MAS Happenings – August 26 2025

by Kris | 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 all about it!

Eagle Lake Observatory (ELO)
Public Star Party
Saturday, August 30
7:00 – 10:00 PM CT

ELO has an array of telescopes to show you the night sky including stars, star clusters, galaxies, nebula, planets, and other objects depending on what is up that night.

Also, this is an all-weather event. Even if cloudy, someone will be there to entertain you on our favorite topic – astronomy!

ELO Public Star Party Details

Announcing the New ELO Committee

With Doug Neverman and Jessie Palmer stepping down from the ELO Committee, Don Gazdik will be stepping in as the new Chair. The committee will also add two new members who are Razman Zambri and Mike Kibat. They are joining returning volunteers Doug Scheurich, Lilah Schurstein, Dave Sjogren, and Larry Cain to constitute the new ELO Committee. When you see any of these folks, please thank them for their service!

Become a MAS Presenter!

We would like to enhance our monthly meetings and encourage our members to share your work and passion. Put together a 10–15-minute presentation about the astronomy topic that interests you (and quite probably the rest of the MAS).

Topics include – but are not limited to:

* Observing campaigns

* Astronomical objects

* History topics

* Adventures to dark skies and astronomical sites around the world

* ATM projects – show & tell

* Restoration projects

* Outreach projects

* Observing or Imaging techniques

* Research topics

* Software and telescope how-tos

* Manned or robotic space missions

* And even ‘Better Know a Constellation’!

The presentation is best done live at the meeting but can be done through Zoom if you are joining remotely. If you have something to share, please send an email to the Programs Coordinator Ahmed Reda at programs@mnastro.org

Observatory Training –
Save the Dates for 2025!

Eagle Lake Observatory (ELO):
Saturday, September 13
Saturday, October 11

Joseph J. Casby (JJC) Keyholder Training:
Saturday, September 13
Sunday, October 5

Cherry Grove Observatory (CGO) Keyholder Training:
Friday, September 19
Friday, October 17*

Site training dates are for the Warming House, Observatory, LX-200, and Big Aperture Dobsonian (BAD). Dates with asterisks are training dates for the imaging rig.

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Email Updates

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Thank you -Claire Weaverling, MAS Secretary

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