
DIARY
2022/2023
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