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MAS Happenings – April 28 2026
Happenings this Week “Chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp….” Open House at Goodsell Observatory at Carleton College Friday May 1st at 9:30pm Join us on Friday May 1st at 9:30pm at Goodsell Observatory on the campus of Carleton College in Northfield, MN. Goodsell Observatory hosts open houses the 1st Friday of every month (outside of summer). The MAS has attended a...
MAS Happenings – April 21 2026
Happenings this Week Call me superstitious but this week I’m playing an elaborate game of “opposites” with Mother Nature – i.e. saying the opposite of what I want to happen so that she’ll do the thing I pretended I didn’t want instead of the thing I said I wanted. It’s complicated. For example, I’m appending the words “are overrated” to my “clear skies”...
MAS Happenings – April 14 2026
Happenings this Week It’s Galaxy Season! This weekend, CGO hosts the annual Virgo Venture. Which reminds us that it’s that time of year when our night sky is angled away from the obscuring dust of our own Milky Way and we can see farther into deep space, including a better view of other galaxies. Here is an FAQ to guide you. Question: What if the Virgo...
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