FASLAS

Furness and South Lakeland Astronomical Society

Programme for season 2025/2026

The venue for meetings will be:
Abbey Road Baptist Church, corner of Abbey Road and Park Drive,
Barrow-in-Furness, LA13 9BD.
Now meeting in the upper room (up the stairs on the right, inside the door)

Date of meeting All meetings at 7:30pm
Please return to this page regularly to see any updates.
5th September 2025 Dr Mark Norris - UCLAN
Our Cosmic Origins
10th September 2025 Dr. Robin Catchpole - Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge
The making of the elements
7:30pm at Barrow Town Hall, Duke Street, Barrow-in-Furness
organised by IMechE, PESC and IET
Free entry - all welcome
3rd October 2025 Peter Wade - Lecturer in Popular Astronomy
An A-Z of Astronomy
7th November 2025 George Greenyer and Joe Kinrade - Lancaster University
tba
5th December 2025 tba
9th January 2026 tba
nb one week later than normal due to Bank Holiday
6th February 2026 Alexia Marie Lopez - UCLAN
'Ultra-Large Scale Structures in Cosmology: the Gaint Arc and the Big Ring'
6th March 2026 Prof. Victor Debattista - UCLAN
tba
10th April 2026 tba
nb one week later than normal due to Bank Holiday
8th May 2026 Lionel Wilson - Lancaster University
(recorded video talk)
Moon Update
nb one week later than normal due to Bank Holiday
a date to be agreed Ian Palmer - visitor to FSLAS
Gravity - Serious Science

No meetings will be held during June, July or August 2026.