BSIG January 2026 Presentation – Featuring Claire Weaverling
The MAS invites everyone to the virtual Beginner’s Group Presentation using ZOOM.
Featured Speaker: Claire Weaverling
Topic: Sky Sampler – Tasty Targets for New Observers
Synopsis: Seen the Ring Nebula and Hercules Cluster a few too many times? This session will sample about 20 beginner-friendly observing targets that are often overlooked or overshadowed. Every object on the list earned a “wow,” “amazing,” or “beautiful” in my observing notes when I was starting out.
Biography: Claire Weaverling is a member and current Secretary of the MAS. She has spent over a decade visually observing with Dobsonians, happily (and occasionally stubbornly) star-hopping her way to faint fuzzies.
This meeting will be held online using Zoom. If you would like to join us you will need use the following Zoom link.
Zoom URL: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89888620896?pwd=QrbSJ93l6p6KMzOCu8SBTM8Hwx73yF.1
Meeting ID: 898 8862 0896
Passcode: 780811
We will open up this link about 10 minutes before the event starts.
You can probably hear best with a headset but your computer’s speaker and microphone will also work.
Dial-in Phone Number
+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)
In order to ensure the most success we are asking everyone to follow a couple of rules:
1. Don’t turn on your camera – it sucks up bandwidth and we really don’t need to see you.
2. Keep your microphone muted until you are prompted during a question and answer session during the presentation. This will cut down background noise substantially.
3. You can request to ask a question in the chat area in Zoom and wait to be prompted by the moderator.
We hope you can join us.
Clear skies!
Suresh Sreenivasan
MAS Beginner’s Coordinator
