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SUMMARY:AUTCL - Zion-Benton
DESCRIPTION: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. \nVisitors 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. \nIn the event of bad weather we have a back up date of March 26.
URL:https://lcas-astronomy.org/event/autcl-zion-benton/
LOCATION:Zion Benton\, 2400 Gabriel Ave\, Zion\, IL\, 60099
CATEGORIES:AUTCL
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260417T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260417T213000
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SUMMARY:A Game of Mysteries: Astronomy and the Unveiling of Nature's Secret Workings
DESCRIPTION:A Game of Mysteries: Astronomy and the Unveiling of Nature’s Secret Workings\nShane L. Larson\nClarkson University\n\nNo human has ever travelled farther from Earth than the Moon. No robotic probe has ever travelled farther than the edge of our solar system. Yet huddled around a telescope at night\, we regularly regale our friends and guests with tales of galaxies that are millions of light years away\, and how a mini-solar system of planets whirls around nearby Alpha Centauri\, and how stars are birthing themselves out of the maelstrom of the Orion Nebula.\n\nWe live in a Cosmos grand and vast with underlying rules governing its behavior\, called “The Laws of Nature.” From our vantage point here on Earth\, humans have spent centuries uncovering those rules — discovering what they are\, what they mean\, and how they work. In this talk\, we’ll use astronomy to understand how we glean knowledge from the Cosmos\, explore how our understanding of the Laws of Nature has changed over time\, and contemplate some of the great mysteries still confronting us.\n\n———-\nshort bio\n———-\n\nShane Larson is a professor of Physics at Clarkson University and the Director of Integrated Engineering and Applied Science Projects. He works in the field of gravitational wave astrophysics\, specializing in studies of compact stars\, binaries\, and the galaxy with both the ground-based LIGO project\, and the forthcoming space-based observatory LISA. He is an award winning teacher\, and a Fellow of the American Physical Society. He is an avid amateur astronomer\, observing with two homebuilt Dobsonians\, a 12.5″ named EQUINOX and a 22″ named COSMOS MARINER. He contributes regularly to a public science blog at writescience.wordpress.com\, and posts at Bluesky with the handle @sciencejedi .
URL:https://lcas-astronomy.org/event/tbd-presentation-by-dr-shane-larson-of-clarkson-university/
LOCATION:Volo Bog\, 28478 W.Brandenburg Road\, Ingleside\, IL\, United States
CATEGORIES:Monthly Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260423T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260423T210000
DTSTAMP:20260403T130138
CREATED:20260213T200821Z
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SUMMARY:AUTCL - Highwood
DESCRIPTION: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. \nVisitors 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. \nIn the event of bad weather we have a back up date of April 27.
URL:https://lcas-astronomy.org/event/autcl-highwood/
LOCATION:Highwood Library\, 102 Highwood Ave\, Highwood\, IL\, 60040
CATEGORIES:AUTCL
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260515T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260515T213000
DTSTAMP:20260403T130138
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SUMMARY:Our Moon: Known and Unknown
DESCRIPTION:The Speaker for the May monthly meeting of the Lake County Astronomical Society will be Michelle Nichols Outreach Coordinator with the Adler Planetarium. The topic will be: \n\nOur Moon: Known and Unknown  \n\n\nOur Moon is one of the most familiar objects in our sky\, but there is still a lot we don’t know about it. Spacecraft landings there seek ice\, metals\, rocks\, and minerals that – we hope! – can tell us much more about the history of our satellite. This talk will include an overview of what we know and what we still need to learn about our closest neighbor in space.  This is sure to be an interesting\, educational and informative event.  Please join us. \nAfter the Presentation LCAS Members with their powerful telescopes will show the Night Sky to Attendees (weather permitting).
URL:https://lcas-astronomy.org/event/lcas-monthly-meeting-details-tbd/
LOCATION:IL
CATEGORIES:Monthly Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260521T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260521T210000
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SUMMARY:AUTCL - Aspen Drive - Vernon Hills
DESCRIPTION: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. \nVisitors 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. \nIn the event of bad weather we have a back up date of May 27.
URL:https://lcas-astronomy.org/event/autcl-aspen-drive-vernon-hills/
LOCATION:Aspen Drive – Vernon Hills Library\, 701 Aspen Dr.\, Vernon Hills\, Il\, 60061
CATEGORIES:AUTCL
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260619T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260619T213000
DTSTAMP:20260403T130138
CREATED:20260301T012444Z
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SUMMARY:Why Doesn’t Our Sun Just Explode? Or\, Why has It Lasted So Long?
