The Ventura County Astronomical Society will hold its monthly meeting at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 15 in the multipurpose room at Mesa Union School, 3901 Mesa School Road, Somis.

This month's speaker is Denis Svehkarev, executive board chair and co-founder of UkrAstro Foundation, an amateur astronomers society.

He will discuss amateur astronomy in Kharkov, Ukraine. Svechkarev is a teacher of chemistry and astronomy.

The meeting is free and open to the public.

For more information, email vcas1@aol.com or visit www.vcas.org.