Mar 24, 2026 | MAS Happenings
Happenings this Week Review: Project Hail Mary Non-Spoiler Alert: This review will focus on random details that are not necessarily relevant to the main plot. As all serious film criticism should. MAS members attended a special preview screening of Project Hail Mary....
Mar 17, 2026 | MAS Happenings
Happenings this Week Happy Saint Patrick’s Day! It would be fun if we could turn the whole sky into shimmering green curtains to celebrate. But since none of us can control solar weather (alas), I’ll settle for filling this week’s intro with a few other GREEN THINGS...
Mar 10, 2026 | MAS Happenings
Happenings this Week Star parties kick off this week and we’re already off to a weird observing season. Copies of a flyer were found blowing around the grounds at CGO. It reads as follows: Dear UMUDF Members, Spring is a season of hope. Across our meadows and...
Mar 3, 2026 | MAS Happenings
We are just weeks away from the first star parties of the year. I’ve been sitting on my couch for months but I’m going to try—really try—to be ready by the weekend of March 13–14. Below is a quick regimen I put together for myself. I’m sharing it in case you’re in the...
Feb 24, 2026 | MAS Happenings
Do you—or someone you observe with—experience vivid memories of clear, mild observing nights during February in Minnesota? You may be suffering from Seasonal Observational Recall Distortion, or SORD. SORD affects amateur astronomers each winter, causing them to...
Feb 17, 2026 | MAS Happenings
If you’re a visual observer who sketches at the eyepiece, you already know the routine. Glasses fog. You swap near and far lenses. The Telrad dot jumps depending on which part of your progressive lenses you’re using. Paper gets soggy. Stars become pen blobs. And if...
