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Skokie Valley Astronomers
History
The Skokie Valley Astronomers club was established by Gretchen Patti.
Our meetings include a presentation on some aspect of astronomy. The list below gives a historical perspective on the presentations going back to July, 1988, in reverse order starting from the most recent.
2024 Talks
NOVEMBER 8, 2024
SVA Party Night
The Membership
OCTOBER 11, 2024 — HYBRID: ONLINE VIA ZOOM AND IN-PERSON AT THE GLENVIEW PUBLIC LIBRARY
Wonders of Webb: Exploring the Universe with JWST
Jim Kovac
SEPTEMBER 13, 2024 — HYBRID: ONLINE VIA ZOOM AND IN-PERSON AT THE GLENVIEW PUBLIC LIBRARY
Amateur Astronomers Attend an Astronomy Conference: A Report on AAS244
Dale Dellutri
AUGUST 9, 2024 — HYBRID: ONLINE VIA ZOOM AND IN-PERSON AT THE GLENVIEW PUBLIC LIBRARY
Unusual Stars: Thorne–Żytkow (TZO) objects and friends
Joe Ulowetz
JULY 12, 2024 — HYBRID: ONLINE VIA ZOOM AND IN-PERSON AT THE GLENVIEW PUBLIC LIBRARY
Capturing the Stars: The Untold History of Women at Yerkes Observatory
Andrea Twiss-Brooks
JUNE 14, 2024 — HYBRID: ONLINE VIA ZOOM AND IN-PERSON AT THE GLENVIEW PUBLIC LIBRARY
We Just Don't Know!
Gretchen Patti
MAY 10, 2024 — HYBRID: ONLINE VIA ZOOM AND IN-PERSON AT THE GLENVIEW PUBLIC LIBRARY
An Autumn Skies Comet
Michelle Nichols
APRIL 12, 2024 — HYBRID: ONLINE VIA ZOOM AND IN-PERSON AT THE GLENVIEW PUBLIC LIBRARY
The April 8th Solar Eclipse: Observing Triumphs and Tragedies
The Membership
THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 2024 — HYBRID: ONLINE VIA ZOOM AND IN-PERSON AT THE GLENVIEW PUBLIC LIBRARY
A History of Imaging the Crab Nebula
Dale Dellutri
FEBRUARY 9, 2024 — HYBRID: ONLINE VIA ZOOM AND IN-PERSON AT THE GLENVIEW PUBLIC LIBRARY
Can Mathematics Define Life and Intelligence?
Jeffrey Schmitz
JANUARY 12, 2024 — ONLINE VIA ZOOM
Solitude In the Cosmos: Looking for Friends in the Great Cosmic Dark
Prof. Shane Larson
2023 Talks
DECEMBER 8, 2023 — HYBRID: ONLINE VIA ZOOM AND IN-PERSON AT THE RYERSON WELCOME CENTER
The Skies of 2024
Dale Dellutri
NOVEMBER 10, 2023 — HYBRID: ONLINE VIA ZOOM AND IN-PERSON AT THE RYERSON WELCOME CENTER
Eclipse Journeys — Personal Experiences and Science
Prof. Andrew Rivers
OCTOBER 13, 2023 — HYBRID: ONLINE VIA ZOOM AND IN-PERSON AT THE GLENVIEW PUBLIC LIBRARY
The Brightest Nova In Living Memory... Will Be Next Year
Joe Ulowetz
SEPTEMBER 8, 2023 — HYBRID: ONLINE VIA ZOOM AND IN-PERSON AT THE GLENVIEW PUBLIC LIBRARY
Space Medicine
William L. Fernandez, MD MPH
AUGUST 11, 2023 — HYBRID: ONLINE VIA ZOOM AND IN-PERSON AT THE GLENVIEW PUBLIC LIBRARY
Gravity Waves
Margaret Johnston
JULY 14, 2023 — HYBRID: ONLINE VIA ZOOM AND IN-PERSON AT THE GLENVIEW PUBLIC LIBRARY
Artificial Intelligence in Astronomy
Dale Dellutri
JUNE 9, 2023 — IN-PERSON AT A MEMBER'S HOME (NO ZOOM)
Social Gathering, Swap Meet, and Hardware Show
(The Membership)
MAY 12, 2023 — HYBRID: ONLINE VIA ZOOM AND IN-PERSON AT THE GLENVIEW PUBLIC LIBRARY
Extreme Exoplanets—Part 2
Jim Kovac
APRIL 14, 2023 — HYBRID: ONLINE VIA ZOOM AND IN-PERSON AT THE GLENVIEW PUBLIC LIBRARY
Just Don't Call Them UFOs
Gretchen Patti
MARCH 10, 2023 — HYBRID: ONLINE VIA ZOOM AND IN-PERSON AT THE GLENVIEW PUBLIC LIBRARY
Monster Telescopes
Andy Kurz
FEBRUARY 10, 2023 — HYBRID: ONLINE VIA ZOOM AND IN-PERSON AT THE GLENVIEW PUBLIC LIBRARY
Defining Time
Michelle Nichols
JANUARY 13, 2023 — HYBRID: ONLINE VIA ZOOM AND IN-PERSON AT THE GLENVIEW PUBLIC LIBRARY
The Skies of 2023
Dale Dellutri
2022 Talks
DECEMBER 9, 2022 — HYBRID: ONLINE VIA ZOOM AND IN-PERSON AT THE GLENVIEW PUBLIC LIBRARY
Imaging Exoplanets by Looking Past the Sun
Dale Dellutri
NOVEMBER 11, 2022 — ONLINE VIA ZOOM
A Virtual Tour of the Adler Planetarium Library
Dr. Pedro Raposo, introduced by Linda Feinberg
OCTOBER 14, 2022 — HYBRID: ONLINE VIA ZOOM AND IN-PERSON AT THE GLENVIEW PUBLIC LIBRARY
Extreme Exoplanets
Jim Kovac
SEPTEMBER 9, 2022 — HYBRID: ONLINE VIA ZOOM AND IN-PERSON AT THE GLENVIEW PUBLIC LIBRARY
The Europa Clipper Mission
Prof. Kevin Cole
AUGUST 11, 2022 (Thursday) — HYBRID: ONLINE VIA ZOOM AND IN-PERSON AT THE GLENVIEW PUBLIC LIBRARY
What's Up With SpaceX
Andy Kurz
JULY 8, 2022 — HYBRID: ONLINE VIA ZOOM AND IN-PERSON AT THE CERNAN EARTH AND SPACE CENTER
The Variety of Cosmic Maps
Dale Dellutri
JUNE 10, 2022 — ONLINE VIA ZOOM
An Introduction to Gravity Waves
Jeff Schmitz
MAY 13, 2022 — ONLINE VIA ZOOM
The Cassini–Huygens Mission to Saturn
John Vittallo
APRIL 8, 2022 — ONLINE VIA ZOOM
Lunar Geology and the Apollo Missions, 50 Years Later!
