Meetings are held on the second Thursday of every month, at 7:15 for a 7.30 start, at St John’s Church Room, The Avenue, High Legh, WA16 6ND
A charge of £4 is made for the meeting – but that includes refreshments. There is no charge for students or juniors.
The Avenue is a one-way road. After entering The Avenue, turn left at the T-junction and immediately left again into the car park. The church and meeting room are opposite the car park entrance.
When you leave turn left out of the car park to continue in the one-way system.
Recent Meetings
- October 9th 2025Some Strange Characteristics of Gravity Andy Verwer of MaccAstro will present a two-part talk to answer the questions: a) Why do we get two identical high tides per day? b) Lagrange points: what are they and why are they useful in space flight?
- September 11th 2025Mapping the Universe to reveal its dark secrets Our speaker will be Dr Steve Cunnington from the Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation, Universities of Portsmouth and Manchester. Steve says “We sort of understand how our Universe works and evolves. However, this relies on the existence of dark matter and dark energy, which should make up … Continue reading
- August 2025We will be taking a break in August but we will be back in September. Meanwhile, as mentioned at the July talk, you might want to head over to FaceBook to take a look at the HLCO-branded merchandise that is now available. Just search for the group called “High Legh Community Observatory”. If you are … Continue reading
- July 10th 2025Eric through the looking glass Eric McElroy will take us on his personal journey into astrophotography, from conception to reality.He will describe the adventure step by step, from being a complete beginner to producing images like this (NGC 4565 The Needle Galaxy ) in only a matter of months… despite the challenge of working in … Continue reading
- June 12th 2025The Blue Jewel that is Neptune Mark Holmes will tell you everything you ever wanted to know about the furthest planet from the Sun but were afraid to ask… Image creditNASA / Voyager 2 / PDS / OPUS / Ardenau4 Slides from this talk can be found here