Presentation History

The Skies of 2024
Thursday, March 28, 2024 . Encore Village, Schaumburg

The Skies of 2024
Thursday, March 14, 2024 . Lincolnwood Public Library

A History of Imaging the Crab Nebula
Thursday, March 7, 2024 . Skokie Valley Astronomers . Glenview Public Library

Artificial Intelligence in Astronomy
Friday, February 16, 2024 . Lake County Astronomical Society

The Skies of 2024
Friday, January 19, 2024 . Des Plaines Public Library

The Skies of 2024
Thursday, January 11, 2024 . Chicago Botanic Garden

Artificial Intelligence in Astronomy
Thursday, January 4, 2024 . Northern Cross Science Foundation . Jackson Area Community Center in Jackson WI

The Skies of 2024
Friday, December 8, 2023 . Skokie Valley Astronomers . Ryerson Welcome Center

Artificial Intelligence in Astronomy
Friday, July 14, 2023 . Skokie Valley Astronomers . Glenview Public Library

Underground Observatories — “Seeing” the Universe Through Solid Rock
Friday, June 2, 2023 . Northwest Suburban Astronomers . Barrington Area Library

The Variety of Cosmic Maps
Saturday, April 29, 2023 . Astronomy Day, Northwest Suburban Astronomers . Harper College

The Skies of 2023
Friday, January 13, 2023 . Skokie Valley Astronomers . Glenview Public Library

Imaging Exoplanets by Looking Past the Sun
Friday, December 9, 2022 . Skokie Valley Astronomers . Glenview Public Library

World Migratory Bird Day — The Importance of Dark Skies
Wednesday, May 18, 2022 . Grayslake Village Hall

The Variety of Cosmic Maps
Friday, July 8, 2022 . Skokie Valley Astronomers . Cernan Earth and Space Center

Dancing Planets, Sky Pictures, and Streaks of Light: Coming Soon To a Sky Near You!
Friday, December 10, 2021 . Skokie Valley Astronomers . Online via Zoom

The Arecibo Observatory: A Retrospective
Friday, April 9, 2021 . Skokie Valley Astronomers . Online via Zoom

DIY: Make Your Own Spacecraft Models ... And Cookies!
Friday, November 13, 2020 . Skokie Valley Astronomers . Online via Zoom

Underground Observatories — “Seeing” the Universe Through Solid Rock
Friday, September 11, 2020 . Skokie Valley Astronomers . Online via Zoom

Radio Astronomy at the MIT Haystack Observatory
Friday, April 10, 2020 . Skokie Valley Astronomers . Online via Zoom

NIAC: NASA's Exciting Innovation Funding Program
Friday, November 8, 2019 . Skokie Valley Astronomers . Ryerson Welcome Center

'Oumuamua: Natural Object or Alien Probe?
Saturday, October 26, 2019 . Cook Park Library, Libertyville

The Machines of Spaceflight: Now versus the Future
Thursday, August 29, 2019 . Geneva Lakes Astrophysics and STEAM . Riviera Ballroom, Lake Geneva, WI

The Machines of Spaceflight: Apollo versus Now
Thursday, July 25, 2019 . Geneva Lakes Astrophysics and STEAM . Riviera Ballroom, Lake Geneva, WI

'Oumuamua: Natural Object or Alien Probe?
Saturday, May 11, 2019 . Astronomy Day, Northwest Suburban Astronomers . Harper College

'Oumuamua: Natural Object or Alien Probe?
Friday, February 8, 2019 . Skokie Valley Astronomers . Ryerson Welcome Center

Are We Prepared For the Next Carrington Event?
Friday, September 14, 2018 . Skokie Valley Astronomers . Ryerson Welcome Center

Curious Exoplanet Scientists Want To Know: Is There Life on Earth?
Saturday, April 21, 2018 . Astronomy Day, Northwest Suburban Astronomers . Harper College

Curious Exoplanet Scientists Want To Know: Is There Life on Earth?
Friday, November 10, 2017 . Skokie Valley Astronomers . Ryerson Welcome Center

The Antikythera Mechanism
Saturday, April 29, 2017 . Astronomy Day, Northwest Suburban Astronomers . Harper College

How We're Preparing for the 2017 Eclipse
Friday, December 9, 2016 . Skokie Valley Astronomers . Ryerson Welcome Center

Einstein Destroys Vulcan!
Friday, July 8, 2016 . Skokie Valley Astronomers . Ryerson Welcome Center

Einstein Destroys Vulcan!
Saturday, May 14, 2016 . Astronomy Day, Northwest Suburban Astronomers . Harper College

New Research on the Solar Cycle
Friday, November 13, 2015 . Skokie Valley Astronomers . Ryerson Welcome Center

The Machines of ALMA
Saturday, April 25, 2015 . Astronomy Day, Northwest Suburban Astronomers . Harper College

Citizen Science: Finding Pulsars via BOINC
Friday, March 13, 2015 . Skokie Valley Astronomers . Ryerson Welcome Center

Optical Illusions and the Moon Illusion
Saturday, May 10, 2014 . Astronomy Day, Northwest Suburban Astronomers . Harper College

The Machines of ALMA
Friday, March 14, 2014 . Skokie Valley Astronomers . Ryerson Welcome Center

Optical Illusions and the Moon Illusion
Friday, September 13, 2013 . Skokie Valley Astronomers . Ryerson Welcome Center

Optical Illusions and the Moon Illusion
Saturday, April 20, 2013 . Astronomy Day, Northwest Suburban Astronomers . Harper College

Radioactive Decay and Solar Flares
Friday, February 8, 2013 . Skokie Valley Astronomers . Ryerson Welcome Center

