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• PALS at Monnik

  • When
    Wed, October 07, 2026
  •  
    7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  • Location
    Monnik Louisville, 1036 E Burnett Ave Louisville, KY, United States, Kentucky 40217

  PALS is the acronym for the Public Astronomy Lecture Series, hosted by the UofL dept. of Physics and Astronomy. 

  Monnik is a restaurant that offers the department use of its upstairs room for these lectures monthly. When you arrive go to the bar and grab a beer and order food. Tell the bartender that you're here for the lecture upstairs, and he/she will give you a number to display by your seat upstairs where the waiter will bring your food.

  This month: Ask a Scientist - Round Table Discussion

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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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• PALS at Monnik

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

  PALS is the acronym for the Public Astronomy Lecture Series, hosted by the UofL dept. of Physics and Astronomy. 

  Monnik is a restaurant that offers the department use of its upstairs room for these lectures monthly. When you arrive go to the bar and grab a beer and order food. Tell the bartender that you're here for the lecture upstairs, and he/she will give you a number to display by your seat upstairs where the waiter will bring your food.

  This Month: How Galaxies Make Stars? Not as Smooth as You Think.

  Shikha Pandey, University of Louisville

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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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• PALS at Monnik

  • When
    Wed, December 02, 2026
  •  
    7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  • Location
    Monnik Louisville, 1036 E Burnett Ave Louisville, KY, United States, Kentucky 40217

  PALS is the acronym for the Public Astronomy Lecture Series, hosted by the UofL dept. of Physics and Astronomy. 

  Monnik is a restaurant that offers the department use of its upstairs room for these lectures monthly. When you arrive go to the bar and grab a beer and order food. Tell the bartender that you're here for the lecture upstairs, and he/she will give you a number to display by your seat upstairs where the waiter will bring your food.

  This month: The First Astronomers - Observing the Skies in Ancient Times

  Lutz Haberzettl - University of Louisville

  
  

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• PALS at Monnik

  • When
    Wed, January 06, 2027
  •  
    7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  • Location
    Monnik Louisville, 1036 E Burnett Ave Louisville, KY, United States, Kentucky 40217

  PALS is the acronym for the Public Astronomy Lecture Series, hosted by the UofL dept. of Physics and Astronomy. 

  Monnik is a restaurant that offers the department use of its upstairs room for these lectures monthly. When you arrive go to the bar and grab a beer and order food. Tell the bartender that you're here for the lecture upstairs, and he/she will give you a number to display by your seat upstairs where the waiter will bring your food.

  This month: Chicken & Eggs, Bars and Gas: which comes first?

  Nate Sparrow, University of Louisville

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• PALS at Monnik

  • When
    Wed, February 03, 2027
  •  
    7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  • Location
    Monnik Louisville, 1036 E Burnett Ave Louisville, KY, United States, Kentucky 40217

  PALS is the acronym for the Public Astronomy Lecture Series, hosted by the UofL dept. of Physics and Astronomy. 

  Monnik is a restaurant that offers the department use of its upstairs room for these lectures monthly. When you arrive go to the bar and grab a beer and order food. Tell the bartender that you're here for the lecture upstairs, and he/she will give you a number to display by your seat upstairs where the waiter will bring your food.

  Topic to be announced

  Benne Holwerda - University of Louisville

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• PALS at Monnik

  • When
    Wed, March 03, 2027
  •  
    7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  • Location
    Monnik Louisville, 1036 E Burnett Ave Louisville, KY, United States, Kentucky 40217

  PALS is the acronym for the Public Astronomy Lecture Series, hosted by the UofL dept. of Physics and Astronomy. 

  Monnik is a restaurant that offers the department use of its upstairs room for these lectures monthly. When you arrive go to the bar and grab a beer and order food. Tell the bartender that you're here for the lecture upstairs, and he/she will give you a number to display by your seat upstairs where the waiter will bring your food.

  This month: Current Space News

  Gerard Williger - University of Louisville

  
  

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• PALS at Monnik

  • When
    Wed, April 07, 2027
  •  
    7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  • Location
    Monnik Louisville, 1036 E Burnett Ave Louisville, KY, United States, Kentucky 40217

  PALS is the acronym for the Public Astronomy Lecture Series, hosted by the UofL dept. of Physics and Astronomy. 

  Monnik is a restaurant that offers the department use of its upstairs room for these lectures monthly. When you arrive go to the bar and grab a beer and order food. Tell the bartender that you're here for the lecture upstairs, and he/she will give you a number to display by your seat upstairs where the waiter will bring your food.

  This month: Grimaldi Goofed: How the astronomer who discovered diffraction failed to realize that it applies to telescopes

  Chris Graney - Vatican Observatory

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