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DIARY
2026/2027
Wednesday 2nd Dec 2026
Observing Evening
Come and observe the Night Sky with Telescopes/Binoculars etc.
(If Cloudy, an alternative programme will be arranged
Wednesday 4th Nov 2026
Comets up Close
Dr, Zoe Lewis Lancaster Uni.
Wednesday 7th Oct 2026
Ultra Large Scale Structures:
The Giant Arc, the Big Ring, and the Giant Ring
Dr. Alexia Lopez ULAN
Wednesday 2nd Sept 2026
The Williamson Park Observatory
Dr. Keith Robinson LaMAS
2025/2026
Wednesday 3rd June 2026
Islands in Infinity
Prof Derek Ward Thompson ULAN
Wednesday 6th May 2026
Astro Chat
A meeting of your own astronomical contributions
(images, equipment, observations, etc)
Wednesday 1st April 2026
Remote, remote or "remote"?
Pete Franklin BADAS
Wednesday 4th March 2026
Growth of Galaxies and Supermassive
Black Holes
Prof. Brooke Simmons Lancaster University
Wednesday 4th February 2026
AGB (Asymptotic Giant Branch) Stars
from a dusty cocoon to a stellar butterfly
Dr Keith Robinson LAMAS
Wednesday 7th January 2026
The future of Amateur Astronomy...?
Mike Armstrong LAMAS
Wednesday 3rd December 2025
Observing Evening
Come and observe the Night Sky with Telescopes/Binoculars etc.
(If Cloudy, an alternative programme will be arranged)
Wednesday 5th November 2025
Where is Everyone?
Keith Pearson PADAS
Wednesday 1st October 2025
The Vexed Question of Caves on the Moon
Prof Lionel Wilson Lancaster University
Wednesday 3rd September 2025
Cosmological Conundrums - Living in an Expanding Universe
Dr Mark Norris UCLAN
2024/2025
Wednesday 4th June 2025
Jupiter and its Environment
Dr Licia Ray Lancaster University
Wednesday 7th May 2025
Astro Chit Chat
A meeting for your own
astronomical contributions
(Images, Equipment, Observations, etc.)
Wednesday 2nd April 2025
AGB (Asymptotic Giant Branch) Stars
Prof. Albert Zijlstra Manchester University
Wednesday 5th March 2025
The Milky Way and Galaxies Beyond
Dermot Gethings PaDAS
Wednesday 5th February 2025
The James Webb Space Telescope
Tom Harvey Manchester University
Wednesday 8th January 2025
(Note change of date)
The Early Years of X-Ray Astronomy
Mike Armstrong LaMAS
Wednesday 4th December 2024
Observing Evening
Come and observe the night sky with
telescopes/binoculars etc.
(If cloudy, an alternative programme will be arranged)
Wednesday 6th November 2024
The dawn of multi-messenger Astrophysics
Dr Samantha Oates Lancaster University
Wednesday 2nd October 2024
Early Galaxies through the IRAM 30m telescope
Dr David Glass UCLAN
Wednesday 4th September 2024
An A to Z of Astronomy
Peter Wade LaMAS
2024/2025
Wednesday 5th June 2024
Observations of Exo Planets / Sun and Sunspots
Simon Ebo and Charlotte Proverbs UCLAN
Wednesday 1st May 2024
Walking on the Moon in my Garden
Charles Sloane LaMAS
Wednesday 3rd April 2024
Astro Q & A
a meeting for your astronomical questions
(images, equipment, observations, etc)
Wednesday 6th March 2024
Jupiter and the Trojan Wars
Prof Colin Steele Manchester University
Wednesday 7th February 2024
Dr Arthur Beer - Vistas in Astronomy
(historical talk)
Graham McLoughlin PaDAS
Wednesday January 3rd 2024
Observing Evening
Come and observe the night sky with Telescopes/Binoculars etc.
(If cloudy, an alternative programme will be arranged)
Thursday December 14th 2023
Inter-Society Christmas Dinner
After dinner talk by Prof Derek Ward Thompson UCLAN
Wednesday December 6th 2023
Modern Cosmology of the early Universe
(Postponed from last April)
Prof Kostas Dimopoulos Lancastre University
Wednesday November 1st 2023
TBA
Mike Armstrong LaMAS
Wednesday October 4th 2023
Lunar Volcanic History in the light of Chang'e 5
Prof Lionel Wilson Lancaster University
Wednesday September 6th 2023
From Code to Cosmos:
A Personal Account of Observatory Automation with Raspberry Pi, Arduino and Python
Talk about how he has enabled remote control
of his observatory and automation of observations
Pete Franklin BaDAS
Meetings Venue
Church of the Ascension
Lancaster Road
Torrisholme
Morecambe
LA4 6RH
Each meeting starts at 7:30pm on the first Wednesday of the month from September through to June.
There is no meeting in July or August
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