Here is a great shot of a rainbow that appeared right after a very intense storm passed through on Friday evening. The good thing is that the skies completely cleared up after the storm and gave us several hours of good viewing. Thanks to John Solodar for the picture.

Jim Hopkins was one of our speakers this year. He gave a very interesting talk on impact craters. Thanks to John Solodar for the picture.

SAS's own Matt Will gave a presentation on the A.L.P.O and the benifits of becoming a member

Nancy Atkinson gave another great presentation this year. Nancy is this regions NASA Ambassador. This years presentation was on "NASA Spinoffs"

SAS's own Tony Hopp hosted his annual "Astronomy Bowl" trivia game on Saturday Afternoon

Everyone is gathering round for the Saturday night raffle.

Some lucky raffle winner won this nice Hubble framed picture

The Kankakee Area Stargazers came out in force to this years IDSSP. Here is one of their scopes. It is a 16in dob.

Various scopes on the field

Various scopes on the field

SLAS Member Dave Shimek setting up a home made scope

Various scopes on the field

SAS Member Glenn Cunningham's new 12in Meade Lightbridge

Studying a sky chart for the night ahead