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MAS Happenings – April 22 2025

Happenings this Week - Fashion Edition! Astronomy Fashion Week has wrapped up and this Happenings correspondent was there to learn what's in and what's out on runways in Paris, London, and New Y....er...I mean...Western Texas, North Dakota, and the Panhandle of Oklahoma! Eclipse Shades and Welders Goggles were everywhere to be seen last year. Not so this...

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MAS Happenings – April 15 2025

Happenings this Week Now that the Pink Moon is out of our way... Which, by the way, you might have noticed, wasn't actually pink, but rather, was named after the PHLOX that might be coming up in your yard around this time of the year... We can turn our attention to the non-botanical but rather astronomical things going on this week including that galaxy...

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MAS Happenings – April 8 2025

Happenings this Week Dear Diary,These cloudy and cold winter months have left me spending too much time indoors on my couch, feeling down in the dumps. I'm starting to sense my Open Clusters project binder STARING AT ME OMINOUSLY from my coffee table. And whispering. Do binders have eyes? Is my binder SPEAKING? Or the star clusters are speaking to me?...

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One of the largest, most-active amateur astronomy organizations in the U.S., the Minnesota Astronomical Society is stronger than ever, with 650+ members, countless events, and five unique observing sites.

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