Dr. Stephen Moshier
MARCH 11, 2022 — ONLINE VIA ZOOM
Observing Exotic Stars and Visualizing the Cosmos
Dr. Aaron Geller
FEBRUARY 11, 2022 — ONLINE VIA ZOOM
The James Webb Telescope
Michelle Nichols
JANUARY 14, 2022 — ONLINE VIA ZOOM
The History of Astrophotography
Chris Olsen
2021 Talks
DECEMBER 10, 2021 — ONLINE VIA ZOOM
Dancing Planets, Sky Pictures, and Streaks of Light: Coming Soon To a Sky Near You!
Dale Dellutri
NOVEMBER 12, 2021 — ONLINE VIA ZOOM
Star Tales From Other Skies
Gretchen Patti
OCTOBER 8, 2021 — ONLINE VIA ZOOM
The Hubble Tension—A History of Disagreement and Discovery
Dr. Andrew Rivers
SEPTEMBER 10, 2021 — ONLINE VIA ZOOM
Practicing for Life on Mars at MDRS
Kent Nebergall
AUGUST 13, 2021 — ONLINE VIA ZOOM
Building a Roll-Off-Roof Observatory—Ten Years Later
Joe Ulowetz
JULY 9, 2021 — ONLINE VIA ZOOM
Fast Radio Bursts
Margaret Johnston
JUNE 11, 2021 — ONLINE VIA ZOOM
Roving the Red Planet
Michelle Nichols
MAY 14, 2021 — ONLINE VIA ZOOM
Fantastic Space Discoveries: Theories of Solar System Formation
Jim Kovac
APRIL 9, 2021 — ONLINE VIA ZOOM
The Arecibo Observatory: A Retrospective
Dale Dellutri
MARCH 12, 2021 — ONLINE VIA ZOOM
Building and Operating a Remote Observatory 2300 Miles Away
Bob Reiger
FEBRUARY 12, 2021 — ONLINE VIA ZOOM
My Life in Science: The Seismology of Our Local Planet
Bruce Weertman
JANUARY 8, 2021 — ONLINE VIA ZOOM
A View With a Thrill
Jonathan Pick
2020 Talks
DECEMBER 11, 2020 — ONLINE VIA ZOOM
Are Black Holes Still Mysterious?
Gretchen Patti
NOVEMBER 13, 2020 — ONLINE VIA ZOOM
DIY: Make Your Own Spacecraft Models ... And Cookies!
Dale Dellutri
OCTOBER 9, 2020 — ONLINE VIA ZOOM
NASA Solar Missions
Dr Therese Kucera
SEPTEMBER 11, 2020 — ONLINE VIA ZOOM
Underground Observatories — “Seeing” the Universe Through Solid Rock
Dale Dellutri
AUGUST 14, 2020 — ONLINE VIA ZOOM
Fantastic Space Discoveries: Structure of the Outer Solar System
Jim Kovac
JULY 10, 2020 — ONLINE VIA ZOOM
Asteroids Galore! The Lucy and Psyche Missions
Joe Ulowetz
JUNE 12, 2020 — ONLINE VIA ZOOM
Variable Stars
Jeff Schmitz
MAY 8, 2020 — ONLINE VIA ZOOM
Lighthouses Of the Sky: The Importance Of Maintaining And Preserving Historic Astronomical Observatories
Nick Poplawski
APRIL 10, 2020 — ONLINE VIA ZOOM
Radio Astronomy at the MIT Haystack Observatory
Dale Dellutri
MARCH 13, 2020 — CANCELED AND RESCHEDULED TO MAY 8
Lighthouses Of the Sky: The Importance Of Maintaining And Preserving Historic Astronomical Observatories
Nick Poplawski
FEBRUARY 14, 2020
SVA Social Night
The Membership
JANUARY 10, 2020
Top Ten Lists
The Membership
2019 Talks
DECEMBER 13, 2019
The Birth Of Our Solar System
Andy Kurz
NOVEMBER 8, 2019
NIAC: NASA's Exciting Innovation Funding Program
Dale Dellutri
OCTOBER 11, 2019
Space Settlement: Robots versus Humans
Jim Plaxco
SEPTEMBER 13, 2019
Seeing with New Eyes: the Universe Revealed by Radio Astronomy
Andrew Rivers
AUGUST 9, 2019
Quasars—And How They Can Kill You
Margaret Johnston
JULY 12, 2019
The Limits And Consequences Of Planet Sizes
Jeff Schmitz
JUNE 14, 2019
Exciting New Experiments in Space Science
Bob Patti
MAY 10, 2019
Roving the Red Planet
Michelle Nichols
APRIL 12, 2019
SVA Social Night
The Membership
MARCH 8, 2019
Fantastic Space Discoveries and Where to Find Them: The Search for Planet 9 and the Discovery of Proxima b
Jim Kovac
FEBRUARY 8, 2019
'Oumuamua: Natural Object or Alien Probe?
