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Manchester Astronomical Society
Established 1903

 Weekly Meetings

Each Thursday we meet in the Blackett Lecture Theatre (apart from over Christmas/New Year, when the Society takes a break), from about 19:00. Any scheduled talks will start at about 20:00. Weather permitting, we may also observe using the telescopes until as late as people want to stay. If you are interested in coming to any of these meetings please see the visitor information page.

Due to redevelopment work on the North Campus, the Godlee Observatory is now closed for an indefinite period - we now meet at the Blackett Lecture Theatre in the Schuster Building on the Main Campus.

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

 

 January - April 2024

4th January - SkyNotes for January

SkyNotes for January

11th January - The Year Ahead - Sonia Turkington

The Year Ahead - Sonia Turkington

Earth

18th January - Public Lecture - See Lectures page

Public Lecture - See Lectures page

See Lectures page for more information
 
25th January - SkyNotes for February

SkyNotes for February

1st February - The Sun & it's Solar Cycles - Sonia Turkington

The Sun & it's Solar Cycles - Sonia Turkington

Sun

8th February - The Drake Equation - Is something missing? - Peter Warrington

The Drake Equation - Is something missing?

Drake Equation

15th February - Public Lecture - See Lectures page

Public Lecture - See Lectures page

See Lectures page for more information
 
22nd February - SkyNotes for March - Prologue

SkyNotes for March - Prologue

29th February - SkyNotes for March plus 'The Circles of Time'

SkyNotes for March plus 'The Circles of Time'

7th March - Voyager - Sonia Turkington

Voyager - Sonia Turkington

Voyager

14th March - Free & Easy Night

Free & Easy Night

21st March - Public Lecture - See Lectures page

Public Lecture - See Lectures page

28th March - SkyNotes for April

Sky Notes for April

4th April - Hubble - Sonia Turkington

Hubble - Sonia Turkington

Hubble Telescope

11th April - Free & Easy Night

Free & Easy Night

18th April - Annual General Meeting 2024

Annual General Meeting 2024

25th April - SkyNotes for May

SkyNotes for May

 May - August 2024

2nd May - "Seeing the Beginning of Time" (video)

"Seeing the Beginning of Time"

9th May - 3D Photography and its Applications In Astronomy - Anthony Jennings

3D Photography and its Applications In Astronomy - Anthony Jennings

If you would like to try making your own 3D image from two images (Left & Right)...

left

right

16th May - Space Quiz 2024

Quiz

23rd May - SkyNotes for June

SkyNotes for June

30th May - "Revealing Our Star-Studded Origins" - Tom Vassos

"Revealing Our Star-Studded Origins" - Tom Vassos

See the "Lectures" page

6th June - Free & Easy Night

Free & Easy Night

13th June - Free & Easy Night

Free & Easy Night

20th June - Noctilucent Clouds - NLC's

Noctilucent Clouds - NLC's

NLC's

27th June - SkyNotes for July

SkyNotes for July

4th July - "How the Universe Works" (video)

"How the Universe Works" (video)

11th July - "Albumen Photography" - Sonia Turkington

"Albumen Photography" - Sonia Turkington

Albumen Print

18th July - "Yuri Gagarin : Space Pioneer"

"Yuri Gagarin : Space Pioneer"

Yuri Gagarin

25th July - SkyNotes for August - Special Perseids Edition

SkyNotes for August - Special Perseids Edition

1st August - FREE Public Lecture: "Warping Space & Time" - Dr Steve Barrett, University of Liverpool

FREE Public Lecture: "Warping Space & Time" - Dr Steve Barrett, University of Liverpool

See the Guest Speaker Lectures page for more details

8th August - "Problems involving a table tennis ball and alien abduction" - Peter Warrington

"Problems involving a table tennis ball and alien abduction" - Peter Warrington

15th August - "Cassini-Huygens, A Saturnian Odyssey" - Rhys Williams

"Cassini-Huygens, A Saturnian Odyssey"
Rhys Williams

Cassini-Huygens

22nd August - A little bit of light relief - Free & Easy Night

A little bit of light relief - Free & Easy Night

29th August - SkyNotes for September

SkyNotes for September

 Member's Notice Board

Posted: 23 July 2018

The MAS website has pages devoted to images of the night sky, as well as the Sun and Moon, and images may be submitted to the website via e-mail to the webmaster, in addition to posting on the MAS Facebook page.

There is no longer any restriction on image file size.

Posted: 22 August 2023

The MAS 'Library Service' is suspended for the duration of our exile from the Godlee Observatory

 September - December 2024

5th September - Kim's Voyage

Kim's Voyage

12th September - Celestial Navigation

Celestial Navigation

Celestial Navigation

19th September - Free & Easy Night

Free & Easy Night

26th September - SkyNotes for October

SkyNotes for October

3rd October - The Birth of Planet Earth (video)

The Birth Of Planet Earth (video)

Early Earth

10th October - Free & Easy night

Free & Easy night

17th October - Public Lecture - See Guest Speakers Lectures page

Public Lecture

See the Guest Speakers Lectures page for details

24th October - Lovell's Spies. GCHQ and the Cold War - Heritage Lecture by Dr David Arbrutat

Lovell's Spies. GCHQ and the Cold War - Heritage Lecture by Dr David Arbrutat

This is a recording of the lecture recently given at Jodrell Bank

31st October - SkyNotes for November

SkyNotes for November

7th November - 25 years of the ISS

25 Years of the ISS

ISS

14th November - Celestial Wonders of 2025 (special events) - Sonia Turkington

Celestial Wonders of 2025 (special events) - Sonia Turkington

Artemis 2

21st November - Searching for Dark Skies - Mazin Younis CANCELLED

See the Lectures page for details

Searching for Dark Skies - Mazin Younis CANCELLED

28th November - SkyNotes for December

SkyNotes for December

5th December - Quiz Night - a fun General Knowledge/Space quiz, with prizes

Quiz Night - a fun General Knowledge/Space quiz, with prizes

Quiz

12th December - "Close encounters of the synapse kind" - Peter Warrington

Close encounters of the synapse kind

Peter Warrington

19th December - Presidential Lecture & Christmas Party

Presidential Lecture & Christmas Party

26th December - No Meeting Tonight - Christmas / New Year Break

No meeting tonight - Christmas / New Year Break
Wishing a Merry Christmas and a Happier New Year to the Whole World

Merry Christmas