Public Star Party at the MAS Eagle Lake Observatory. This is a bonus Star Party in conjunction with Astronomy Day, the MAS 50th Anniversary celebration, and the International "Observe the Moon" night. The full-size Lunar Lander mock-up will be on display. The Eagle Lake Observatory consists of the Onan Observatory, the Sylvia A. Casby […]
Public Star Party at the MAS Eagle Lake Observatory. The Eagle Lake Observatory consists of the Onan Observatory, the Sylvia A. Casby Observatory and the HotSpot Classroom. Public nights at Eagle Lake are held about every other Saturday night from March till November. Annually, we also host all day events for Astronomy Day, Fall Astronomy […]
Observatory opens at 1:00 pm. We will have our Lunar Module mockup of the Apollo 11 landing site set up all day - as a 50 year anniversary for the last Apollo flight to the Moon - Apollo 17. 1:00 PM - Brief History of the MAS – Dave Falkner 2:15 PM - ELO History […]
Public Star Party at the MAS Eagle Lake Observatory. The Eagle Lake Observatory consists of the Onan Observatory, the Sylvia A. Casby Observatory and the HotSpot Classroom. Public nights at Eagle Lake are held about every other Saturday night from March till November. Annually, we also host all day events for Astronomy Day, Fall Astronomy […]
Public Star Party at the MAS Eagle Lake Observatory. The Eagle Lake Observatory consists of the Onan Observatory, the Sylvia A. Casby Observatory and the HotSpot Classroom. Public nights at Eagle Lake are held about every other Saturday night from March till November. Annually, we also host all day events for Astronomy Day, Fall Astronomy […]
CANCELLED BSIG Beginner's Special Interest Group Observing Session MAS Metcalf Observing Field Unfortunatelly the weather this weekend just is not cooperating, and we are CANCELLING the last BSIG observing session of the year. Please keep up with the calendar here for the upcoming winter BSIG presentations that will be scheduled. Suresh SreenivasanB-SIG/FB/Metcalf Comm
MAS Star Party Member Weekend Unlike other MAS star party sites, the nature of the relationship between the MAS and the LLCC requirements affects access by both members and the general public. Specifically: Other than the Northern Nights Star Fest, Events held at LLCC are not open to the public. Only MAS members and their […]
MAS Star Party Member Weekend Unlike other MAS star party sites, the nature of the relationship between the MAS and the LLCC requirements affects access by both members and the general public. Specifically: Other than the Northern Nights Star Fest, Events held at LLCC are not open to the public. Only MAS members and their […]
Public Star Party at the MAS Eagle Lake Observatory. The Eagle Lake Observatory consists of the Onan Observatory, the Sylvia A. Casby Observatory and the HotSpot Classroom. Public nights at Eagle Lake are held about every other Saturday night from March till November. Annually, we also host all day events for Astronomy Day, Fall Astronomy […]
The MAS will be hosting a hybrid in-person & ZOOM Monthly Meeting. Featured Speaker: Dr. Kenneth Carpenter NASA Hubble Space Telescope Scientist Dr. Kenneth Carpenter is currently the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) Operations Project Scientist and the Ground Systems Scientist for the Roman Space Telescope (RST) and is a member of the "Exoplanets and Stellar Astrophysics Laboratory" […]
The Minnesota Astronomical Society (MAS) host Public Star Parties approximately every other Saturday night, from March to November, at the Eagle Lake Observatory. Public star parties are open to all, you do not need to be a MAS member to attend. Typically there is no fee to attend a star party, however donations are greatly […]
Rebecca Messer and Steve Emert will be holding the MAS’ first post-pandemic, in-person MAS Member Orientation Meeting on Wednesday November 16. Any new (or old) members, or those considering joining the MAS are invited to meet us at 6:00 PM on Wednesday November 16 in the meeting room of the Westonka Public Library, located at […]