Dale Dellutri
JANUARY 11, 2019
The Skies of 2019
Terry Witt
2018 Talks
DECEMBER 14, 2018
Astrophotos!
The Membership
NOVEMBER 9, 2018
The Giant Magellan Telescope – Hubble Resolution x 10
Andy Kurz
OCTOBER 12, 2018
A New Black Hole
Joe Ulowetz
SEPTEMBER 14, 2018
Are We Prepared For the Next Carrington Event?
Dale Dellutri
AUGUST 10, 2018
Tabby's Star and Other Discoveries
Jim Kovac
JULY 13, 2018
Gravitational Waves
Dr Andrew Rivers
JUNE 8, 2018
Space Debris and Solar System Visitors
Jeff Schmitz
MAY 11, 2018
Antimatter
Gretchen Patti
APRIL 13, 2018
TLC For a Big Telescope
Michelle Nichols
MARCH 9, 2018
The Voyager Expedition
Andy Kurz
FEBRUARY 9, 2018
Recent Developments in Commercial Spaceflight and Launch Systems
Barak Stoltz
JANUARY 12, 2018
The Skies of 2018
Terry Witt
2017 Talks
DECEMBER 8, 2017
Planet Earth As Art: The View From Space
Jim Plaxco
NOVEMBER 10, 2017
Curious Exoplanet Scientists Want To Know: Is There Life on Earth?
Dale Dellutri
OCTOBER 13, 2017
Native American Star Stories
Penni Isaacson
SEPTEMBER 8, 2017
The Great American Eclipse 2017: Our Experiences
The Membership and visitors
AUGUST 11, 2017
An Update on Neutrino Research
Gretchen Patti
JULY 14, 2017
How To Think Like a Scientist—The Virtue Of Doubt In a Certain World
Andrew Rivers
JUNE 9, 2017
Ghost Galaxies
Jeff Schmitz
MAY 12, 2017
The New Age Of Space Exploration
Barak Stoltz
APRIL 14, 2017
Seeking Space Education at SEEC (Space Exploration Educators' Conference)
Frances Dellutri
MARCH 10, 2017
Free and Cheap Eclipse Activities
Michelle Nichols
FEBRUARY 10, 2017
The Mystery of Dark Matter Solved(?)
Joe Ulowetz
JANUARY 13, 2017
The Skies of 2017
Terry Witt
2016 Talks
DECEMBER 9, 2016
How We're Preparing for the 2017 Eclipse
Dale Dellutri
NOVEMBER 11, 2016
Hardware Show & Tell
The Membership
OCTOBER 14, 2016
Globalization of the Solar System
Jim Plaxco
SEPTEMBER 9, 2016
Mysteries of the Cosmos—Life Beyond Earth: Searching for Alien Life
Jim Kovac
AUGUST 12, 2016
Electronics in Space
Gretchen & Bob Patti
JULY 8, 2016
Einstein Destroys Vulcan!
Dale Dellutri
JUNE 10, 2016
The Effect of Rotation Rates on Stars
Jeffrey Schmitz
MAY 13, 2016
Four Short Talks:
Project Orion
Joe Ulowetz
An Update on the Enterprise In Space Project
Frances Dellutri
Jantar Mantar
Penni Isaacson
Solar Eclipse Images
Dave Kahn
APRIL 8, 2016
Painting the Sky—Art of the Cosmos
Mark Paternostro
MARCH 11, 2016
Whispers from the Cosmos: The Dawn of Gravitational Wave Astronomy
Shane Larson
FEBRUARY 12, 2016
New Horizons: Exploring Pluto and Beyond
Jim Kovac
JANUARY 8, 2016
The Skies of 2016
Terry Witt
2015 Talks
DECEMBER 11, 2015
Rockets: Don't Leave Earth Without 'Em
Andy Kurz
NOVEMBER 13, 2015
New Research on the Solar Cycle
Dale Dellutri
OCTOBER 9, 2015
The Most Astounding Fact About the Universe—The Life Story of Atoms
Andrew Rivers
SEPTEMBER 11, 2015
Space Probes
Jeff Schmitz
AUGUST 14, 2015
Zodiac Constellation Myths
Karyn Simmons
JULY 10, 2015
The Possibility of Life on the Moons of Jupiter and Saturn
Jim Kovac
JUNE 12, 2015
Two Short Talks:
Dwarf Novae
Joe Ulowetz
Astronomic Brain Burners
Andy Kurz
MAY 8, 2015
Snowy Dirtballs and Space Rocks
Michelle Nichols
APRIL 10, 2015
Enterprise In Space
Frances Dellutri
MARCH 13, 2015
Citizen Science: Finding Pulsars via BOINC
Dale Dellutri
FEBRUARY 13, 2015
Dark Astronomy—An Overview of the Hidden and Mysterious
Gretchen Patti
JANUARY 9, 2015
The Skies of 2015
Terry Witt
2014 Talks
DECEMBER 12, 2014
Covering NASA
Peter King
NOVEMBER 14, 2014
Hardware Show & Tell
The Membership
OCTOBER 10, 2014
Saving the Great Telescopes
Joe Garber & Nick Poplawski
SEPTEMBER 12, 2014
Life Beyond the Earth
Jim Kovac
AUGUST 8, 2014
Moving fast, slowly: Light Sails
Andy Bulluck
JULY 11, 2014
100 Years of Einstein's Gravity
Andrew Rivers
JUNE 13, 2014
A Tour of Saturn via Cassini and Huygens
John Vittallo
MAY 9, 2014
Clouds in the Atmosphere of GJ1214b
Laura Kreidberg
APRIL 11, 2014
Death of a Star: The Story of Supernova 2014j
Michelle Nichols
MARCH 14, 2014
The Machines of ALMA
Dale Dellutri
FEBRUARY 14, 2014
Dark Matter: an Update
Gretchen Patti
JANUARY 10, 2014
The Skies of 2014
Terry Witt
2013 Talks
DECEMBER 13, 2013
Stellar Evolution and BK Lyn:The Oldest Old Nova
Joe Ulowetz
NOVEMBER 8, 2013
Hardware show & Tell
The Membership
OCTOBER 11, 2013
Mysteries of the Cosmos
Jim Kovac
SEPTEMBER 13, 2013
Optical Illusions and the Moon Illusion
Dale Dellutri
AUGUST 9, 2013
Comet of the Century...?
