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...
