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The Skokie Valley Astronomers club was established by Gretchen Patti.
Our meetings usually start with a presentation on some aspect of astronomy, and then we move outside for viewing the sky if the weather permits. This tables below give a historical perspective on the presentations going back to July, 1988, in reverse order starting from the most recent.
| Date | Presentation | Speaker |
| August 13 | Galaxies in the Distant Universe: The First Generation of Stars |
Dr. Michael Gladders |
| July 9 | Dark Matter, Dark Energy | Gretchen Patti |
| June 11 | The Sun in STEREO | Dr. Therese Kucera |
| May 14 | Three Short Talks | Club Members |
| The Nebra Sky Disk | Barbara Feinberg | |
| Stonehenge | Penni Isaacson | |
| Observing Satellites | Andy Bulluck | |
| April 9 | The Pioneer Anomaly | Dale Dellutri |
| March 12 | Exoplanets: Worlds Beyond Our Solar System | Jim Kovac |
| February 12 | Finding Your Place in the Universe | Andrew Rivers |
| January 8 | The Skies of 2010 | Terry Witt |
| Date | Presentation | Speaker |
| December 11 | Astro-Game Night | Linda & Barbara Feinberg |
| November 13 | Astro-Equipment Show & Tell | Membership |
| October 9 | Art and the Exploration of Space | Jim Plaxco |
| September 11 | Lunar Impact! | Michelle Nichols |
| August 14 | Relativity and the 1919 Solar Eclipse | Dale Dellutri |
| July 10 | Rocket Boys | Bob Kaplow |
| June 12 | How Far Is That Star? | Gretchen Patti |
| May 8 | Jim Lovell: Our Neighborhood Astronaut | Susan Kelsey |
| Black Holes | Ariel Stoltz | |
| Nine Hundred Nebulae | Joe Ulowetz | |
| April 10 | Hands-On Astronomy with Your Kids | Carmen Maso |
| March 13 | Bending Light: Gravitational Lensing by the Largest Structures in the Universe | Mike Gladders |
| February 13 | Micro/Nano Satellites | Bob Patti |
| January 11 | The Skies of 2009 | Terry Witt |
| Date | Presentation | Speaker |
| December 12 | Astro Fun and Games | The Membership |
| November 14 | Astronomy Equipment Show and Tell | The Membership |
| October 10 | Spinoffs From the Space Program | Dale Dellutri |
| September 12 | An Unusual Observatory in Jaipur | Stacy Greenhill |
| August 8 | Update on Apophis | Dale Dellutri |
| July 11 | Summer Skies | Terry Witt |
| June 13 | Cassini-Huygens at Saturn | Jim Kovac John Vittallo |
| May 9 | Interplanetary Travel Designs by Middle-School Students | Frances Dellutri |
| Finding Asteroids | Joe Ulowetz | |
| International Dark Sky Association | Penni Isaacson | |
| April 11 | Catching Neutrinos | Gretchen Patti |
| March 14 | Even Sharper Than Hubble | Michael Smutko |
| February 8 | The Outer Planets | Jim Kovac |
| January 11 | The Skies of 2008 | Terry Witt |
| Date | Presentation | Speaker |
| December 14 | Mars Returns! | Joe Ulowetz |
| November 9 | Astronomy Equipment Show and Tell | The Membership |
| October 12 | The Most Beautiful Experiment: An Introduction to the Quantum World | Prof. Andrew Rivers |
| September 14 | The Dawn Mission to Vesta and Ceres | Mark Schneider |
| August 10 | Black Holes — An Update | Gretchen Patti |
| July 13 | High School Students Study Quasars With Online Tools | Michelle Nichols |
| June 8 | My Top Ten 2006 "Astronomy Picture of the Day" | Dale Dellutri |
| May 11 | Images From Hubble | Linda & Barbara Feinberg |
| Hunting For an Asteroid | Joe Ulowetz | |
| "Glassy" Galaxies | John Richard | |
| April 13 | Tag an Asteroid (99942 Apophis)! | Dale Dellutri |
| March 9 | Native American Astronomy | William R. Iseminger |
| February 9 | Planets of the Inner Solar System | Jim Kovac |
| January 12 | The Skies of 2007 | Terry Witt |
| Date | Presentation | Speaker |
| December 8 | Astro-Bingo | Linda & Barbara Feinberg |
| November 10 | Astronomy Equipment Show and Tell | The Membership |