Michelle Nichols
JULY 12, 2013
The Monster's Fiery Breath — Supermassive Black Holes in Distant Galaxies
Laura Trouille
JUNE 14, 2013
A Mid-Winter on Mars
Kent Nebergall
MAY 10, 2013
Three Short Talks in Astronomy:
The Stennis Space Center
Linda & Barbara Feinberg
The Composition of the Sun
Andy Kurz
Space Water
Jeff Schmitz
APRIL 12, 2013
Books, the Universe, and Everything
Emily Fardoux
MARCH 8, 2013
The Dark Universe: What the Telescope Does Not See
Jason St. John
FEBRUARY 8, 2013
Radioactive Decay and Solar Flares
Dale Dellutri
JANUARY 11, 2013
The Skies of 2013
Terry Witt
2012 Talks
DECEMBER 14, 2012
Mysteries of the Cosmos
Jim Kovac
NOVEMBER 9, 2012
Hardware Show-and-Tell
The Membership
OCTOBER 12, 2012
Observing in Light-Polluted Areas
Andy Bulluck
SEPTEMBER 14, 2012
Black Holes
Gretchen Patti
AUGUST 10, 2012
Curious about Curiosity: Update and Overview of the Mars Science Laboratory Mission
Michelle Nichols
JULY 13, 2012
The Strongest Conjuration: Searching for a Sister Planet
Andrew Rivers
JUNE 8, 2012
Two Short Talks:
Big Bang Theory (an overview)
Andy Kurz
Black Holes (an update)
Gretchen Patti
MAY 11, 2012
Don't Miss the last Venus Transit of Your Lifetime!
Dale Dellutri
APRIL 13, 2012
Building a Backyard Observatory
Joe Ulowetz
MARCH 9, 2012
Sampling the Solar System in 3-D
Nancy Lew
FEBRUARY 10, 2012
Virtual Skies for Winter Nights
Dan & Tom Roush
JANUARY 13, 2012
Astronomy from the Stratosphere
Marc Berthoud
2011 Talks
DECEMBER 9, 2011
The Skies of 2012
Terry Witt
NOVEMBER 11, 2011
Astro-equipment Show & Tell
The Membership
OCTOBER 14, 2011
Particle Accelerators
Steve Daley
SEPTEMBER 9, 2011
The Antikythera Mechanism
Dale Dellutri
AUGUST 12, 2011
The Constellations of Autumn
Christine Welsh
JULY 8, 2011
A Properly Prepared Universe
Dr. Andrew Rivers
JUNE 10, 2011
The Universe: Galaxies, Nebulae, and the Dark Side
Jim Kovac
MAY 13, 2011
Three Short Talks:
Black Holes and Their Effect on the Galaxy
Matt Musacchio
Observing the Terminator
Joe Fell
Our Trip to Enchanted Skies
Lin and Marshall Fernholz
APRIL 8, 2011
The ABCs of Relativity
Gretchen Patti
MARCH 11, 2011
The James Webb Telescope (part II)
Andy Bulluck
FEBRUARY 11, 2011
Roving & Roaming the Red Planet
Michelle Nichols
JANUARY 14, 2011
The Skies of 2011
Terry Witt
2010 Talks
DECEMBER 10, 2010
Astro-Game Night
Linda & Barbara Feinberg
NOVEMBER 12, 2010
Hardware Show & Tell
The Membership
OCTOBER 9, 2010
NASA's new eye in the sky: The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)
Andy Bulluck
SEPTEMBER 10, 2010
Artificial Gravity, in the lab, on Earth
Dale Dellutri
AUGUST 13, 2010
Galaxies in the Distant Universe: The First Generation of Stars
Dr. Michael Gladders
JULY 9, 2010
Dark Matter, Dark Energy
Gretchen Patti
JUNE 11, 2010
The Sun in STEREO
Dr. Therese Kucera
MAY 14, 2010
Three Short Talks:
The Nebra Sky Disk
Barbara Feinberg
Stonehenge
Penni Isaacson
Observing Satellites
Andy Bulluck
APRIL 9, 2010
The Pioneer Anomaly
Dale Dellutri
MARCH 12, 2010
Exoplanets: Worlds Beyond Our Solar System
Jim Kovac
FEBRUARY 12, 2010
Finding Your Place in the Universe
Andrew Rivers
JANUARY 8, 2010
The Skies of 2010
Terry Witt
2009 Talks
DECEMBER 11, 2009
Astro-Game Night
Linda & Barbara Feinberg
NOVEMBER 13, 2009
Astro-Equipment Show & Tell
The Membership
OCTOBER 9, 2009
Art and the Exploration of Space
Jim Plaxco
SEPTEMBER 11, 2009
Lunar Impact!
Michelle Nichols
AUGUST 14, 2009
Relativity and the 1919 Solar Eclipse
Dale Dellutri
JULY 10, 2009
Rocket Boys
Bob Kaplow
JUNE 12, 2009
How Far Is That Star?
