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Manchester Astronomical Society

Established 1903

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This is the website of the Manchester Astronomical Society. To find out more about the Society, see the About Us page. If you are interested in astronomy/visiting the Society, see the Meetings page to find out what's on and the Visit Us page for directions. Everyone is welcome to attend our public lectures. See the Lectures page for details.
THE TELEPHONE SERVICE AT THE GODLEE IS NOW NO LONGER ACTIVE - CONTACT US VIA E-MAIL
The society also has an active Facebook group, which everyone is welcome to join.
If you are interested in joining the Society please go to the Join page.

Weekly Meetings

The society holds meetings every Thursday evening (except Public Lecture nights and at Christmas & New Year, when we will be closed). See the Meetings page for more information.

Due to redevelopment work on the North Campus, the Godlee Observatory is now closed for an indefinite period - our new venue will be the Blackett Lecture Theatre in the Schuster Building on the main campus. This is expected to be available by 13th April 2023.

You can see what's in the night sky for the next month by visiting our JOURNAL page.
Image © Graham Hodson

Weekly meeting audience in the Godlee

The Schuster Building, looking towards Upper Brook Street. The main entrance can be seen to the left of the lamppost, and the top of the observatory dome is just visible on the top of the end of the building in the middle of the picture.
(The Chinese Supermarket on Upper Brook Street can just be seen at the right)

Manastro Journal for March is available HERE

Home Observatory Restoration Project

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NOTE: There is a PayPal transaction charge of £1.00 for using this method of payment, which has been included and added to the normal Subscription amount, as shown below.

Single Subscription

Any NEW Members joining the Society after 1 July must pay the Full/Student annual subscription using the drop down menu/button above. The Half-Year option only applies from 20 April 2023 to 30 June 2023.
Existing Member's subscriptions should be renewed before 1 October each year.
New members must complete an application form (see: Application Form) and send it to the President (e-mail address can befound on the 'Contact Us' page).
To make a specific payment to the MAS for any another reason, select:

The Bevis Atlas

For details about the discovery of the Bevis Atlas at the Godlee Observatory visit the Bevis page