| October 13 | Astro Imaging: Results From the NEIAC Forum | Joe Ulowetz |
| September 8 | A Universe in Images | Jim Kovac |
| August 11 | Deep Impact Update | Mark Schneider |
| July 14 | A Report on the NCRAL Convention: 60 Years of Midwest Astronomy | Christine & Mike Welsh |
| June 9 | The Summer Skies of 2006 | Terry Witt |
| May 12 | The Maunder Minimum | Linda Feinberg |
| The Moon Tonight — The Terminator | Joe Fell | |
| Ten Titillating Times in Astrohistory, Presented in Ten Minutes | Frances & Dale Dellutri | |
| April 14 | How Far Is That Star? | Gretchen Patti |
| March 10 | Deep Imapct at Tempel I | Mark Schneider |
| February 10 | Space Rocks! | Prof. Paul Sipiera |
| January 13 | The Skies of 2006 | Terry Witt |
| Date | Presentation | Speaker |
| December 9 | Astro-Bingo | Barbara & Linda Feinberg |
| Astro-Wheel of Fortune | Frances & Dale Dellutri | |
| November 11 | Astronomy Equipment Show and Tell | The Membership |
| October 14 | Autumn Star Stories | Christine Welsh |
| September 9 | The Unknown Einstein | Prof. Andrew Rivers |
| August 12 | Astro-Tourism: A Meridian Line in a Church in Rome | Frances & Dale Dellutri |
| July 8 | Decoding the Rainbow: What We Learn from Star Colors | Gretchen Patti |
| June 10 | Saturn: An Update on the Cassini-Huygens Mission | John Vittallo Jim Kovac |
| May 13 | From Zero to Infinity: The Universe in Book Form | Kimme Black |
| Celestron C11 Advanced GOTO — A Learning Curve | George Gasper | |
| Craters on the Terminator | Joe Fell | |
| April 8 | The Galaxies in Our Neighborhood | Dr. Monica Valluri |
| March 11 | Mars As Art | Jim Plaxco |
| February 11 | A Report on AstroCon 2004 | Joe Ulowetz |
| January 14 | Jantar Mantar: A Unique Archaeoastronomy Site in India | Dave Kahn |
| Date | Presentation | Speaker |
| December 10 | Astronomy Equipment Show and Tell | The Membership |
| November 12 | The Sun From Space | Dr. Terry Kucera |
| October 8 | Black Holes | Gretchen Patti |
| September 10 | Using Celestial Coordinates | Dale Dellutri |
| August 13 | Astronomy in Art | Frances Dellutri |
| July 9 | Is the Universe Infinite? | Kimme Black |
| Photography Through the Telescope | George Gasper | |
| Making the Most of Your Observing Session | Christine Welsh | |
| June 11 | NASA's Cassini Mission | John Vittallo |
| May 14 | Chasing a Total Solar Eclipse | Alvin Miller |
| Astro-Bingo | Barbara & Linda Feinberg | |
| April 9 | Venus Crosses the Sun! | Dale Dellutri |
| March 12 | Eye on the Solar System | Michelle Nichols |
| February 13 | Arecibo Radio Observatory | Teri Fischer |
| January 9 | The Skies of 2004 | Christine Canelos |
| Date | Presentation | Speaker |
| December 12 | Astro-Tourism: McDonald Observatory | Steve Maruszewski |
| Chasing the Leonids | Joe Shuster | |
| Archaeo-Astronomy at Cahokia Mounds | Christine Canelos | |
| Astro-Bingo | Barbara & Linda Feinberg | |
| November 14 | Astronomy Equipment Show and Tell | The Membership |
| October 10 | An Introduction to Cold Weather Observing | Gretchen Patti |
| September 12 | Swift: Catching Gamma Ray Bursts on the Fly | Rob Sparks |
| August 8 | A Hypernova in Leo | Dale Dellutri |
| July 11 | News Notes from the Cosmos | (various speakers) |
| June 13 | A Colorful Look at the Red Planet: Mars from Viking to Now | Paul Gunty |
| May 9 | Current Space Exploration | Larry Boyle |
| April 11 | The Elusive Neutrino | Gretchen Patti |
| March 14 | What's the Matter With Space? Dark Matter, Dark Energy and the Shape of Space |
Prof. Andrew Rivers |
| February 14 | Space: Living Where the Sky's Always Black | Kevin Caruso |
| January 10 | The Skies of 2003 | Terry Witt |
| Date | Presentation | Speaker |
| December 13 | Astrophoto Extravaganza! | The Membership |
| November 8 | Astronomy Equipment Show and Tell | The Membership |
| October 11 | Space Science Education in Illinois Schools | Frances Dellutri |
