentations by society…
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