Sep 23, 2025 | MAS Happenings
Happenings this Week Welcome to the Dark Side! And no, I don’t mean that Happenings readers have ALL become imagers. I mean the actual dark side of the year. The autumnal equinox was yesterday, and that means the Sun has finally gotten our collective memo to hightail...
Sep 16, 2025 | MAS Happenings
Happenings this Week I’ve been reading (and re-reading) The Expanse series—highly recommended if you like smart, gritty sci-fi. (The TV show holds up, too.) Since it was my birthday yesterday, I decided to calculate my age on various solar system worlds—ones the...
Sep 9, 2025 | MAS Happenings
Happenings this Week Another New Member Orientation is happening soon. For those of you reading this who are still on the fence, I present… The Top 10 Reasons to Join the MAS: 10. Your inner critic hasn’t shut up since you bought that telescope…still in...
Sep 2, 2025 | MAS Happenings
Happenings this Week A few nights ago, while tinkering with my new imaging setup, a file mysteriously appeared on my laptop. No email. No download. Just… there on my desktop. “Origin: Vega quadrant.” In defiance of every IT warning ever—phishing, smishing—I opened it....
Aug 26, 2025 | MAS Happenings
The much-anticipated Northern Nights Star Fest (NNSF) wrapped up yesterday… I think. I haven’t heard much since. Either everyone is still catching up on sleep—or they were eaten by a bear. Either way, if you were there and survived, we can’t wait to hear...
Aug 19, 2025 | MAS Happenings
Happenings this Week The much-anticipated Northern Nights Star Fest (NNSF) kicks off this week, and for those who can’t make it up North, Cherry Grove Observatory (CGO) is hosting a member star party on Friday night. To summon clear skies and banish Canadian wildfire...
Aug 12, 2025 | MAS Happenings
Happenings this Week I was scanning weather forecasts for the astronomy-adjacent hype that meteorologists love to sprinkle in —just in case I’m cornered at an upcoming get-together with non-astronomer friends. (You just know someone’s going to say “Did you see...
Aug 5, 2025 | MAS Happenings
Happenings this Week In last week’s Happenings, I may have compared astrophotography to the “dark arts” in Harry Potter. Well, this week…the imagers strike back. Not with displeased emails to the MAS secretary inbox. Not with revenge. But with...
Jul 29, 2025 | MAS Happenings
Happenings this Week The ELO Committee is keeping a tight lid on the celebrity lineup for this year’s Camping with the Stars. It’s not for lack of trying that this Happenings correspondent doesn’t (yet) have the inside scoop. With nothing but gut instinct to go on...
Jul 22, 2025 | MAS Happenings
Happenings this Week If you were a kid before 2006, you probably memorized the solar system with “My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nine Pizzas.” And then—suddenly—no more pizza. Just Nachos. Or Noodles? (Not nearly as satisfying.) Here is a short poll to gauge...
