Illinois Dark Skies Speaker List & Events
Thursday, September 13th - (Registration table open from 1 to 5pm)
| 1:00pm | Arrival Time | |
| 5:00pm | Dinner | |
Friday, September 14th - (Registration table open from 9am to 5pm )
| 8:00am | Breakfast | |
| 12 Noon | Lunch | |
| 1:00pm - 2:30pm | Free Time | |
| 2:30pm - 3:30pm | Presenation: John Martin | Topic: John Martin worked on the Hubble Space Telescope Eta Carinae Treasury Project before joining the University of Illinois Springfield faculty last fall. His research on Eta Carinae was featured in the cover article in the June 2007 issue of Astronomy magazine and he"ll be sharing that with us in his Friday afternoon talk |
| 5:00pm | Dinner | |
Saturday, September 15th - (Registration table open from 9am to 5pm)
| 8:00am | Breakfast | |
| 11am - 12 noon | Astronomy Bowl (Quiz and Trivia) | |
| 12 Noon 1:30pm | Lunch / Ice Cream Social / Swap Meet | |
| 12 Noon 2:00pm | Astrophotography Contest Judging | |
| 1:30pm - 3:00pm | Presenation: Jim Hopkins | Topic: Jim Hopkins is an Astronomy Professor at Joliet College will be talking about "What's New on Mars" with a timeline from 2004 to 2011 with the primary topic of the search for water. |
| 3:00pm - 4:00pm | Presenation: Bob Schmall | Topic: Bob Schmail is a NASA Ambassador and will be talking about the Deep Impact Mission. |
| 5:00pm | Dinner / Astrophoto winner/s, Attendance prizes | |
Sunday, September 16th
No Meals
No Speakers