Gretchen Patti
MAY 8, 2009
Three Short Talks:
Jim Lovell: Our Neighborhood Astronaut
Susan Kelsey
Black Holes
Ariel Stoltz
Nine Hundred Nebulae
Joe Ulowetz
APRIL 10, 2009
Hands-On Astronomy with Your Kids
Carmen Maso
MARCH 13, 2009
Bending Light: Gravitational Lensing by the Largest Structures in the Universe
Mike Gladders
FEBRUARY 13, 2009
Micro/Nano Satellites
Bob Patti
JANUARY 11, 2009
The Skies of 2009
Terry Witt
2008 Talks
DECEMBER 12, 2008
Astro Fun and Games
The Membership
NOVEMBER 14, 2008
Astronomy Equipment Show and Tell
The Membership
OCTOBER 10, 2008
Spinoffs From the Space Program
Dale Dellutri
SEPTEMBER 12, 2008
An Unusual Observatory in Jaipur
Stacy Greenhill
AUGUST 8, 2008
Update on Apophis
Dale Dellutri
JULY 11, 2008
Summer Skies
Terry Witt
JUNE 13, 2008
Cassini-Huygens at Saturn
Jim Kovac & John Vittallo
MAY 9, 2008
Three Short Talks:
Interplanetary Travel Designs by Middle-School Students
Frances Dellutri
Finding Asteroids
Joe Ulowetz
International Dark Sky Association
Penni Isaacson
APRIL 11, 2008
Catching Neutrinos
Gretchen Patti
MARCH 14, 2008
Even Sharper Than Hubble
Michael Smutko
FEBRUARY 8, 2008
The Outer Planets
Jim Kovac
JANUARY 11, 2008
The Skies of 2008
Terry Witt
2007 Talks
DECEMBER 14, 2007
Mars Returns!
Joe Ulowetz
NOVEMBER 9, 2007
Astronomy Equipment Show and Tell
The Membership
OCTOBER 12, 2007
The Most Beautiful Experiment: An Introduction to the Quantum World
Prof. Andrew Rivers
SEPTEMBER 14, 2007
The Dawn Mission to Vesta and Ceres
Mark Schneider
AUGUST 10, 2007
Black Holes—An Update
Gretchen Patti
JULY 13, 2007
High School Students Study Quasars With Online Tools
Michelle Nichols
JUNE 8, 2007
My Top Ten 2006 “Astronomy Picture of the Day”
Dale Dellutri
MAY 11, 2007
Three Short Talks:
Images From Hubble
Linda & Barbara Feinberg
Hunting For an Asteroid
Joe Ulowetz
"Glassy" Galaxies
John Richard
APRIL 13, 2007
Tag an Asteroid (99942 Apophis)!
Dale Dellutri
MARCH 9, 2007
Native American Astronomy
William R. Iseminger
FEBRUARY 9, 2007
Planets of the Inner Solar System
Jim Kovac
JANUARY 12, 2007
The Skies of 2007
Terry Witt
2006 Talks
DECEMBER 8, 2006
Astro-Bingo
Linda & Barbara Feinberg
NOVEMBER 10, 2006
Astronomy Equipment Show and Tell
The Membership
OCTOBER 13, 2006
Astro Imaging: Results From the NEIAC Forum
Joe Ulowetz
SEPTEMBER 8, 2006
A Universe in Images
Jim Kovac
AUGUST 11, 2006
Deep Impact Update
Mark Schneider
JULY 14, 2006
A Report on the NCRAL Convention: 60 Years of Midwest Astronomy
Christine & Mike Welsh
JUNE 9, 2006
The Summer Skies of 2006
Terry Witt
MAY 12, 2006
Three Short Talks:
The Maunder Minimum
Linda Feinberg
The Moon Tonight—The Terminator
Joe Fell
Ten Titillating Times in Astrohistory, Presented in Ten Minutes
Frances & Dale Dellutri
APRIL 14, 2006
How Far Is That Star?
Gretchen Patti
MARCH 10, 2006
Deep Imapct at Tempel I
Mark Schneider
FEBRUARY 10, 2006
Space Rocks!
Prof. Paul Sipiera
JANUARY 13, 2006
The Skies of 2006
Terry Witt
2005 Talks
DECEMBER 9, 2005
Two Astro Games:
Astro-Bingo
Barbara & Linda Feinberg
Astro-Wheel of Fortune
Frances & Dale Dellutri
NOVEMBER 11, 2005
Astronomy Equipment Show and Tell
The Membership
OCTOBER 14, 2005
Autumn Star Stories
Christine Welsh
SEPTEMBER 9, 2005
The Unknown Einstein
Prof. Andrew Rivers
AUGUST 12, 2005
Astro-Tourism: A Meridian Line in a Church in Rome
Frances & Dale Dellutri
JULY 8, 2005
Decoding the Rainbow: What We Learn from Star Colors
Gretchen Patti
JUNE 10, 2005
Saturn: An Update on the Cassini-Huygens Mission
John Vittallo & Jim Kovac
MAY 13, 2005
Three Short Talks:
From Zero to Infinity: The Universe in Book Form
Kimme Black
Celestron C11 Advanced GOTO—A Learning Curve
George Gasper
Craters on the Terminator
Joe Fell
APRIL 8, 2005
The Galaxies in Our Neighborhood
Dr. Monica Valluri
MARCH 11, 2005
Mars As Art
Jim Plaxco
FEBRUARY 11, 2005
A Report on AstroCon 2004
Joe Ulowetz
JANUARY 14, 2005
Jantar Mantar: A Unique Archaeoastronomy Site in India
Dave Kahn
2004 Talks
DECEMBER 10, 2004
Astronomy Equipment Show and Tell
The Membership
NOVEMBER 12, 2004
The Sun From Space
Dr. Terry Kucera
OCTOBER 8, 2004
Black Holes
Gretchen Patti
SEPTEMBER 10, 2004
Using Celestial Coordinates
Dale Dellutri
AUGUST 13, 2004
Astronomy in Art
Frances Dellutri
JULY 9, 2004
Three Short Talks:
Is the Universe Infinite?