| Astro-Tourism | Stephen Maruszewski | |
| Neutrino Science Update | Gretchen Patti | |
| September 13 | Yerkes: The Inside Story | Greg Buchwald |
| August 9 | Updating Kepler's Dream: Observing the Earth FROM the Moon | Dale Dellutri |
| July 12 | Recreating the Universe 3,000,000 Times Per Second | Don Lincoln |
| June 14 | Splendors of the Summer Skies | Terry Witt |
| May 10 | Galileo: The Little Spacecraft that Could | Paul Gunty |
| April 12 | Stargazing for Everyone: Learn the Zodiac (Ecliptic Constellations)! | Dale Dellutri |
| March 8 | Latest Developments in the Space Program | Larry Boyle |
| February 8 | Using the "Heavens Above" Web Site | Christine Canelos |
| Multiverse Theory through the Pages | Aaron Morris | |
| "Deep Space Explorer" Computer Program | Scott Oliver | |
| Gravity | Andrew Swenton | |
| January 12 | The Skies of 2002 | Terry Witt |
| Date | Presentation | Speaker |
| December 14 | Black Holes — New Light on a Dark Subject | Gretchen Patti |
| November 9 | Telescope Making | Dan Joyce |
| October 12 | Gravity and Light | Josef Tsau |
| September 14 | Astrophotography | Datu Ramel |
| August 10 | The Search for Origins: Probing the Earliest Stages of Star Formation | Dr. Wolf-Chase |
| July 13 | Star-Gazing Through Your Computer Screen | Scott Oliver |
| June 8 | A Taste of Telescope Making | George Gasper |
| Recent Deep-Space Science Fiction | Aaron Morris | |
| Micro-Quasars | Gretchen Patti | |
| A Remarkable Astronomy Text | Emily Fardoux | |
| May 11 | The Music of the Spheres | Frances & Dale Dellutri |
| April 13 | Antarctica 2000: Search for Meteorites and Microbes | Prof. Paul Sipiera |
| March 9 | Recent Developments in Space Exploration | Larry Boyle |
| February 9 | Favorite Sky Photos | Terry Witt |
| January 12 | The Skies of 2001: A Space Odyssey | Terry Witt |
| Date | Presentation | Speaker |
| December 8 | Astronomy, 1900 & 2000 | Frances & Dale Dellutri |
| November 10 | Astronomy Equipment Show and Tell | The Membership |
| October 13 | Astronomical League Observing Programs | Christine Canelos |
| Winter Observing in (Relative) Comfort | Mike Welsh | |
| Little-Known Constellations | Emily Fardoux | |
| September 8 | To Mars! The New Frontier | Matt Lowry |
| August 11 | Cosmo-Chemistry and the Origins of Life | Prof. Cliff Matthews |
| July 14 | Hidden Galaxies | Prof. Andrew Rivers |
| June 9 | ?? | ?? |
| May 12 | Astronomy FROM the Moon | Dale Dellutri |
| April 14 | Recent Happenings in Space Exploration | Larry Boyle |
| March 10 | Buying Your First Telescope | Bob Price |
| Edward Barnard, Super Amateur | David Underwood | |
| ?? | Bobby Strauss | |
| ?? | Gail Anderson | |
| February 11 | Cosmic Distances | Gretchen Patti |
| January 14 | The Skies of 2000 | Terry Witt |
| Date | Presentation | Speaker |
| December 10 | Astronomy Equipment Show and Tell | The Membership |
| November 12 | Hands-On Spectroscopy | Len Kazmer |
| October 8 | Fall Skies | Terry Witt |
| September 10 | The Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence: SETI | Larry Boyle |
| August 13 | Astro-Catastrophes and Ancient Civilizations | Dale Dellutri |
| July 9 | Summer Skies and Constellations | Christine Garcia |
| June 11 | Thirty Years After Apollo | Terry Witt |
| May 14 | The Iridium Satellite System | Chuck Binzel |
| No Speeding Tickets Up Here | Ken Black | |
| Recreational Space Travel for You and Me | Frances Dellutri | |
| How to Be an Astronaut | Chris Fardoux | |
| April 9 | Recent Developments in Space Exporation | Larry Boyle |
| March 12 | Bad Science in a Good Movie: "Deep Impact" | Dale Dellutri |
| February 12 | Spectroscopy | Gretchen Patti |
| January 8 | The Skies of 1999 | Terry Witt |
| Date | Presentation | Speaker |
| December 11 | Astronomy Equipment Show and Tell | The Membership |
