• ELO Public Star Party – Featured Speaker: Tanya Melnik

    2025 ELO Public Star Party
    Eagle Lake Observatory 10775 County Road 33, Norwood Young America, MN, United States

    7:00 pm Speaker: Tanya Melnik Title: Aurora Chasing Summary: Northern lights, also known as aurora borealis, are a natural light display many of us had a chance to enjoy in the past couple of years or even earlier. It is one of the most recognized space weather phenomena created from the interaction of solar wind […]

  • 2025 Member LLCC Observing Weekend

    2025 Member LLCC Observing Weekend
    Long Lake Conservation Center 28952 438th Lane, Palisade, United States

    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 […]

  • CGO Member Star Party

    CGO Member Star Party
    Cherry Grove Observatory 8485 520th Street, Kenyon, MN, United States

    Member Star Party at Cherry Grove Observatory - Keyholder Training Join us at CGO for a Star Party!  Bring your telescope or use one on-site, including the Starmaster Dobsonian, LX-200, or other scopes! Not a Keyholder at CGO?  Keyholder training will be held during this star party. Star parties are cancelled if cloudy, so watch […]

  • 2025 ELO Public Star Party

    2025 ELO Public Star Party
    Eagle Lake Observatory 10775 County Road 33, Norwood Young America, MN, United States

    7:00 PM Featured Speaker: TBD Topic: TBD During a Public Star Party, we use our array of telescope platforms to show you the wonders of the night sky. Our primary goal during a star party is to view stars, star clusters, galaxies, nebula, planets and maybe a comet or two, all observable through our telescopes. […]

  • June MAS Monthly Meeting – Featured Speaker: Bob King

    2025 MAS Monthly Meeting
    MAS Hybrid Monthly Meeting at AŊPÉTU TÉČA Education Center 1910 County Road B West, Roseville, MN, United States

    The MAS will be hosting a hybrid in-person & ZOOM Monthly Meeting.  MAS meetings are free and open to the public. JOIN US! Featured Speaker: Bob King (Minnesota Astronomical Society) Topic: How to Get Ordinary People Interested in Astronomy? Meeting Location:AŊPÉTU TÉČA Education Center (formerly the Fairview Community Center)1910 County Road B WestRoseville, Minnesota 55113The […]

  • 2025 BSIG Observing Session

    2025 BSIG Observing Session
    Metcalf Field 795 Indian Trail S, Afton, MN, United States

    Are you new to MAS?  Do you have a new telescope, but need some help setting it up?  Join us for the Beginner's Special Interest Group's Observing Session.  This is a free event, and open to all who want to learn!   We hope you can make it! MAS Metcalf Observing Field There is no […]

  • ELO Public Star Party – Featured Speaker: Tim Carlson

    2025 ELO Public Star Party
    Eagle Lake Observatory 10775 County Road 33, Norwood Young America, MN, United States

    7:30 PM Featured Speaker: Tim Carlson Topic: Parker Solar Probe Summary: Parker Solar Probe has become humanity's first visit to a star, traveling through the Sun’s atmosphere, closer to the surface than any spacecraft before it, facing brutal heat and radiation conditions to provide humanity with the closest-ever observations of a star. During a Public […]

  • 2025 Member LLCC Observing Weekend

    2025 Member LLCC Observing Weekend
    Long Lake Conservation Center 28952 438th Lane, Palisade, United States

    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 […]

  • CGO Member Star Party

    CGO Member Star Party
    Cherry Grove Observatory 8485 520th Street, Kenyon, MN, United States

    Member Star Party at Cherry Grove Observatory - Keyholder Training Join us at CGO for a Star Party!  Bring your telescope or use one on-site, including the Starmaster Dobsonian, LX-200, or other scopes! Not a Keyholder at CGO?  Keyholder training will be held during this star party. Star parties are cancelled if cloudy, so watch […]

  • 2025 Member LLCC Observing Weekend

    2025 Member LLCC Observing Weekend
    Long Lake Conservation Center 28952 438th Lane, Palisade, United States

    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 […]

  • 2025 MAS Monthly Meeting – Feature Speaker: Cristina Andrade

    2025 MAS Monthly Meeting
    MAS Hybrid Monthly Meeting at AŊPÉTU TÉČA Education Center 1910 County Road B West, Roseville, MN, United States

    The MAS will be hosting a hybrid in-person & ZOOM Monthly Meeting.  MAS meetings are free and open to the public. JOIN US! Featured Speaker: Cristina Andrade (Minnesota Institute of Astrophysics) Topic: Kilonova Catcher (KNC) Meeting Location:AŊPÉTU TÉČA Education Center (formerly the Fairview Community Center)1910 County Road B WestRoseville, Minnesota 55113The hybrid meetings will be […]

  • 2025 ELO Public Star Party – Featured Speaker Laura Hammerbeck – CANCELLED

    2025 ELO Public Star Party
    Eagle Lake Observatory 10775 County Road 33, Norwood Young America, MN, United States

    DUE TO UNHEALTHY POOR AIR QUALITY, THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED 7:30 PM Featured Speaker: Laura Hammerbeck Topic: Should Pluto be a planet? Poor Pluto!  Demoted!  Why was Pluto denied its planet status?  What defines a planet anyway? NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassador Laura Hammerbeck takes a look at this hotly debated topic.  We’ll talk about […]