MAS Happenings – September 2 2025

by Kris | Sep 2, 2025 | MAS Happenings

Happenings this Week

A few nights ago, while tinkering with my new imaging setup, a file mysteriously appeared on my laptop. No email. No download. Just… there on my desktop. “Origin: Vega quadrant.”

In defiance of every IT warning ever—phishing, smishing—I opened it. Because: aliens.

It said this:

Grenthul vark’tess? M’karu lun’th’vex droglip! Nuur-raak v’toll omeena klitch dox, snerb wobble-jex. T’lurg… flarnox beedlepip!!

I believe it to be the list of Happenings for this week. In alien.

Thursday, September 4
7:00 – 9:00 PM CT

This month’s featured speaker: Dale Dellutri (Skokie Valley Astronomers)

Topic: Could We Understand an Alien Message?

Please join us in-person or on Zoom.

More information on how to attend this meeting can be found here:

September Monthly Meeting

Save the Date!
New Member Orientation

Rebecca Messer will be conducting this as an in-person only meeting. Here are the details:

Saturday, October 4
10:30 AM – 12 Noon

Ramsey County Library – Maplewood
3025 Southlawn Drive
Maplewood, MN 55109

This meeting will introduce the leadership of the MAS, discuss public and member star parties, provide a look at all our observing sites, discuss all the means of communications within the Society, and provide an overall description of all the benefits of membership in the MAS.

Rebecca looks forward to seeing you there!

Pics from the Northern Nights Star Fest (NNSF): This year’s 2025 group, scopes galore, Mary Gregory’s quilt donation, and Jessi Palmer winner of this year’s John Marchetti Award!

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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