Kimme Black
Photography Through the Telescope
George Gasper
Making the Most of Your Observing Session
Christine Welsh
JUNE 11, 2004
NASA's Cassini Mission
John Vittallo
MAY 14, 2004
Two Short Talks:
Chasing a Total Solar Eclipse
Alvin Miller
Astro-Bingo
Barbara & Linda Feinberg
APRIL 9, 2004
Venus Crosses the Sun!
Dale Dellutri
MARCH 12, 2004
Eye on the Solar System
Michelle Nichols
FEBRUARY 13, 2004
Arecibo Radio Observatory
Teri Fischer
JANUARY 9, 2004
The Skies of 2004
Christine Canelos
2003 Talks
DECEMBER 12, 2003
Four Short Talks:
Astro-Tourism: McDonald Observatory
Steve Maruszewski
Chasing the Leonids
Joe Shuster
Archaeo-Astronomy at Cahokia Mounds
Christine Canelos
Astro-Bingo
Barbara & Linda Feinberg
NOVEMBER 14, 2003
Astronomy Equipment Show and Tell
The Membership
OCTOBER 10, 2003
An Introduction to Cold Weather Observing
Gretchen Patti
SEPTEMBER 12, 2003
Swift: Catching Gamma Ray Bursts on the Fly
Rob Sparks
AUGUST 8, 2003
A Hypernova in Leo
Dale Dellutri
JULY 11, 2003
News Notes from the Cosmos
Various speakers
JUNE 13, 2003
A Colorful Look at the Red Planet: Mars from Viking to Now
Paul Gunty
MAY 9, 2003
Current Space Exploration
Larry Boyle
APRIL 11, 2003
The Elusive Neutrino
Gretchen Patti
MARCH 14, 2003
What's the Matter With Space? Dark Matter, Dark Energy and the Shape of Space
Prof. Andrew Rivers
FEBRUARY 14, 2003
Space: Living Where the Sky's Always Black
Kevin Caruso
JANUARY 10, 2003
The Skies of 2003
Terry Witt
2002 Talks
DECEMBER 13, 2002
Astrophoto Extravaganza!
The Membership
NOVEMBER 8, 2002
Astronomy Equipment Show and Tell
The Membership
OCTOBER 11, 2002
Three Short Talks:
Space Science Education in Illinois Schools
Frances Dellutri
Astro-Tourism
Stephen Maruszewski
Neutrino Science Update
Gretchen Patti
SEPTEMBER 13, 2002
Yerkes: The Inside Story
Greg Buchwald
AUGUST 9, 2002
Updating Kepler's Dream: Observing the Earth FROM the Moon
Dale Dellutri
JULY 12, 2002
Recreating the Universe 3,000,000 Times Per Second
Don Lincoln
JUNE 14, 2002
Splendors of the Summer Skies
Terry Witt
MAY 10, 2002
Galileo: The Little Spacecraft that Could
Paul Gunty
APRIL 12, 2002
Stargazing for Everyone: Learn the Zodiac (Ecliptic Constellations)!
Dale Dellutri
MARCH 8, 2002
Latest Developments in the Space Program
Larry Boyle
FEBRUARY 8, 2002
Four Short Talks:
Using the "Heavens Above" Web Site
Christine Canelos
Multiverse Theory through the Pages
Aaron Morris
"Deep Space Explorer" Computer Program
Scott Oliver
Gravity
Andrew Swenton
JANUARY 12, 2002
The Skies of 2002
Terry Witt
2001 Talks
DECEMBER 14, 2001
Black Holes—New Light on a Dark Subject
Gretchen Patti
NOVEMBER 9, 2001
Telescope Making
Dan Joyce
OCTOBER 12, 2001
Gravity and Light
Josef Tsau
SEPTEMBER 14, 2001
Astrophotography
Datu Ramel
AUGUST 10, 2001
The Search for Origins: Probing the Earliest Stages of Star Formation
Dr. Wolf-Chase
JULY 13, 2001
Star-Gazing Through Your Computer Screen
Scott Oliver
JUNE 8, 2001
Four Short Talks:
A Taste of Telescope Making
George Gasper
Recent Deep-Space Science Fiction
Aaron Morris
Micro-Quasars
Gretchen Patti
A Remarkable Astronomy Text
Emily Fardoux
MAY 11, 2001
The Music of the Spheres
Frances & Dale Dellutri
APRIL 13, 2001
Antarctica 2000: Search for Meteorites and Microbes
Prof. Paul Sipiera
MARCH 9, 2001
Recent Developments in Space Exploration
Larry Boyle
FEBRUARY 9, 2001
Favorite Sky Photos
Terry Witt
JANUARY 12, 2001
The Skies of 2001: A Space Odyssey
Terry Witt
2000 Talks
DECEMBER 8, 2000
Astronomy, 1900 & 2000
Frances & Dale Dellutri
NOVEMBER 10, 2000
Astronomy Equipment Show and Tell
The Membership
OCTOBER 13, 2000
Three Short Talks:
Astronomical League Observing Programs
Christine Canelos
Winter Observing in (Relative) Comfort
Mike Welsh
Little-Known Constellations
Emily Fardoux
SEPTEMBER 8, 2000
To Mars! The New Frontier
Matt Lowry
AUGUST 11, 2000
Cosmo-Chemistry and the Origins of Life
Prof. Cliff Matthews
JULY 14, 2000
Hidden Galaxies
Prof. Andrew Rivers
JUNE 9, 2000
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MAY 12, 2000
Astronomy FROM the Moon
Dale Dellutri
APRIL 14, 2000
Recent Happenings in Space Exploration
Larry Boyle
MARCH 10, 2000
Four Short Talks:
Buying Your First Telescope
Bob Price
Edward Barnard, Super Amateur
David Underwood
