DIARY
2023/2024
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
2023/2024
Wednesday June 7th 2023
Astro Chat
a meeting for your astronomical contributions/questions
(images, equipment, recommendations, observations, etc.)
Wednesday May 3rd 2023
How Big is Space - suitable for beginners
John Hooper PADAS
Wednesday April 5th 2023
Moden Cosmology of the Early Universe
Dr Kostas Dimopoulos, Lancaster University
Wednesday March 1st 2023
The Sun
Dr Charlotte Waterfall, UCLAN
Wednesday February 1st 2023
The Next Generation Telescopes to Detect Dark Energy
Jamie Dumayne, Lancaster University
Wednesday January 4th 2023
Starlight - suitable for beginners
Dr Keith Robinson, LaMAS
Wednesday December 7th 2022
Observing Evening
Come and observe the night sky with Telescopes/Binoculars etc.
(If cloudy, an alternative programme will be arranged)
Wednesday November 2nd 2022
The Goodwill Moon Rock - a personal account
Dermot Gethings, PADAS
Wednesday October 5th 2022
Astronomical Landscape Photography
Stephen Cheatley, BADAS
Wednesday September 7th 2022
Atmospheric Phenomena
Mike Armstrong, LAMAS
LAMAS Sun Gazing in the Park
Sunday 21st August 2022 from 10:00
The Sundial (near the Williamson Memorial), Williamson Park, Lancaster
Come and see our local star like never before!
2021/2022
LaMAS return to meetings
Wednesday June 1st 2022
The JUICE Mission to Jupiter and its Moons
Dr. Chris Arridge, Lancaster University
Wednesday May 4nd 2022
Planetary Aurorae
Dr. Licia Ray, Lancaster University
Wednesday April 6th 2022
The Milky Way Galaxy
Dr. Andreea Font,
Liverpool John Moores University
Wednesday March 2nd 2022
Hunting for the Ghosts of Galaxies
Dr. Mark Norris, UCLAN
Wednesday February 2nd 2022
How to take the Temperature of a Star
(From your own Garden)
Dr. Keith Robinson, LAMAS
Wednesday January 5th 2022
The Stoneyhurst Solar Eclipse Expedition
Graham McLoughlin, PADAS
Thursday December 16th 2021
********Inter Society Xmas Dinner********
After dinner talk by Dr. Allan Chapman, Oxford University
"Tycho Brahe, the famous Danish astronomer, "
Wednesday December 1st 2021
Observing Evening
Come and observe the night sky with Telescopes/Binoculars etc.
(If cloudy, an alternative programme will be arranged)
Wednesday November 3rd 2021
The Apollo Program - things that went wrong
Wayne Lloyd, LAMAS
Wednesday October 6th 2021
The Binocular Sky
Peter Wade, LAMAS
Wednesday September1st 2021
The Event Horizon Telescope
Prof. Derek Ward-Thompson, UCLAN
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