The 'Evening with the Stars' program gives the public a chance to experience Lick Observatory at night!

Activities include an astronomy talk by a "star" scientist, viewings through both the historic 36-inch Great Lick Refractor telescope and 40-inch Nickel Reflector telescope, a fascinating talk about Lick Observatory's rich history, after-hours gift shop access, light refreshments, and astronomy discussions with amateur astronomers using their own ground telescopes.

Lecture by:
Dr. Geoff Marcy, UCB
8:30 p.m., doors open at 7:30 p.m.

Geoff Marcy and his group have discovered hundreds of planets orbiting around other stars. He is a Member of the National Academy of Sciences, won the NASA Medal for Exceptional Scientific Achievement, was named Discovery Magazine's 2003 Space Scientist of the Year, was co-recipient of the Shaw Prize, and was a co-investigator on the NASA Kepler mission that discovered over 4000 planets, most being nearly the size of our Earth. He is now searching for intelligent life in the universe.