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Bobby Strauss
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Gail Anderson
FEBRUARY 11, 2000
Cosmic Distances
Gretchen Patti
JANUARY 14, 2000
The Skies of 2000
Terry Witt
1999 Talks
DECEMBER 10, 1999
Astronomy Equipment Show and Tell
The Membership
NOVEMBER 12, 1999
Hands-On Spectroscopy
Len Kazmer
OCTOBER 8, 1999
Fall Skies
Terry Witt
SEPTEMBER 10, 1999
The Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence: SETI
Larry Boyle
AUGUST 13, 1999
Astro-Catastrophes and Ancient Civilizations
Dale Dellutri
JULY 9, 1999
Summer Skies and Constellations
Christine Garcia
JUNE 11, 1999
Thirty Years After Apollo
Terry Witt
MAY 14, 1999
Four Short Talks:
The Iridium Satellite System
Chuck Binzel
No Speeding Tickets Up Here
Ken Black
Recreational Space Travel for You and Me
Frances Dellutri
How to Be an Astronaut
Chris Fardoux
APRIL 9, 1999
Recent Developments in Space Exporation
Larry Boyle
MARCH 12, 1999
Bad Science in a Good Movie: “Deep Impact”
Dale Dellutri
FEBRUARY 12, 1999
Spectroscopy
Gretchen Patti
JANUARY 8, 1999
The Skies of 1999
Terry Witt
1998 Talks
DECEMBER 11, 1998
Astronomy Equipment Show and Tell
The Membership
NOVEMBER 13, 1998
Astrophotography and Astrofest
Jeff Copland
OCTOBER 9, 1998
Making a Mirror for a Telescope
Ed Neuzil
SEPTEMBER 11, 1998
The Fall Skies and the Leonid Meteor Showers
Terry Witt
AUGUST 14, 1998
Black Holes
Gretchen Patti
JULY 10, 1998
Archaeoastronomy
Jack Kramer
JUNE 12, 1998
The Constellations
Christine Garcia
MAY 8, 1998
Four Short Talks:
Arecibo
Ken Black
Oh, My Aching Back (in space)!
Frances Dellutri
A Model of the Solar System
Emily Fardoux
How to Find a Comet
Jack Miller
APRIL 10, 1998
Hits and Near Misses
Ray Tamasauskas
MARCH 13, 1998
1997: The Year in Aerospace
Larry Boyle
FEBRUARY 13, 1998
Basic Astrophotography
Jeff Copland & Ed Neuzil
JANUARY 9, 1998
The Skies of 1998
Terry Witt
1997 Talks
DECEMBER 12, 1997
Astronomy Equipment Show and Tell
The Membership
NOVEMBER 14, 1997
Space Chemistry
Mike Savina
OCTOBER 10, 1997
Meteorites
Prof. Paul Sipiera
SEPTEMBER 12, 1997
The Constellations
Christine Garcia
AUGUST 8, 1997
Optical Illusions and the Moon Illusion
Dale Dellutri
JULY 11, 1997
Exploring the Summer Skies
Terry Witt
JUNE 13, 1997
What Has NASA Done for You Lately?
Gretchen Patti
MAY 9, 1997
Three Short Talks:
The Moon
Christine Garcia
Asteroids
Elizabeth Tremulis
Life on a Rock
Ken Black
Constellations
Emily Fardoux
APRIL 11, 1997
Recent Developments in Space Exporation
Larry Boyle
MARCH 14, 1997
Comets
Jeff Copland, Ed Neuzil, & Terry Witt
FEBRUARY 14, 1997
Mars and the Search for ET
Ray Tamasauskas
JANUARY 10, 1997
Astrophotography
Jeff Copland, Ed Neuzil, & Terry Witt
1996 Talks
DECEMBER 13, 1996
The Skies of 1997
Terry Witt
NOVEMBER 8, 1996
Astronomy Equipment Show and Tell
The Membership
OCTOBER 11, 1996
A Guide to Telescopes
Ed Neuzil
SEPTEMBER 13, 1996
The Autumn Skies
Terry Witt
AUGUST 9, 1996
Astronomy Book Fair
The Membership
JULY 12, 1996
The Quest for Dark Skies
Jeff Copland
JUNE 14, 1996
Alien Planets
Gretchen Patti
MAY 10, 1996
Black Holes
Dale Dellutri
APRIL 12, 1996
Updates on the Universe
Various speakers
MARCH 8, 1996
Astronomy Books
Fred Tadrowski
FEBRUARY 9, 1996
The Past Year in Space
Larry Boyle
JANUARY 12, 1996
The Skies of 1996
Terry Witt
1995 Talks
DECEMBER 8, 1995
Updates on the Universe
Various speakers
NOVEMBER 10, 1995
Astronomy Equipment Show and Tell
The Membership
OCTOBER 13, 1995
Star Stories and the Fall Skies
Terry Witt
SEPTEMBER 8, 1995
Astronomy of the Ancients
Ray Tamasauskas
AUGUST 11, 1995
Astrophotography
Jeff Copland
JULY 14, 1995
Binocular Astronomy
Cindy Copland
JUNE 9, 1995
The Mysterious Universe
Gretchen Patti
MAY 12, 1995
Black Holes
Dale Dellutri
APRIL 14, 1995
An Introduction to Relativity
Ivan Philips
MARCH 10, 1995
The Milky Way and Beyond
Jeff Copland
FEBRUARY 10, 1995
The Search for ET
Ray Tamasauskas
JANUARY 13, 1995
The Skies of 1995
Terry Witt
1994 Talks
DECEMBER 12, 1994
News Notes from the Cosmos
Various speakers
NOVEMBER 11, 1994
Astronomy Equipment Show and Tell
The Membership
OCTOBER 10, 1994
Solar Astronomy
Ed Neuzil
SEPTEMBER 9, 1994
Spectroscopy: Unlocking the Secrets of the Sky
Gretchen Patti
AUGUST 12, 1994
Persied Meteors
??
