The Society holds a monthly lecture on a diverse range of astronomical topics which are presented by visiting experts. They are held either online or at one of our regular venues on the third Tuesday each month (except for January which has a special event). Our speakers are usually well regarded academics or experts in the world of astronomy and astrophysics.
The meetings are generally recorded and are made available in the members pages for viewing by those who can’t attend at the time or want to watch again.
See below for the full list of upcoming lectures. For past lectures please follow this link.
If you would like to attend a lecture please contact us.
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
17 Oct 2023 8:00 pm
Venue: Goostrey Village Hall. CW4 8PE
TBC
21 Nov 2023 8:00 pm
Professor Chris Lintott (University of Oxford) will be presenting the lecture.
Venue: Goostrey Village Hall. CW4 8PE
George Gibbs FRAS, Curator and Designer of the Jeremy Horrocks Observatory and Inventor of the Heliochronometer
19 Dec 2023 8:00 pm
Graham Mcloughlin (Preston Astronomical Society) will be presenting the lecture.
Venue: Goostrey Village Hall. CW4 8PE
Disaster! Space weather on the big screen
16 Jan 2024 8:00 pm
Professor Jim Wild (Lancaster University) will be presenting the lecture.
Venue: Goostrey Village Hall, CW4 8PE
The Search for Dark Matter
20 Feb 2024 8:00 pm
Dr Steve Hurley (Macclesfield Astronomical Society) will be presenting the lecture.
Venue: Goostrey Village Hall, CW4 8PE
Exploring Titan, Earth's True Sister 'Planet'
19 Mar 2024 8:00 pm
Professor Louis Mayo (Marymount University, USA) will be presenting the lecture.
Venue: ONLINE
Please note this is an ONLINE lecture
The New Liverpool Telescope. The World's Largest Fully Robotic Telescope,
16 Apr 2024 8:00 pm
Dr Joao Da Silva Bento (Liverpool John Moores University) will be presenting the lecture.
Venue: Goostrey Village Hall, CW4 8PE
State of the art numerical simulations of galaxies and their star clusters
21 May 2024 8:00 pm
Professor Robert Crain (Liverpool John Moores University) will be presenting the lecture.
Venue: Goostrey Village Hall, CW4 8PE
Elliptical and Lenticular Galaxies - Their Stars and Interstellar Medium
18 Jun 2024 8:00 pm
Dr Anne Sansom (The University of Central Lancashire) will be presenting the lecture.
Venue: Goostrey Village Hall, CW4 8PE
When Giants collide: Gravitational Wave Astronomy
16 Jul 2024 8:00 pm
Andy Briggs (Space Oddities) will be presenting the lecture.
Venue: ONLINE
Please note this is an ONLINE lecture
SUMMER EXHIBITION
20 Aug 2024 8:00 pm
Venue: Goostrey Village Hall, CW4 8PE
The Music of the Stars
17 Sep 2024 8:00 pm
Dr Anne-Marie Broomhall (The University of Warwick) will be presenting the lecture.
Venue: Goostrey Village Hall, CW4 8PE
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
15 Oct 2024 8:00 pm
Venue: Goostrey Village Hall, CW4 8PE
The James Webb Telescope: Mission Highlights and Recent Discoveries
19 Nov 2024 8:00 pm
Thomas Harvey FRAS (University of Manchester) will be presenting the lecture.
Venue: Goostrey Village Hall, CW4 8PE
'Nothing to see here'
17 Dec 2024 8:00 pm
Dr Megan Argo BEM (University of Central Lancashire) will be presenting the lecture.
Venue: Goostrey Village Hall, CW4 8PE
