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Our Current Club Events Calendar

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Riverwalk Public Observing @ 8:00 pm

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Members Only Dark Sky Nite

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AEC Public Night (International Astronomy Day) @ 8:00 pm

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Executive Board Meeting

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Riverwalk Public Observing @ 8:30 pm

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Butterfield Park District Public Observing, 8:00 - 10:00 pm

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Riverwalk Solar Public Observing, 9:00 am - Noon

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Astronomy Fundamentals Program

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Members Only Nite, AEC @ 8:00 pm

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Members Only Dark Sky Nite

      Help! indicates an event which member volunteers are needed for; please sign up at a meeting, or click the Help to volunteer via e-mail. Green entries indicate events which are open to the public (come join us!) Purple entries are events for the public but they require contacting the club first - click on the given item to do so. Black entries are events for club members only. Click here to find out how to join the club.

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Our Next Monthly Meeting:

Date- Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Location- Naperville Municipal Center, downstairs meeting rooms B & C (see Map page for directions)
Time- 7:30P.M.
Program- In Search of Our Universe's Missing Mass & Energy
Presenter- Dr. Dan Hooper

The twentieth century was astonishing in all regards, shaking the foundations of practically every aspect of human life and thought, physics not least of all. Beginning with the publication of Albert Einstein's theory of relativity up until the physics of the modern, much of what physicists have learned suggests that a huge amount of our Universe is unseen -- that we live in a dark cosmos. In fact what we can see -- a book, a cat, or our planet -- makes up only 5% of the Universe. The rest is totally invisible to us; its presence discernible only by the weak effects it has on visible matter around it. This invisible stuff comes in two varieties -- dark matter and dark energy. One holds the Universe together, while the other tears it apart. The make up of these forces has been a mystery but the latest discoveries of experimental physics have brought us closer to that knowledge.

Dan Hooper is a Fellow in the theoretical astrophysics group at Fermilab. His research investigates dark matter, supersymmetry, neutrinos, extra dimensions and cosmic rays. His first book, Dark Cosmos, was published by Smithsonian/HarperCollins in 2006.

 

Our Next Astronomy Fundamentals Program:

Date- Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Location- Astronomy Education Center (see Map page for directions)
Time- 7:30P.M.
Program- "Telescope Familiarization"
Presenter- Rick Betuker, N.A.A. Treasurer
 
The Tuesday May 20 Fundamentals meeting will be held the AEC. Members will be able to bring their telescopes to the AEC and get help using them.

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The next meeting of the NAA Executive Board will be:
Tuesday, May 13 at Culvers Restaurant, Rt. 59 at 75th St., Naperville/Aurora. Starting time 7:30pm; members are welcome to attend.


  		 

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