JULY 8, 1994
Target: Jupiter
Terry Witt
JUNE 10, 1994
Star Stories and the Summer Sky
Terry Witt
MAY 13, 1994
Color in the Cosmos
Dale Dellutri
APRIL 8, 1994
Star Names
Jeff Copland
MARCH 11, 1994
Astronomy Information Online
Dale Dellutri
FEBRUARY 11, 1994
Astronomy Grab Bag: Short Talks
Dave Kahn, Rita Krause, Matt Horbal, Gretchen Trinklein
JANUARY 14, 1994
The Skies of 1994
Terry Witt
1993 Talks
DECEMBER 10, 1993
New Views of the Cosmos: Photography/CCD
RK
NOVEMBER 12, 1993
Astronomy Equipment Show and Tell
The Membership
OCTOBER 8, 1993
Building Your Own Telescope
Ed Neuzil
SEPTEMBER 10, 1993
Astronomy Slide Show
Terry Witt
AUGUST 13, 1993
A Visit to Stonehenge
Ray Tamasauskas & Jeff Copland
JULY 9, 1993
The Perseids, Comet Swift-Tuttle and Extraterrestrial Impacts
Terry Witt
JUNE 11, 1993
A Consumer's Guide to Telescopes
Ed Neuzil
MAY 14, 1993
Astronomy Equipment Show and Tell
The Membership
APRIL 9, 1993
Computers in Astronomy Made Simple
Dale Dellutri
MARCH 12, 1993
Venus and Mars Close Up
Terry Witt
FEBRUARY 12, 1993
Payback from your Space Dollar
Gretchen George
JANUARY 8, 1993
The Skies of 1993
Terry Witt
1992 Talks
DECEMBER 11, 1992
Observing the Face of the Moon
Dale Dellutri
NOVEMBER 13, 1992
Ancient Astronomers to Copernicus: Views of the World
Ray Tamasauskas
OCTOBER 9, 1992
The Big Bang and the Expansion of the Universe
Ed Neuzil
SEPTEMBER 11, 1992
The Aurora
Dale Dellutri
AUGUST 14, 1992
Deep Sky Observing from Light-Polluted Areas
Ed Neuzil
JULY 10, 1992
The Gaia Hypothesis and Beyond
Michael Larkin
JUNE 12, 1992
Flying Mountains of the Solar System
Teri Fischer
MAY 8, 1992
The Gamma Ray Observatory
Dr. Mel Ulmer
APRIL 10, 1992
Update on the Hubble Space Telescope
Dave Kahn
MARCH 13, 1992
The First Planet Outside the Solar System
Terry Witt
FEBRUARY 14, 1992
NASA Spinoffs
Gretchen George
JANUARY 10, 1992
The Skies of 1992
Terry Witt
1991 Talks
DECEMBER 13, 1991
Astrotrivia
Terry Witt, moderator
NOVEMBER 8, 1991
Supernovas
Ed Neuzil
OCTOBER 11, 1991
Star Charts
The Membership
SEPTEMBER 13, 1991
Astronomy Equipment Show and Tell
The Membership
AUGUST 9, 1991
Mithraism, Astrology, and Precession
Dale Dellutri
JULY 12, 1991
Open House and Star Party
The Membership
JUNE 14, 1991
Star Stories and the Summer Skies
Terry Witt
MAY 10, 1991
The Biosphere II Project
Rita Krause
APRIL 12, 1991
Telescope and Eyepiece Design
Ed Neuzil
MARCH 8, 1991
The Galileo Flyby
Grtetchen George
FEBRUARY 8, 1991
Payback from the Space Program
Dale Dellutri
JANUARY 11, 1991
(Snowed out)
1990 Talks
DECEMBER 14, 1990
A Look at Planet Earth
Mary Lou Lageman
NOVEMBER 9, 1990
Eclipse Stories
Terry Witt
OCTOBER 12, 1990
Star Colors
Gretchen George
SEPTEMBER 14, 1990
Cosmic Scale
Ray Tamasauskas
AUGUST 10, 1990
An Update on the Space Station
Jane Johnston
JULY 13, 1990
The Hubble Space Telescope
Dave Kahn
JUNE 8, 1990
Preview of the Summer Sky
Terry Witt
MAY 11, 1990
Astrophotography
Ed Neuzil
APRIL 13, 1990
Black Holes
Gretchen George
MARCH 9, 1990
Voyage Through the Milky Way
Terry Witt
FEBRUARY 9, 1990
Pioneering the High Frontier
Dale Dellutri
JANUARY 12, 1990
Astronomy Equipment Show and Tell
The Membership
1989 Talks
DECEMBER 8, 1989
Preview of the 1990 Skies
Terry Witt
NOVEMBER 10, 1989
Voyager Encounters Neptune
Gretchen George
OCTOBER 12, 1989
Space Camp
Jane Johnston
SEPTEMBER 8, 1989
The Evolution of Stars
Ed Neuzil
AUGUST 11, 1989
Visitors from Outer Space—Meteors and Meteorites
Terry Witt
JULY 14, 1989
Mars Exploration
Rita Krause
JUNE 9, 1989
Starships of Tomorrow
Dale Dellutri
MAY 12, 1989
Viewing the Summer Sky
Terry Witt
APRIL 14, 1989
Space Shuttle Update
Jane Johnston
MARCH 10, 1989
The Big Bang and the Expansion of the Universe
Ed Neuzil
FEBRUARY 10, 1989
Space Power Satellites
Rob Greene
JANUARY 13, 1989
Preview of the Voyage Neptune Flyby
Gretchen George
1988 Talks
DECEMBER 9, 1988
Preview of the Winter Skies
Terry Witt
NOVEMBER 11, 1988
Commercial Space Ventures
Dale Dellutri
OCTOBER 14, 1988
Astrotrivia
Terry Witt, moderator
SEPTEMBER 9, 1988
The Greenhouse Effect
Terry Witt
AUGUST 12, 1988
Mars and Viewing
Ed Neuzil
JULY 8, 1988
Terraforming Mars
Gretchen George
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