Whats up with the seven major planets this week, and what can be seen of them? Learn more in the video, and for star charts to find Uranus and Neptune, visit eyesonthesky Dave Fuller will give a 15-minute presentation at the opening of the upcoming Chicago Astronomical Society monthly CAS General Meeting on November 14 at 7PM at the Adler Planetarium (enter south door entrance). David Fuller, CAS member and host of the Eyes on the Sky videos will go over whats up in the night sky this month, sharing the coming months brightest stars and constellations that are visible in the evening sky. Additionally, objects easily seen through a telescope and or binoculars even through light polluted skies will be highlighted, along with upcoming celestial events to observe. CAS NOV2014 General Meeting keynote speaker: The Architecture of the Cosmos: building galaxies on invisible foundations Dr. Elise Jennings, University of Chicago Dark matter makes up approximately 26% of our Universe and outweighs normal, visible matter by a factor of roughly six to one. The matter we do observe- stars, gas and dust - makes up only 4% of the Universe. There are many lines of evidence for Dark Matter. Observations of the rotation of stars and gas in galaxies and of the motion of galaxies in clusters show that there must be more mass present then we actually observe in order to keep these structures together. Gravity is a binding attractive force that keeps everything together and it is the gravitational effects of Dark Matter that allow us to measure how much of it there is in the Universe. In this lecture we will explore the evidence for dark matter and review the many experiments which are trying to find this elusive particle. Elise Jennings is a joint Kavli and Simons foundation fellow at the University of Chicago, whose research focuses on large scale structure in our Universe such as clusters of galaxies, voids and filaments. Studying these elements of the Cosmic Web in detail allows us to probe the nature of dark energy and General Relativity. Please join us for what promises to be a very interesting presentation at the Adler Planetarium on November 14th at 7:00pm. Enter at the south entrance. To enter the Museum Campus, you must exit Lake Shore Drive at 18th street and follow the winding road around Soldier Field to the Planetarium. Street parking is available. Parking rates are $2.00 per hour, payable at the parking kiosks. The parking lot may also be open, but usually costs $16. Or use the CTA. Red, Green and Orange Rapid Transit Trains cross Roosevelt Road (12th Street.) Now only the #146 Bus goes to the Adler Planetarium. Instead of turning on Balbo, southbound #146 service will remain on State until Roosevelt and will then make a stop at the Red, Green and Orange line station before continuing on to the Museum Campus. This will replace service previously provided by #12 Roosevelt buses. Corinne Jembrzycki, Vice President / Program Chairperson
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