Bolton Astronomical Society
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Our meetings are held at the Technical Innovations Centre, Minerva Road, Bolton.
This is next to the Royal Bolton Hospital, and not far from junction 4 of the M61.
See these maps
or use 
to plan your route. The TIC has its own car park.
Meetings are held on the first and third Tuesdays of each month, commencing at 7:30pm, and concluding by 9pm.
Admission is free to members, and visitors are welcome at £2 per visit.
This is the programme of our forthcoming meetings:
| Date | Subject | Presented by |
| 2nd Sept 2008 | Annual General Meeting Election of Officers, Treasurer's report and a chance to have your say. Plus an informal get-together to catch up on the summer's activities. | BAS Committee |
| 16th Sept 2008 | "William Lassell (1799-1880):
Telescopes, Planets and Drinking Beer!" | Gerald Gilligan Liverpool Astronomical Society |
| 7th Oct 2008 | "Does the Team Think?" A chance submit your questions to our panel of experts Recent questions included "who was the greatest astronomer ever?" and "is Pluto still a planet really?" | Richard Newall Bolton Astronomical Society |
| 21st Oct 2008 | Guest speaker | details to be announced |
| 4th Nov 2008 | Imaging workshop A discussion forum on astro-imaging techniques | Chaired by Ross Wilkinson Bolton Astronomical Society |
| 18th Nov 2008 | Robotic science New discoveries with the Liverpool Telescope | Professor Iain Steele
Liverpool John Moores University |
| 2nd Dec 2008 | "What's Hot, 2008" Our Chairman presents his annual review of the latest in astro imaging, software and news | David Ratledge Bolton Astronomical Society |
| 16th Dec 2008 | Christmas Party End-of-season food, festivities, and fun, including Roy's popular "Astro-Scrabble" team game | Roy Caswell Bolton Astronomical Society |
See also our activities page for details of other forthcoming events.
Last updated 20-May-2008