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• Nebula Nights

  • Start
    Fri, February 20, 2026
  •  
    6:00 PM
  • End
    Sat, February 21, 2026
  •  
    10:00 PM
  • Location
    Old Homestead Hotel and Distillery, 2840 Station Drive, Birdseye, IN 47513

  Nebula Nights at Old Homestead Hotel and Distilling is back! Book your room today at www.oldhomesteaddc.com. Nebula Nights participants will receive 10% off their stay. Call Old Homestead for more information at 812-685-2203

  Join Louisville Astronomical Society at Old Homestead Hotel and Distilling on both Friday February 20 & Saturday February 21 from 6:00 PM -10:00 PM to observe the Orion Nebula, Winter Milky Way, planets, distant galaxies, star clusters, and more! Dine at local restaurants and enjoy wine and beer tastings at the nearby Patoka Lake Winery and Patoka Lake Brewing! Old Homestead Distilling is now open! You won’t want to miss out on this fun weekend!

  Due to likely ground conditions this event will be on the patio beside Patoka Lake Winery unless otherwise stated.

  This is a weather dependent event. Changes will be communicated through hosting groups social media.

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• LAS General Membership Meeting

  • When
    Fri, February 20, 2026
  •  
    7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
  • Location
    PNC Achievement Center - The Parklands

  Join us for our monthly meeting at the PNC Achievement Center at the Parklands at 1411 Beckley Creek Pkwy, Louisville, KY 40245.  Non-members are welcome.

  Google Map Plus Code:  6G8F+W7 Louisville, Kentucky

  Our speaker will be our own Terra Clark.

  The title of her presentation is: An Overview of the Geology of the Red Planet, Mars

  From Terra: I will discuss the internal and external forces and processes that have shaped the development of Mars over geologic time.

  My bio: I'm retired and was a consulting geologist (energy resource exploration), most recently located in Cincinnati OH.I have a BS in Petroleum Geology and a PhD in Sedimentation and Stratigraphy.

  This meeting will be live-streamed.  Here is the YouTube link 

  https://youtube.com/live/WrdQW67A9Jw?feature=share

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• PALS at Monnik

  • When
    Wed, March 04, 2026
  •  
    7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  • Location
    Monnik Louisville, 1036 E Burnett Ave Louisville, KY, United States, Kentucky 40217

  A Universe of Earths

  Planet Earth has been a familiar concept for a mere fraction of recorded history. Until about the mid-1600s, most humans thought of Earth as immobile, likely either dim or simply invisible from the Moon or anywhere else in the heavens, and not (like the planets) participating in what Galileo called "the dance of the stars." But almost as soon as humans started to grasp that Earth is a planet, many also began wondering if perhaps the other planets might be earths. This bold conjecture ignited the whole gripping history and literature of space travel, of extraterrestrials, of other worlds.

  And yet the thesis that the Universe is full of other worlds like Earth has from the start been fuelled more by imagination than by scientific evidence. For all its appeal, it has consistently been undermined by observations of the actual Universe. This talk will be based on material in the new book from Oxford University Press, A Universe of Earths: Our Planet and Other Worlds, from Copernicus to NASA by Dennis Danielson and Christopher M. Graney, and on their related cover article in the March 2026 issue of Sky & Telescope magazine.

  
  

  Presenter: C.M. Graney, Vatican Observatory

  
  

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• Public Night at Curby

  • When
    Sat, March 21, 2026
  •  
    7:00 PM - 11:59 PM
  • Location
    Curby

  We welcome the Public to join us at the James G. Baker Center for Astronomy  in Curby, Indiana, one hour away from Louisville. Tonight the Waxing Crescent Moon will be 11% illuminated and 3 days old in this lunation for observing through our telescopes. Jupiter is high in the sky and be visible for observing.
  

  This event is weather dependent so conditions may cause cancellation.
  

  Map to Curby

  The LAS welcomes one and all at our Star Parties. If you have a scope and are having trouble figuring out how to use it, please feel free to bring it to our public Star Party.

  The LAS is an IRC §501(c)(3) tax exempt organization. Donations are welcome.

  May your scope and skies be clear at the same time. Hope to see you there.

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• PALS at Monnick

  • When
    Wed, April 01, 2026
  •  
    7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  • Location
    Monnik Louisville, 1036 E Burnett Ave Louisville, KY, United States, Kentucky 40217

  The Grand Canyon of the SKY

  
  

  Presenter: Alan Goldstein

  
  

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• Public Night at Curby

  • When
    Sat, April 25, 2026
  •  
    7:00 PM - 11:59 PM
  • Location
    Curby

  We welcome the Public to join us at the James G. Baker Center for Astronomy  in Curby, Indiana, one hour away from Louisville. Tonight the Waxing Gibbous Moon will be 70% illuminated and 8.5 days old in this lunation for observing through our telescopes. Jupiter will be available for viewing.
  

  This event is weather dependent so conditions may cause cancellation. 
  

  Map to Curby

  The LAS welcomes one and all at our Star Parties. If you have a scope and are having trouble figuring out how to use it, please feel free to bring it to our public Star Party.

  The LAS is an IRC §501(c)(3) tax exempt organization. Donations are welcome.

  May your scope and skies be clear at the same time. Hope to see you there.

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• Public Night at Curby

  • When
    Sat, May 23, 2026
  •  
    8:00 PM - 11:59 PM
  • Location
    Curby

  We welcome the Public to join us at the James G. Baker Center for Astronomy  in Curby, Indiana, one hour away from Louisville. Tonight the First Quarter Moon will be 52% illuminated and 7.4 days old in this lunation for observing through our telescopes. Jupiter will also be visible for viewing tonight.
  

