Coming up in a couple of weeks. Check to see if your local library has a telescope! There are 4 libraries in Southern Illinois that have them: Carterville's Anne West Lindsey District Library, Anna's Stinon Memorial Public Library District, Murphysboro's Sallie Logan Public Library and Carbondale Public Library.

International Library Telescope Observing Week

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Club Observations
A time for members to work on their own projects, from lunar observing and asteroid occultations to the Messier Catalogue and Hickson galaxy groups.

Public Observations
A chance to do outreach and spread the word about astronomy, while showing the public the planets, the Moon, the Sun, double stars, galaxies, clusters, and nebulae.

Monthly meetings
Held at Pagliai’s Pizza in Carbondale, IL on the second Monday of each month, meetings are informal, informational, and inspiring. Members and guests present a variety of topics from the practical (cleaning a mirror) to the technical (quantum mechanics); from the historical to the folklore.