Don't Miss the last Venus Transit of Your Lifetime!
Friday, May 11, 2012 . Skokie Valley Astronomers . Ryerson Welcome Center

How To Find the Planets in the Night Sky
Saturday, April 28, 2012 . Astronomy Day, Northwest Suburban Astronomers . Harper College

The Antikythera Mechanism
Friday, September 9, 2011 . Skokie Valley Astronomers . Ryerson Welcome Center

How To Find the Planets in the Night Sky
Saturday, May 7, 2011 . Astronomy Day, Northwest Suburban Astronomers . Harper College

Artificial Gravity, in the lab, on Earth
Friday, September 10, 2010 . Skokie Valley Astronomers . Ryerson Welcome Center

How To Find the Planets in the Night Sky
Saturday, April 24, 2010 . Astronomy Day, Northwest Suburban Astronomers . Harper College

The Pioneer Anomaly
Friday, April 9, 2010 . Skokie Valley Astronomers . Ryerson Welcome Center

Relativity and the 1919 Solar Eclipse
Friday, August 14, 2009 . Skokie Valley Astronomers . Ryerson Welcome Center

How To Find the Planets in the Night Sky
Saturday, May 2, 2009 . Astronomy Day, Northwest Suburban Astronomers . Harper College

Spinoffs From the Space Program
Friday, October 10, 2008 . Skokie Valley Astronomers . Ryerson Welcome Center

Update on Apophis
Friday, August 8, 2008 . Skokie Valley Astronomers . Ryerson Welcome Center

How To Find the Planets in the Night Sky
Saturday, May 10, 2008 . Astronomy Day, Northwest Suburban Astronomers . Harper College

My Top Ten 2006 “Astronomy Picture of the Day”
Friday, June 8, 2007 . Skokie Valley Astronomers . Ryerson Welcome Center

How To Find the Planets in the Night Sky
Saturday, April 21, 2007 . Astronomy Day, Northwest Suburban Astronomers . Harper College

Tag an Asteroid (99942 Apophis)
Friday, April 13, 2007 . Skokie Valley Astronomers . Ryerson Welcome Center

How To Find the Planets in the Night Sky
Saturday, May 6, 2006 . Astronomy Day, Northwest Suburban Astronomers . Harper College

Astro-Tourism: A Meridian Line in a Church in Rome (with Frances Dellutri)
Friday, August 12, 2005 . Skokie Valley Astronomers . Ryerson Brushwood

Using Celestial Coordinates
Friday, Septembr 10, 2004 . Skokie Valley Astronomers . Ryerson Brushwood

Venus Crosses the Sun!
Friday, April 9, 2004 . Skokie Valley Astronomers . Ryerson Brushwood

A Hypernova in Leo
Friday, August 8, 2003 . Skokie Valley Astronomers . Ryerson Brushwood

How To Find the Planets in the Night Sky
Saturday, May 6, 2003 . Astronomy Day, Northwest Suburban Astronomers . Harper College

Updating Kepler's Dream: Observing the Earth FROM the Moon
Friday, August 9, 2002 . Skokie Valley Astronomers . Ryerson Brushwood

Stargazing for Everyone: Learn the Zodiac (Ecliptic Constellations)!
Friday, April 12, 2002 . Skokie Valley Astronomers . Ryerson Brushwood

The Music of the Spheres (with Frances Dellutri)
Friday, May 11, 2001 . Skokie Valley Astronomers . Ryerson Brushwood

How To Find the Planets in the Night Sky
Saturday, May 5, 2001 . Astronomy Day, Northwest Suburban Astronomers . Harper College

Astronomy, 1900 & 2000
Friday, December 8, 2000 . Skokie Valley Astronomers . Ryerson Brushwood

Astronomy FROM the Moon
Friday, May 12, 2000 . Skokie Valley Astronomers . Ryerson Brushwood

Astro-Catastrophes and Ancient Civilizations
Friday, August 13, 1999 . Skokie Valley Astronomers . Ryerson Brushwood

Bad Science in a Good Movie: “Deep Impact”
Friday, March 12, 1999 . Skokie Valley Astronomers . Ryerson Brushwood

Optical Illusions and the Moon Illusion
Friday, August 8, 1997 . Skokie Valley Astronomers . Ryerson Brushwood

Black Holes
Friday, May 10, 1996 . Skokie Valley Astronomers . Ryerson Brushwood

Black Holes
Friday, May 12, 1995 . Skokie Valley Astronomers . Ryerson Brushwood

Color in the Cosmos
Friday, May 13, 1994 . Skokie Valley Astronomers . Ryerson Brushwood

Astronomy Information Online
Friday, March 11, 1994 . Skokie Valley Astronomers . Ryerson Brushwood

Computers in Astronomy Made Simple
Friday, April 9, 1993 . Skokie Valley Astronomers . Ryerson Brushwood

Observing the Face of the Moon
Friday, December 11, 1992 . Skokie Valley Astronomers . Ryerson Brushwood

The Aurora
Friday, September 11, 1992 . Skokie Valley Astronomers . Ryerson Brushwood

Mithraism, Astrology, and Precession
Friday, August 9, 1991 . Skokie Valley Astronomers . Ryerson Brushwood

Payback from the Space Program
Friday, February 8, 1991 . Skokie Valley Astronomers . Ryerson Brushwood

Pioneering the High Frontier
Friday, February 9, 1990 . Skokie Valley Astronomers . Ryerson Brushwood

Starships of Tomorrow
Friday, June 9, 1989 . Skokie Valley Astronomers . Ryerson Brushwood

Commercial Space Ventures
Friday, November 11, 1988 . Skokie Valley Astronomers . Ryerson Brushwood