  This event is weather dependent so conditions may cause cancellation. 
  

  Map to Curby

  The LAS welcomes one and all at our Star Parties. If you have a scope and are having trouble figuring out how to use it, please feel free to bring it to our public Star Party.

  The LAS is an IRC §501(c)(3) tax exempt organization. Donations are welcome.

  May your scope and skies be clear at the same time. Hope to see you there.

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• Public Night at Curby

  • When
    Sat, June 20, 2026
  •  
    8:00 PM - 11:59 PM
  • Location
    Curby

  We welcome the Public to join us at the James G. Baker Center for Astronomy  in Curby, Indiana, one hour away from Louisville. Tonight the Waxing Crescent Moon will be 36% illuminated and 6 days old in this lunation for observing through our telescopes. We might catch a glimpse of Venus in the western sky tonight before it sets.
  

  This event is weather dependent so conditions may cause cancellation. 
  

  Map to Curby

  The LAS welcomes one and all at our Star Parties. If you have a scope and are having trouble figuring out how to use it, please feel free to bring it to our public Star Party.

  The LAS is an IRC §501(c)(3) tax exempt organization. Donations are welcome.

  May your scope and skies be clear at the same time. Hope to see you there.

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• Public Night at Curby

  • When
    Sat, July 18, 2026
  •  
    8:00 PM - 11:59 PM
  • Location
    Curby

  We welcome the Public to join us at the James G. Baker Center for Astronomy  in Curby, Indiana, one hour away from Louisville. Tonight the Waxing Crescent Moon will be 21% illuminated and 4.5 days old in this lunation for observing through our telescopes. Venus will also be visible low in the southwestern sky.
  

  This event is weather dependent so conditions may cause cancellation.
  

  Map to Curby

  The LAS welcomes one and all at our Star Parties. If you have a scope and are having trouble figuring out how to use it, please feel free to bring it to our public Star Party. LAS members are always invited to setup their telescopes for our Public Star Parties at Curby.
  

  The LAS is an IRC §501(c)(3) tax exempt organization. Donations are welcome.

  May your scope and skies be clear at the same time. Hope to see you there.

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• Public Night at Curby

  • When
    Sat, August 22, 2026
  •  
    7:30 PM - 11:59 PM
  • Location
    Curby

  We welcome the Public to join us at the James G. Baker Center for Astronomy  in Curby, Indiana, one hour away from Louisville. Tonight the Waxing Gibbous Moon will be 74% illuminated and 9.7 days old in this lunation for observing through our telescopes. We might catch a glimpse of Venus in the evening twilight before it sets this evening.

  This event is weather dependent so conditions may cause cancellation. 
  

  Map to Curby

  The LAS welcomes one and all at our Star Parties. If you have a scope and are having trouble figuring out how to use it, please feel free to bring it to our public Star Party.

  The LAS is an IRC §501(c)(3) tax exempt organization. Donations are welcome.

  May your scope and skies be clear at the same time. Hope to see you there.

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• Public Night at Curby

  • When
    Sat, September 19, 2026
  •  
    7:00 PM - 11:59 PM
  • Location
    Curby

  We welcome the Public to join us at the James G. Baker Center for Astronomy  in Curby, Indiana, one hour away from Louisville. Tonight the Waxing Gibbous Moon will be 58% illuminated and 8 days old in this lunation for observing through our telescopes. Saturn will also be available for observing later this evening.
  

  This event is weather dependent so conditions may cause cancellation. 
  

  Map to Curby

  The LAS welcomes one and all at our Star Parties. If you have a scope and are having trouble figuring out how to use it, please feel free to bring it to our public Star Party.

  The LAS is an IRC §501(c)(3) tax exempt organization. Donations are welcome.

  May your scope and skies be clear at the same time. Hope to see you there.

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• Public Night at Curby

  • When
    Sat, October 17, 2026
  •  
    6:00 PM - 11:59 PM
  • Location
    Curby

  We welcome the Public to join us at the James G. Baker Center for Astronomy  in Curby, Indiana, one hour away from Louisville. Tonight, the Waxing Crescent Moon will be 40% illuminated and 6.5 days old in this lunation for observing through our telescopes. Saturn will also be visible tonight.
  

  This event is weather dependent so conditions may cause cancellation. 
  

  Map to Curby

  The LAS welcomes one and all at our Star Parties. If you have a scope and are having trouble figuring out how to use it, please feel free to bring it to our public Star Party.

  The LAS is an IRC §501(c)(3) tax exempt organization. Donations are welcome.

  May your scope and skies be clear at the same time. Hope to see you there.

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• Public Night at Curby

  • When
    Sat, November 14, 2026
  •  
    5:00 PM - 11:59 PM
  • Location
    Curby

  We welcome the Public to join us at the James G. Baker Center for Astronomy  in Curby, Indiana, one hour away from Louisville. Tonight the Waxing Crescent Moon will be 25% illuminated and 5 days old in this lunation for observing through our telescopes. Saturn will also be visible for viewing tonight.

  This event is weather dependent so conditions may cause cancellation. 
  

  Map to Curby

  The LAS welcomes one and all at our Star Parties. If you have a scope and are having trouble figuring out how to use it, please feel free to bring it to our public Star Party.

  The LAS is an IRC §501(c)(3) tax exempt organization. Donations are welcome.

  May your scope and skies be clear at the same time. Hope to see you there.

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