| November 13 | Astrophotography and Astrofest | Jeff Copland |
| October 9 | Making a Mirror for a Telescope | Ed Neuzil |
| September 11 | The Fall Skies and the Leonid Meteor Showers | Terry Witt |
| August 14 | Black Holes | Gretchen Patti |
| July 10 | Archaeoastronomy | Jack Kramer |
| June 12 | The Constellations | Christine Garcia |
| May 8 | Arecibo | Ken Black |
| Oh, My Aching Back (in space)! | Frances Dellutri | |
| A Model of the Solar System | Emily Fardoux | |
| How to Find a Comet | Jack Miller | |
| April 10 | Hits and Near Misses | Ray Tamasauskas |
| March 13 | 1997: The Year in Aerospace | Larry Boyle |
| February 13 | Basic Astrophotography | Jeff Copland Ed Neuzil |
| January 9 | The Skies of 1998 | Terry Witt |
| Date | Presentation | Speaker |
| December 12 | Astronomy Equipment Show and Tell | The Membership |
| November 14 | Space Chemistry | Mike Savina |
| October 10 | Meteorites | Prof. Paul Sipiera |
| September 12 | The Constellations | Christine Garcia |
| August 8 | Optical Illusions and the Moon Illusion | Dale Dellutri |
| July 11 | Exploring the Summer Skies | Terry Witt |
| June 13 | What Has NASA Done for You Lately? | Gretchen Patti |
| May 9 | The Moon | Christine Garcia |
| Asteroids | Elizabeth Tremulis | |
| Life on a Rock | Ken Black | |
| Constellations | Emily Fardoux | |
| April 11 | Recent Developments in Space Exporation | Larry Boyle |
| March 14 | Comets | Jeff Copland Ed Neuzil Terry Witt |
| February 14 | Mars and the Search for ET | Ray Tamasauskas |
| January 10 | Astrophotography | Jeff Copland Ed Neuzil Terry Witt |
| Date | Presentation | Speaker |
| December 13 | The Skies of 1997 | Terry Witt |
| November 8 | Astronomy Equipment Show and Tell | The Membership |
| October 11 | A Guide to Telescopes | Ed Neuzil |
| September 13 | The Autumn Skies | Terry Witt |
| August 9 | Astronomy Book Fair | The Membership |
| July 12 | The Quest for Dark Skies | Jeff Copland |
| June 14 | Alien Planets | Gretchen Patti |
| May 10 | Black Holes | Dale Dellutri |
| April 12 | Updates on the Universe | (various speakers) |
| March 8 | Astronomy Books | Fred Tadrowski |
| February 9 | The Past Year in Space | Larry Boyle |
| January 12 | The Skies of 1996 | Terry Witt |
| Date | Presentation | Speaker |
| December 8 | Updates on the Universe | (various speakers) |
| November 10 | Astronomy Equipment Show and Tell | The Membership |
| October 13 | Star Stories and the Fall Skies | Terry Witt |
| September 8 | Astronomy of the Ancients | Ray Tamasauskas |
| August 11 | Astrophotography | Jeff Copland |
| July 14 | Binocular Astronomy | Cindy Copland |
| June 9 | The Mysterious Universe | Gretchen Patti |
| May 12 | Black Holes | Dale Dellutri |
| April 14 | An Introduction to Relativity | Ivan Philips |
| March 10 | The Milky Way and Beyond | Jeff Copland |
| February 10 | The Search for ET | Ray Tamasauskas |
| January 13 | The Skies of 1995 | Terry Witt |
| Date | Presentation | Speaker |
| December 12 | News Notes from the Cosmos | (various speakers) |
| November 11 | Astronomy Equipment Show and Tell | The Membership |
| October 10 | Solar Astronomy | Ed Neuzil |
| September 9 | Spectroscopy: Unlocking the Secrets of the Sky | Gretchen Patti |
| August 12 | Persied Meteors | ?? |
| July 8 | Target: Jupiter | Terry Witt |
| June 10 | Star Stories and the Summer Sky | Terry Witt |
| May 13 | Color in the Cosmos | Dale Dellutri |
| April 8 | Star Names | Jeff Copland |
| March 11 | Astronomy Information Online | Dale Dellutri |
| February 11 | Astronomy Grab Bag: Short Talks | Dave Kahn Rita Krause Matt Horbal Gretchen Trinklein |
| January 14 | The Skies of 1994 | Terry Witt |
| Date | Presentation | Speaker |
| December 10 | New Views of the Cosmos: Photography/CCD | RK |
| November 12 | Astronomy Equipment Show and Tell | The Membership |
