The Lake County Astronomical Society

AUTCL - Lake Villa
2026-09-17 20:00 - 21:00 (America/Chicago) | Lake Villa, 140 N. Munn Rd, Lindenhurst, IL, 60046
Astronomy Under the City Lights is a free to all-ages event presented by the Lake County Astronomical Society in cooperation with local libraries. LCAS volunteers will bring sophisticated telescopes to allow the public to view the Moon and other objects in the sky.
Visitors are welcome to view at any time during the scheduled hours, and stay as long as they want. No registration is required. Groups are welcome.
In the event of bad weather we have a back up date of September 22.

Presentation by Dr. Wayne Osborn of the Yerkes Observatory
2026-10-16 19:00 - 21:30 | Volo Bog, 28478 W.Brandenburg Road, Ingleside, IL, United States
The monthly meeting of the Lake County Astronomical will be a presentation By Dr. Wayne Osborn. He will talking about the Glass Plate Collection which has been taken using the Great 40″ Refracture at the Yerkes Observatory. These plates go back to the late 1800’s and have been preserved to this day. Dr. Osborn has many years working with and cataloging these images. This event is free and open to the Public. Please join us.

Afterwards Members of LCAS will show the Night Sky to attendees through their powerful telescopes (weather permitting)

AUTCL - Warren Newport
2026-10-19 19:30 - 20:30 | Warren-Newport Public Library, 224 O'Plaine Rd, Gurnee, IL, 60031, United States
Astronomy Under the City Lights is a free to all-ages event presented by the Lake County Astronomical Society in cooperation with local libraries. LCAS volunteers will bring sophisticated telescopes to allow the public to view the Moon and other objects in the sky.
Visitors are welcome to view at any time during the scheduled hours, and stay as long as they want. No registration is required. Groups are welcome.
In the event of bad weather we have a back up date of October 21.

AUTCL - Indian Trails
2026-11-17 19:30 - 20:30 | Indian Trails Public Library, 355 N. Schoenbeck Rd, Wheeling, IL, 60090, United States
Astronomy Under the City Lights is a free to all-ages event presented by the Lake County Astronomical Society in cooperation with local libraries. LCAS volunteers will bring sophisticated telescopes to allow the public to view the Moon and other objects in the sky.
Visitors are welcome to view at any time during the scheduled hours, and stay as long as they want. No registration is required. Groups are welcome.
In the event of bad weather we have a back up date of November 19.

Space: The Year in Review
2026-11-20 19:00 - 21:30 | Il
The Speaker for the November 20th meeting of LCAS will be Larry Boyle. Mr. Boyle has been pretty much of a yearly feature. His Presentation “Space: The Year in Review” is sure to be an interesting and educational talk. Please join us.

Weather permitting LCAS Members will setup telescopes at the Volo Bog and show attendees the night sky.

Asteroid Mining
2027-05-15 19:00 - 21:30 | Volo Bog, 28478 W.Brandenburg Road, Ingleside, IL, United States
Larry Bartoszek from the Chicago Society for Space Studies has written a book on Asteroid Mining and will give his presentation to LCAS. Details to follow.