DESCRIPTION:The Speaker at June’s Monthly LCAS meeting will be Mark Christensen\, PHD. The space race inspired him to earn degrees in both mathematics and physics while an undergraduate at Wayne State University. He earned is Masters in Physics at Purdue and his PhD in probability at Wayne State University He joined Northrop Corporation’s Defense System Division in Rolling Meadows\, Illinois. He retired from Northrop Grumman’s Rolling Meadows plant in 1999 as Vice President of Engineering.  Throughout his professional career Mark remained active as an amateur astronomer \nWe all have heard that our Sun produces energy by the fusion of hydrogen and other nuclei. And we have known for nearly two centuries that how much energy it produces every second\, and we know from our experiments\, theories\, and tests that fusion reactions can produce large amounts of energy. And we know this has been going on for billions of years. But when we examine the facts carefully we realize that the sun really doesn’t produce that much energy considering its considerable mass. In this talk we’ll explore why this is so and will look into the details of the fusion reactions going on in our star\, including on-going research in this area – we still don’t know the whole story.
URL:https://lcas-astronomy.org/event/why-doesnt-our-sun-just-explode-or-why-has-it-lasted-so-long/
LOCATION:Volo Bog\, 28478 W.Brandenburg Road\, Ingleside\, IL\, United States
CATEGORIES:Monthly Meeting
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SUMMARY:AUTCL - Fremont
DESCRIPTION: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. \nVisitors 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. \nIn the event of bad weather we have a back up date of June 24.
URL:https://lcas-astronomy.org/event/autcl-fremont/
LOCATION:Fremont Library\, 1170 N. Midlothian Rd.\, Mundelein\, IL\, 60060
CATEGORIES:AUTCL
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SUMMARY:LCAS Monthly Meeting: Wonders of Web: Exploring the Universe with JWST
DESCRIPTION:The Speaker for the July meeting of the Lake County Astronomical society will be Jim Kovac. Details TBD
URL:https://lcas-astronomy.org/event/wonders-of-web-exploring-the-universe-with-jwst/
LOCATION:Volo Bog\, 28478 W.Brandenburg Road\, Ingleside\, IL\, United States
CATEGORIES:Monthly Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260721T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260721T210000
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CREATED:20260213T202056Z
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SUMMARY:AUTCL - Grayslake
DESCRIPTION: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. \nVisitors 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. \nIn the event of bad weather we have a back up date of July 23.
URL:https://lcas-astronomy.org/event/autcl-grayslake-2/
LOCATION:Grayslake Area Public Library\, 100 Library Ln\,\, Grayslake\, IL\, 60030\, United States
CATEGORIES:AUTCL
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260818T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260818T203000
DTSTAMP:20260403T130138
CREATED:20260213T202327Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260213T202327Z
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SUMMARY:AUTCL - Wauconda
DESCRIPTION: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. \nVisitors 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. \nIn the event of bad weather we have a back up date of August 20.
URL:https://lcas-astronomy.org/event/autcl-wauconda/
LOCATION:Wauconda Library\, 801 N. Main St.\, Wauconda\, IL\, 60084
CATEGORIES:AUTCL
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261016T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261016T213000
DTSTAMP:20260403T130138
CREATED:20250926T001100Z
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SUMMARY:Presentation by Dr. Wayne Osborn of the Yerkes Observatory
DESCRIPTION: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. \n  \nAfterwards Members of LCAS will show the Night Sky to attendees through their powerful telescopes (weather permitting)
URL:https://lcas-astronomy.org/event/presentation-by-dr-luke-schmidt-of-the-yerkes-observatory/
LOCATION:Volo Bog\, 28478 W.Brandenburg Road\, Ingleside\, IL\, United States
CATEGORIES:Monthly Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261120T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261120T213000
DTSTAMP:20260403T130138
CREATED:20251124T191659Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260209T052647Z
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SUMMARY:Space: The Year in Review
DESCRIPTION: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. \nWeather permitting LCAS Members will setup telescopes at the Volo Bog and show attendees the night sky.
URL:https://lcas-astronomy.org/event/space-the-year-in-review-2/
LOCATION:IL
CATEGORIES:Monthly Meeting
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