| October 8 | Building Your Own Telescope | Ed Neuzil |
| September 10 | Astronomy Slide Show | Terry Witt |
| August 13 | A Visit to Stonehenge | Ray Tamasauskas Jeff Copland |
| July 9 | The Perseids, Comet Swift-Tuttle and Extraterrestrial Impacts | Terry Witt |
| June 11 | A Consumer's Guide to Telescopes | Ed Neuzil |
| May 14 | Astronomy Equipment Show and Tell | The Membership |
| April 9 | Computers in Astronomy Made Simple | Dale Dellutri |
| March 12 | Venus and Mars Close Up | Terry Witt |
| February 12 | Payback from your Space Dollar | Gretchen George |
| January 8 | The Skies of 1993 | Terry Witt |
| Date | Presentation | Speaker |
| December 11 | Observing the Face of the Moon | Dale Dellutri |
| November 13 | Ancient Astronomers to Copernicus: Views of the World | Ray Tamasauskas |
| October 9 | The Big Bang and the Expansion of the Universe | Ed Neuzil |
| September 11 | The Aurora | Dale Dellutri |
| August 14 | Deep Sky Observing from Light-Polluted Areas | Ed Neuzil |
| July 10 | The Gaia Hypothesis and Beyond | Michael Larkin |
| June 12 | Flying Mountains of the Solar System | Teri Fischer |
| May 8 | The Gamma Ray Observatory | Dr. Mel Ulmer |
| April 10 | Update on the Hubble Space Telescope | Dave Kahn |
| March 13 | The First Planet Outside the Solar System | Terry Witt |
| February 14 | NASA Spinoffs | Gretchen George |
| January 10 | The Skies of 1992 | Terry Witt |
| Date | Presentation | Speaker |
| December 13 | Astrotrivia | Terry Witt, moderator |
| November 8 | Supernovas | Ed Neuzil |
| October 11 | Star Charts | The Membership |
| September 13 | Astronomy Equipment Show and Tell | The Membership |
| August 9 | Mithraism, Astrology and Precession | Dale Dellutri |
| July 12 | Open House and Star Party | The Membership |
| June 14 | Star Stories and the Summer Skies | Terry Witt |
| May 10 | The Biosphere II Project | Rita Krause |
| April 12 | Telescope and Eyepiece Design | Ed Neuzil |
| March 8 | The Galileo Flyby | Grtetchen George |
| February 8 | Payback from the Space Program | Dale Dellutri |
| January 11 | (snowed out) | |
| Date | Presentation | Speaker |
| December 14 | A Look at Planet Earth | Mary Lou Lageman |
| November 9 | Eclipse Stories | Terry Witt |
| October 12 | Star Colors | Gretchen George |
| September 14 | Cosmic Scale | Ray Tamasauskas |
| August 10 | An Update on the Space Station | Jane Johnston |
| July 13 | The Hubble Space Telescope | Dave Kahn |
| June 8 | Preview of the Summer Sky | Terry Witt |
| May 11 | Astrophotography | Ed Neuzil |
| April 13 | Black Holes | Gretchen George |
| March 9 | Voyage Through the Milky Way | Terry Witt |
| February 9 | Pioneering the High Frontier | Dale Dellutri |
| January 12 | Astronomy Equipment Show and Tell | The Membership |
| Date | Presentation | Speaker |
| December 8 | Preview of the 1990 Skies | Terry Witt |
| November 10 | Voyager Encounters Neptune | Gretchen George |
| October 12 | Space Camp | Jane Johnston |
| September 8 | The Evolution of Stars | Ed Neuzil |
| August 11 | Visitors from Outer Space — Meteors and Meteorites | Terry Witt |
| July 14 | Mars Exploration | Rita Krause |
| June 9 | Starships of Tomorrow | Dale Dellutri |
| May 12 | Viewing the Summer Sky | Terry Witt |
| April 14 | Space Shuttle Update | Jane Johnston |
| March 10 | The Big Bang and the Expansion of the Universe | Ed Neuzil |
| February 10 | Space Power Satellites | Rob Greene |
| January 13 | Preview of the Voyage Neptune Flyby | Gretchen George |
| Date | Presentation | Speaker |
| December 9 | Preview of the Winter Skies | Terry Witt |
| November 11 | Commercial Space Ventures | Dale Dellutri |
| October 14 | Astrotrivia | Terry Witt, moderator |
| September 9 | The Greenhouse Effect | Terry Witt |
| August 12 | Mars and Viewing | Ed Neuzil |
| July 8 | Terraforming Mars | Gretchen George |