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Skokie Valley Astronomers meet on the second Friday of every month at 7:30 PM at the Glenview Public Library.

However, the March 14th meeting will be Zoom only. There will NOT be a meeting at the Glenview Public Library.

All of our meetings are open to the public. Each meeting may be online via Zoom or in-person or both. When the decision has been made we will post the information in the meeting description below.

You're invited!

2025 Schedule

MARCH 14 — ONLINE VIA ZOOM ONLY
Could We Understand an Alien Message?
Dale Dellutri
170°W – Full Moon
This will be a Zoom-only meeting. We will NOT meet in-person at the Glenview Public Library. (Zoom instructions are posted below.)
If an alien civilization sent a message, could we receive, decode, interpret, and understand it? Science fiction authors have imagined many kinds of messages: understandable to incomprehensible, benign to dangerous.
Daniela de Paulis, Artist-in-Residence at the Green Bank Observatory and the SETI Institute, designed an actual message that was as alien as possible, then arranged to have it transmitted to Earth from a spacecraft orbiting Mars. Club member Dale Dellutri will describe her project and other aspects of alien messages.
Time: Mar 14, 2025 07:30 PM Central Time (US and Canada)
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APRIL 11 — HYBRID: ONLINE VIA ZOOM AND IN-PERSON AT THE GLENVIEW PUBLIC LIBRARY
Bon Voyage, Europa Clipper!
Michelle Nichols
171°E – Full Moon
Europa Clipper is NASA's largest-ever planetary spacecraft and it is on its way to the Jupiter system. Arriving in April 2030, the goal of this mission is to study Europa, one of the Galilean moons and one of our solar system's most interesting ocean worlds to find out whether this moon might host conditions that are suitable for life. Michelle Nichols, Director of Public Observing at the Adler Planetarium, will give an overview of this exciting mission and what scientists are hoping to learn from it.
MAY 9 — HYBRID: ONLINE VIA ZOOM AND IN-PERSON AT THE GLENVIEW PUBLIC LIBRARY
A Virtual Tour of the Green Bank Observatory
Sophie de Saint Georges
152°E – Full Moon
Sophie de Saint Georges, Education Specialist at the Green Bank Observatory, will present, via Zoom, a virtual tour of the equipment and science at the observatory.
JUNE 13 — HYBRID: ONLINE VIA ZOOM AND IN-PERSON AT THE GLENVIEW PUBLIC LIBRARY
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147°W – Full Moon
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JULY 11 — HYBRID: ONLINE VIA ZOOM AND IN-PERSON AT THE GLENVIEW PUBLIC LIBRARY
Exploring the Universe with JWST, Part 2
Jim Kovac
164°W – Full Moon
Club member Jim Kovac invites you to join the continuing exploration of the cosmos with the James Webb Space Telescope. We will discuss the progress to investigate the evolution of galaxies, the birth of stars and protoplanetary systems, and consider some discoveries awaiting explanation as JWST probes the early Universe.
AUGUST 8 — HYBRID: ONLINE VIA ZOOM AND IN-PERSON AT THE GLENVIEW PUBLIC LIBRARY
Mountains of the Solar System
Chuck Allen
178°E – Full Moon
Chuck Allen, President of the Astronomical League, will discuss the mountains that can be found on many planets and planetoids of the Solar System.
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