The Liverpool Astronomical Society

Hi Phil, welcome to our site and welcome to astronomy, ask as many questions as you like thats what we are here for. A good observing site on the Wirral is the country park at Thurstaston, we do an event there most years so keep your Eye out for when the next one is and join us there.
dark skies
Brendan

There will be an impromptu sidewalk event in William Brown Street this evening 7-6-08 ay 2100hrs-2200hrs, we did one last night and it proved fairly successful with views of the crescent moon and saturn, all welcome. This Event is being photographed for possible inclusion in a book on astronomy.

A 7th mag. Nova was Discovered in Cygnus on 10th april 2008by in Japan it is said to be still brightening. it can be observed (through the clouds  ) about one third of the way between Albireo and Sadr. RA 19-43-0 DEC +32-19. It does mean getting up in the early hours but could be wll worth losing sleep over.

Hi everyone, with reference to last nights did we or did we not see Sirius b, here is a link to a recent image
http://www.webbdeepsky.com/.

Hi Andy, the shorter focal length is better for deep sky but will sufice for moon and planetary, the longer focal length, if catadioptic will have a lense in the focuser  ( so as to increase focal length) this can have its own problems. The motorised scope can still be used manually, one of the benefits is you can easily stay on what your viewing as once aligned it should keep the target in the eyepiece (ideal for imaging).
see you soon

Hi Andy, you will be able to see the moon in close up and saturn, jupiter etc. you will also see nebula's and other deep sky objects. The only drawback I can see with this scope is it may be a catadioptic which can be hell to colomate, if you can go an extra £15 Stockport Binocular do the same telescope with a shorter focul length with drive motors for £165 (a better scope). I would  sugest holding off buying your first scope until you have been to Pex Hill and had a talk to a few people about the pros and cons of different types of scope (you will be able to try a few types up there, weather permitting). There is nothing worse than spending good money on a scope only to be dissapointed with the views.
see you soon

Hi Andy, ages vary from the 20's upwards.
see you soon

Hi Andy, The cost of joining the society is £15 per year, there are many benefits to joining the society, but what I would sugest both of you to come up to Pex Hill on a wednesday evening meet everyone (all very friendly) and have a chat, benefits in joining the society are to many to mention here, but if you check out our Syllabus on this site you will see just a small part of the benefits.
we look forward to seeing you at Pex

CORONATION PARK - PARK ROAD
ORMSKIRK
WORLD ASTRONOMY DAY
SATURDAY 10 MAY 2008 ******8.30 PM - 10.00 PM

Members of the Liverpool Astronomical Society Sidewalk Astronomers. (founded 1898), will display several telescopes for viewing the Moon, Mars and saturn.

This event is free, and is open to all members of the public.

For more information contact:-
Chris Horsfal - West Lancs Park Ranger - 01695 585147 - chris.horsfall@westlancsdc.gov.uk

Dave Owen, LAS Sidewalk Astronomers - 07778 454524 dowenlas@yahoo.com
http://www.angelfire.com/pokemon2/pirsig/sidewalk.html

Public Observation Nights,Events in Visitor Center
£2 entrance fee

Members of the Liverpool Astronomical Society, (founded in 1881), will display several telescopes for viewing the Moon, Mars and Saturn, if clear. There will also be illustrated talk's on astronomy. ***** and is open to all members of the public.

Further to my previous post , Sefton rangers can be contacted on 0151-934-2967. On their website they ask people to book, but this is not totally necessary.

Hi Paul, All our sidewalk events are open to all and no prior booking is required, I will try to find out what this lady was talking about and I will also check on the contact details.
I am glad you enjoyed yourself on Friday and look forward to seeing you at future events.

ALT CENTRE - LOWER ALT ROAD - HIGHTOWN - SEFTON

ASTRONOMY EVENING

FRIDAY 7 MARCH 2008 ***** 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM

Members of the Liverpool Astronomical Society, (founded in 1881), will display several telescopes for viewing the Moon and Saturn, if clear. There will also be an illustrated talk on astronomy. ***** This event is free, and is open to all members of the public.

For more information contact:-

Sefton Rangers - 01704 570173

Liverpool Astronomical Society

Geoff Regan, Observatory Director - 0151 292 7165
http://www.angelfire.com/pokemon2/pirsig/ht080307.html

Hi Emma, yes that is correct, the moon would nearly fill the field of view in a 25mm eyepiece. This is a shorter focal length than the one from Jessops so it will be better for galaxies and nebula but still good on the moon and planets.

Hi Emma, you would be able to see quite a bit in that telescope but it is a bit overpriced, you can get a 6" reflector from stockport binocular cheaper, with a larger mirror you can see more.

here are details of Pex Hill and the Croxteth eventshttp://www.liverpoolas.org/content/view/18/37/
http://www.liverpoolas.org/content/view/10/18/

One of our members John Naylor is selling some good scopes on the classified ads. on this site, these are good scopes and you would be getting more scope for your moneyhttp://www.liverpoolas.org/component/option,com_adsmanager/page,show_ad/adid,6/catid,1/Itemid,55/