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Yerkes Observatory
Yerkes Observatory
Yerkes Observatory, site of the world's largest refracting telescope, was built by a group led by George Ellery Hale, at that time a young professor of astrophysics at the University of Chicago. It was dedicated in 1897, and many notable astronomers of the 20th century observed or worked at Yerkes including Edward Barnard, Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, Otto Struve, Edwin Hubble, Bengt Stromgren, Gerard Kuiper, William Morgan, Carl Sagan, and Nancy Grace Roman. It is now operated by the Yerkes Future Foundation and over the past four years has been restored to vibrancy.
Yerkes Observatory, site of the world's largest refracting telescope, was built by a group led by George Ellery Hale, at that time a young professor of astrophysics at the University of Chicago. It was dedicated in 1897, and many notable astronomers of the 20th century observed or worked at Yerkes including Edward Barnard, Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, Otto Struve, Edwin Hubble, Bengt Stromgren, Gerard Kuiper, William Morgan, Carl Sagan, and Nancy Grace Roman. It is now operated by the Yerkes Future Foundation and over the past four years has been restored to vibrancy.
Accommodations
Accommodations
All participants are responsible for making their own reservations. Booking early is highly recommended; rooms in southeast Wisconsin tend to get booked full in June.
Participants please fill out your travel, lodging, and transportation information using the Google form below.
Getting to Yerkes
Getting to Yerkes
There is no public transportation to Williams Bay, Wisconsin from the major airports in the region. Participants will need to rent vehicles, arrange carpools, or find a taxi/limo service from one of the three airports in the region.
There is a van Galder bus service from O'Hare/Milwaukee airports to Kenosha, WI which is 39 miles from Williams Bay. There is also bus service from O'Hare/Madison airports to Beloit, WI which is 30 miles from Willams Bay.
From Chicago O'Hare airport (74 miles/ 119 km)
From Madison (69 miles/111 km)
From Milwaukee (50 miles/81 km)
More information: See the Yerkes Observatory website
For participants who will be staying in Madison (after the Madison AAS meeting), we will be arranging carpooling to and from the workshop.
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