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

• Monday, 16th June 2025.

Professor Neil Bowles (University of Oxford) will be speaking on '"What temperature is the surface of the Moon and why should I care?"'

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

• Monday, 14th July 2025.

Professor Philippa Browning (University of Manchester) will be speaking on 'Solar flares – the most powerful explosions in the solar system'

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

• Tuesday, 19th August 2025.

SUMMER EXHIBITION

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

• Tuesday, 16th September 2025.

Professor Robert Crain (Liverpool John Moores University) will be speaking on 'State of the art numerical simulations of galaxies and their star clusters.'

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

• Tuesday, 21st October 2025.

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

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

• Tuesday, 18th November 2025.

Annie Lennox (The Open University) will be speaking on 'The Geology of Mercury'

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

• Tuesday, 16th December 2025.

Dr Frances Butcher FRAS ( University of Sheffield) will be speaking on '‘Small steps to giant leaps: laying the scientific groundwork for the first human missions to Mars’'

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.