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Leeds Astronomical Society

Welcome to the Leeds Astronomical Society Wiki

Callisto1275 (talk) 09:30, 9 January 2009 (UTC)sue keating

www.leedsastronomy.org.uk

Established in 1856, regarded as being the oldest established Astronomical Society in England.The society is a small but enthusiastic group with members of varying abilities and interests. Thanks to a National Lottery Grant the Society owns several instruments which can be loaned by Society members.

In November each year the society holds it's "Astromeet". A day of top class speakers and a chance to catch up with friends. There are several reports on Astromeet in the "Astronomy Now" magazine

Meetings are held on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of each month at Carlton Hill, The Friends Meeting House, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS2. Doors Open @7pm, Meetings begin 7.30pm and end at 10pm.

The Society also holds a number of public observing sessions Throughout the year. Please see www.leedsastronomy.org.uk for more details

Join the LAS and celebrate "2009: The International Year of Astronomy".

Leeds Astronomical Society Meetings programme 2009

Please see www.leedsastronomy.org.uk for further details.

January 14th 2009 AGM

February 11th 2009 Dr David Jenkins

University of York "Cauldrons in the cosmos" February 25th 2009 IYoA special lecture programme Italic text

Dr Rob Lomas University of Bradford and best selling author.

“Build Your Own Horizon Declinometer with a Few Fence Posts and   Solve the Mystery of the megalithic Yard”

March 11th 2009 Dr Joe Foster

Manchester University. "The LHC at CERN: A Peak through the World's Most Powerful Microscope" April 8th 2009 Dr Liane Benning University of Leeds “The AMASE project”

May 13th 2009 Dr Meghan Gray

University of Nottingham. “Gravitational lensing”

May 27th 2009 IYoA special lecture programme Italic text

Mr Martin Lunn MBE Aurora Books

“Thomas Cooke, Telescope Maker of York”

June 10th 2009 Mr Peter Rea

“A Panoramic Moon”

June 24th 2009 ' IYoA Special Lecture programme' Italic text Dr Rob Lomas University of Bradford and best selling author “Looking at Comets through Wooden Telescopes -Dendrochronology and the Frightening Physics of Cometary Impacts”

July 8th Dr Jurgen Schmoll

University of Durham "Light pollution from an astronomical point of view"

July 22nd IYoA Special Lecture programme Italic text

Apollo Moon landing 40th Anniversary lecture Mr Andrew Lound

The Planetary Society “ Apollo – A Moon Odyssey”

August 12th Mr John Singleton

Hebden Bridge AS                                 “Who was James Clerk Maxwell?” September 4 - 6th 'B.A.A. “Out of Town” Meeting.Bold 'text Joint meeting to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the L.A.S.

“Dynamic Stars” September 9th Mr Don Metcalfe “John Harrison’s Clocks”

October14th Dr Julian Pittard

University of Leeds “Eta Carina” November 7th Leeds Astromeet 2009Italic text See www.leedsastronomy.org.uk

November 11th Dr Joachim Rose University of Leeds “Optical Searches for Extraterrestrial Intelligence”

December 9th President’s Evening

Callisto1275 (talk) 09:34, 9 January 2009 (UTC) Sue Keating LAS President 2008

Callisto1275 (talk) 08:12, 9 January 2009 (UTC) Sue Keating 2008 LAS President [1]