2021-2022 Lectures

We offer three official meetings each month, on the 1st, 2nd & 3rd Tuesday of every month.
 
 Workshop/Introduction,      Social evening,      & Main Lecture(Guest Speaker)

All meetings start at 20:00 and last approximately 90 minutes.

Venues

• Tuesday, 17th August 2021.

() will be speaking on 'ANNUAL SUMMER EXHIBITION'

TBC at 8:00 PM

• Tuesday, 21st September 2021.

Dr Brooke Simmons (University of Lancaster) will be speaking on 'tbc'

ONLINE at 8:00 PM

• Tuesday, 16th November 2021.

Steve Warbis (Macclesfield Astronomical Society) will be speaking on ''Our Place In The Universe - How Lucky Do You Feel Today?''

Goostrey Village Hall CW4 8PE at 8:00 PM

• Tuesday, 21st December 2021.

Dr Julie Wardlow (University of Lancaster) will be speaking on 'A hidden side to the Universe: unveiling distant starbursts'

Goostrey Village Hall CW4 8PE at 8:00 PM

• Saturday, 8th January 2022.

Dr Allan Chapman (Wadham College, Oxford University) will be speaking on 'TBC'

Calvary Church, Macclesfield, SK11 8RH at 8:00 PM

• Tuesday, 15th February 2022.

Dr Steve Hurley (Macclesfield Astronomical Society) will be speaking on 'Satellite Navigation - satellites and systems'

Goostrey Village Hall, CW4 8PE at 8:00 PM

• Tuesday, 15th March 2022.

Kevin Kilburn (Manchester Astronomical Society/Society for the History of Astronomy) will be speaking on 'The Forgotten Star Atlas'

Goostrey Village Hall, CW4 8PE at 8:00 PM

• Tuesday, 19th April 2022.

Dr Manish Patel (Open University) will be speaking on 'Mars and the Missions'

Goostrey Village Hall, CW4 8PE at 8:00 PM

• Tuesday, 17th May 2022.

Dr Rhian Jones (University of Manchester) will be speaking on 'New rocks for understanding the early Solar System: Meteorites and asteroid sample return'

Goostrey Village Hall, CW4 8PE at 8:00 PM

• Tuesday, 21st June 2022.

Marissa Lo (University of Manchester) will be speaking on 'TBC'

Goostrey Village Hall, CW4 8PE at 8:00 PM

• Tuesday, 19th July 2022.

TBC () will be speaking on 'TBC'

Goostrey Village Hall, CW4 8PE at 8:00 PM

• Tuesday, 20th September 2022.

TBC () will be speaking on 'TBC'

Goostrey Village Hall, CW4 8PE at 8:00 PM

• Tuesday, 15th November 2022.

TBC () will be speaking on 'TBC'

Goostrey Village Hall, CW4 8PE at 8:00 PM

• Tuesday, 20th December 2022.

Professor Robin Jeffries (Keele University) will be speaking on 'Gravitational Waves: Einstein's Messengers'

Goostrey Village Hall, CW4 8PE at 8:00 PM

Observing

Local observing sessions
We hold regular observing and imaging sessions at dark-sky sites across Macclesfield.

Weekend field trips
Learn more about our observing field trips where we observe the night sky in all its glory.