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We are based in Cronton, Widnes WA8 5QW. Open to the Public every Wednesday between 7pm & 9pm ............ New Members always welcome

09/10/2026

The October monthly meeting of Liverpool Astronomical Society for the 2025-2026 session will be held on Friday, 16th October from 19:00 to 21:00 at the Q.M.H. meeting room, School Lane, Liverpool. The meeting will feature the William Lassell Memorial Lecture which will be given by Mr. Gerard Gilligan with a talk titled "Liverpool Astronomical Society - 145 years in 45 minutes"
Members of the public are very welcome to attend (for free), but please consider joining our Society if you attend more than two monthly meetings. Those wishing to join the Society may do so at the meeting. Full details are available via the link:
https://liverpoolas.org/event/monthly-meeting-mr-gerard-gilligan-liverpool-astronomical-society-145-years-in-45-minutes/

01/10/2026

The monthly L.A.S. Newsletter for October 2026 has been published and contains a number of interesting articles and members images. Included in this month's issue are the following:
The Night Sky in October (Steve Southern)
October Deep Sky (Dave Owen)
"Liverpool Astronomical Society 1881 - 2026" (Gerard Gilligan)
Cronton Gala 3rd September 2026 members photographs
"Celebrating 145 years of astronomy on Merseyside -
A joint meeting of Liverpool Astronomical Society and the B,A.A."
Prof Jocelyn Bell Burnell receives John Dalton Medal (Phil Williams)
A selection of member astro images
https://drive.google.com/.../1ZElkgelwfFW7ZKGDJYEsDF.../view

19/08/2026

This year Liverpool Astronomical Society celebrates 145 years of Astronomy on Merseyside and to mark this special anniversary Society Historian and Archivist, Mr Gerard Gilligan has prepared a small but significant display of items from the Society archive to be exhibited at Liverpool Central Library. Full details can be found in the poster.

02/05/2026

The monthly L.A.S. Newsletter for May 2026 has been published and contains a number of interesting articles and members images. Included in this month's issue are the following:
The Night Sky in May (Steve Southern)
May Deep Sky (Dave Owen)
"Local Astronomical Heroes - Jeremiah Horrocks (c1618-1641)
"The Father of British Astronomy" (Gerard Gilligan)
"The aurora of November 8th 1991" (The late Peter Drew)
"Ten days in April - The flight of Artemis II to the Moon and back" (Gerard Gilligan)
Presentation of the Martin Suggett Award to Peter Bowness
The L.A.S. at Wirral MakeFest 2026
Astrophotography images from members and friends
https://liverpoolas.org/newsletter/

31/03/2026

The monthly L.A.S. Newsletter for April 2026 has been published and contains a number of interesting articles and members images. Included in this month's issue are the following:
The Night Sky in April (Steve Southern)
April Deep Sky (Dave Owen)
"L.A.S. Outreach at an "Earth Hour" event" (Phil Williams)
"Charles Leadbetter (1681-1744) Cronton's Own Astronomer and Writer of Practical Mathematics" (Gerard Gilligan)
"Allan Chapman Whizzing Around the Solar System" (Gerard Gilligan)
Astrophotography images from members and friends
https://drive.google.com/.../1DujFxT0Dj3FlVstFCPEVRj.../view

30/03/2026

The April monthly meeting of Liverpool Astronomical Society for the 2025-2026 session will be held on Friday, 17th April from 19:00 to 21:00 at the Q.M.H. meeting room, School Lane, Liverpool. The meeting will feature a talk by Mr Steve Warbis of Macclesfield Astronomical Society titled "Art in Astronomy"
Members of the public are very welcome to attend (for free), but please consider joining our Society if you attend more than two monthly meetings. Those wishing to join the Society may do so at the meeting. Further details are available on the Society website:
www.liverpoolas.org

27/02/2026

The March monthly meeting of Liverpool Astronomical Society for the 2025-2026 session will be held on Friday, 20th March from 19:00 to 21:00 at the Q.M.H. meeting room, School Lane, Liverpool. The meeting will feature a talk by Dr Frances Butcher of the University of Sheffield titled "Space Glaciers! Ice and Water on the Red Planet"
Members of the public are very welcome to attend (for free), but please consider joining our Society if you attend more than two monthly meetings. Those wishing to join the Society may do so at the meeting. Further details are available on the Society website:
www.liverpoolas.org

19/01/2026

The February monthly meeting of Liverpool Astronomical Society for the 2025-2026 session will be held on Friday, 20th February from 19:00 to 21:00 at the Q.M.H. meeting room, School Lane, Liverpool. The meeting will feature the Jeremiah Horrocks Memorial Lecture given by Mr. Russell Parry with a talk titled "Stuart Roosa and the Moon Trees"
Members of the public are very welcome to attend (for free), but please consider joining our Society if you attend more than two monthly meetings. Those wishing to join the Society may do so at the meeting. Further details are available on the Society website:
https://liverpoolas.org/.../monthly-meeting-mr-russell.../

17/01/2026

Great turnout for yesterday evening's Liverpool Astronomical Society monthly meeting. The meeting featured an excellent talk by former Society President Steve Southern titled "What are U.A.P." in which he discussed the interesting topic of Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena. Congratulations to Steve Tomkinson, the winner of the prize draw for an impressive framed display of Apollo mission patches made by Society Librarian Anne Smith who is seen here presenting the prize to Steve.

30/12/2025

The January monthly meeting of Liverpool Astronomical Society for the 2025-2026 session will be held on Friday, 16th January from 19:00 to 21:00 at the Q.M.H. meeting room, School Lane, Liverpool. The meeting will feature a talk by Mr. Steve Southern titled "What's a U.A.P?"
Members of the public are welcome to attend (for free), but please consider joining our Society if you attend more than two monthly meetings. Those wishing to join the Society may do so at the meeting. Further details are available on the Society website:
www.liverpoolas.org

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The Leighton Observatory
Liverpool
WA85QW

Opening Hours

7pm - 9pm

Website

https://liverpoolas.org/

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