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Leeds Astronomical Society
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) 08:12, 9 January 2009 (UTC) Sue Keating 2008 LAS President