Apr 19, 2024
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
scheduled
Free Public Program starts at 7:00 PM followed by the Regular Business Meeting starting about 8:30 PM (open to public)
PROGRAM
Dr. Shane Larson, Research Professor at Northwestern University and Associate Director of Ciera, Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration and Research in Astrophysics, will be the Speaker for this month's meeting of LCAS. His presentation will be:
'The Dark Side of the Universe: Dark matter and dark energy in the galaxy and Cosmos'
The Cosmos abounds with matter that emits copious amounts of light, both in the spectrum of visible colors we perceive with our eyes as well as in invisible light such as x-rays and radio waves. But in the latter half of the 20th Century we discovered that a significant part of the Universe is filled with matter that doesn't emit ANY light at all. In the last two decades, we have discovered an even more mysterious material that appears to be driving changes in the scale of the Universe. These dark influences are known as "dark matter" and "dark energy", and can only be perceived by their gravitational influence on all the bright, shining matter we know and love. In this talk we'll discuss why we think the dark matter and dark energy are out there, and explore some of the ideas we have for discovering just what it might be. Dr. Larson has presented many times to LCAS in the past and this is sure to be a very educational and informative talk.
Afterwards LCAS members will show guests the night sky through powerful telescopes (weather permitting). Please join us.
May 17, 2024
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
scheduled
The May meeting of the Lake County Astronomical Society will be Friday, May 17th at the Volo Bog Visitor's Center. Our guest speaker will be Larry Bartoszek who was a researcher at FermiLab, designer of the Space Elevator and now president of Bartoszek Engineering. His presentation will be 'The Space Elevator'. Please note the start time will be 7 PM.
Public invited. Please join us.
Weather permitting LCAS members using their powerful telescopes will show the night sky to guests.
May 18, 2024
11:00 am - 4:00 pm
scheduled
The Lake County Astronomical Society will be hosting our annual Astronomy Day event on Saturday, May 18th! This year the event is being held at Ela Public Library in Lake Zurich from 11am to 4pm. The event is free and open to the public! We will have displays set up, astronomy related crafts for kids, and raffle prizes! We hope to see you there!
Weather permitting we will have solar observing outside!
We want to thank our sponsors for Astronomy Day 2024:
ELA AREA PUBLIC LIBRARY (www.eapl.org)
Ela Area Public Library offers a wide range of services to the community for children and adults.
Jun 21, 2024
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
scheduled
The June meeting of the Lake County Astronomical Society will be Friday, June 21st at the Volo Bog Visitor's Center. Our guest speaker will be Jim Kovac from The Chicago Society for Space Studies. Jim has been a speaker at LCAS meetings in the past and this is sure to be a very educational and fun event. Please note the start time will be 7 PM. Please join us.
Weather permitting LCAS members using their powerful telescopes will show the night sky to guests.
Jul 19, 2024
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
scheduled
Free Public Program starts at 7:00 PM folllowed by the Regular Business Meeting starting about 8:30 PM (open to public)
PROGRAM
Dr. Jennifer Sieben, editor of Physics Today will give a presentation on her latest articles. This will be Jennifer's second time presenting to LCAS. This is sure to be a very educational and informative talk.
Afterwards LCAS members will show guests the night sky through powerful telescopes (weather permitting). Please join us.
Sep 20, 2024
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
scheduled
Free Public Program starts at 7:00 PM folllowed by the Regular Business Meeting starting about 8:30 PM (open to public)
PROGRAM
Kevin Cole, professor at Harper College will give a presentation on Space Rocks. He is extremely knowledgeable in this area and this is sure to be a very educational and informative talk.
Afterwards LCAS members will show guests the night sky through powerful telescopes (weather permitting). Please join us.
Oct 18, 2024
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
scheduled
Free Public Program starts at 7:00 pm. (open to the public) Regular Business Meeting is at 8:30 pm (open to public)
PROGRAM
Michelle Nichols, Director of Public Observing with the Adler Planetarium will give a presentation titled, 'Comet C-2023 A3' .The Comet will be within 1 AU of Earth about October 12, 2024.Michelle has done a great deal of research in this area and has presented to LCAS many times in the past. This is sure to be a very educational and informative talk.
The presentation will start at 7:00 PM There will be an LCAS business meeting starting about 8:30 PM also open to the Public. Afterwards LCAS members will show guests the night sky through powerful telescopes (weather permitting). Please join us.
Weather permitting LCAS members will show guests the night sky thru their powerful telescopes.
Nov 15, 2024
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
scheduled
Free Public Program starts at about 7:00 p.m. (open to the public). Regular Business Meeting is at 8:30 pm (open to public)
PROGRAM
Larry Boyle, with the Chicago Society for Space Studies Speakers Bureau will give a presentation titled, 'Space: The Year in Review'. Mr Boyle who has presented to LCAS many times in the past has made this talk pretty much a yearly event. This is sure to be a very educational and informative talk.
The presentation will start at 7:00 PM (open to the Public Business meeting starts about 8:30 PM.). Afterwards LCAS members will show guests the night sky through powerful telescopes (weather permitting). Please join us.
