LYRA Programme and Local Events 2018 – All talks will commence at 7.30pm in the Coach House Room at Parkhill Hotel, Oulton (unless otherwise stated)
All Talks £2.50 For Non Members
January 9th – AGM followed by a short talk by Dr. Leonard Brundle
January 23rd – LYRA Observing/Practical night at Barn Car Park, Parkhill Hotel from 7.30pm
February 13th – Talk by Chris Greenfield, NAS Secretary “Near Earth Objects – Protecting our civilisation from the major impact”
February 27th – LYRA Observing/Practical night at Barn Car Park, Parkhill Hotel from 7.30pm
March 13th – Talk by Paul Webb, experienced local astronomer “Ordinary to the Extraordinary – what you can see from beginner to expert”
March 27th – LYRA Observing/Practical night at Barn Car Park, Parkhill Hotel from 7.30pm
April 10th – Talk by Nick James, BAA Comet Section Director “Observing & Studying Comets”
April 24th – LYRA Observing/Practical night at Barn Car Park, Parkhill Hotel from 7.30pm
May 8th – Talk by Paul Whiting, FRAS “Practical Radio Astronomy”
May 22rd – LYRA Observing/Practical night at Barn Car Park, Parkhill Hotel from 7.30pm
June 12th – Talk by Steve Hubbard & Malcom E Brown, “Thinking about Astronomy – a century of change and continuity”
June 26th – LYRA Observing/Practical night at Barn Car Park, Parkhill Hotel from 7.30pm
July 10th -Inaugural talk by President Matthew Bothwell, From Big Bang to the Big Rips! A History of Modern Cosmology
July 24th – LYRA Observing/Practical night at Barn Car Park, Parkhill Hotel from 7.30pm
Aug 14th – Summer Social Evening at Parkhill Hotel
Sept 11th – Talk by Jonathan Gale, Webb Society Committee “Observing Astronomical Asterisms”
Sept 25th- LYRA Observing/Practical night at Barn Car Park, Parkhill Hotel from 7:30pm
Oct 9th – Talk by Dr John Rogers, BAA Jupiter Section Director “Jupiter and the Juno mission”
Oct 23rd – LYRA Observing/Practical night at Barn Car Park, Parkhill Hotel from 7:30pm
Nov 13th – Talk by Bob Argyle, President of the Webb Society “Observing Double Stars Past & Present”
Nov 27th – LYRA Observing/Practical night at Barn Car Park, Parkhill Hotel from 7:30pm
Dec 11th – LYRA Christmas Dinner
Further Events will be updated
Other Astronomy Events for 2018
Please check date, time and location before travelling in case of changes. More events may be displayed as we get further information.
