MAS Happenings – April 21 2026

MAS Happenings – April 21 2026

Happenings this Week Call me superstitious but this week I’m playing an elaborate game of “opposites” with Mother Nature – i.e. saying the opposite of what I want to happen so that she’ll do the thing I pretended I didn’t want instead of the thing I said I wanted....
2026 Fall Astronomy Day

2026 Fall Astronomy Day

Saturday September 19, 2026 The Minnesota Astronomical Society would like to invite you to attend the Astronomical League’s Astronomy Day activities at the Eagle Lake Observatory in Baylor Regional Park. Speakers are scheduled throughout the day and will give talks on...
2026 Fall Astronomy Day

Spring Astronomy Day

Saturday April 25, 2026 The Minnesota Astronomical Society would like to invite you to attend the Astronomical League’s Astronomy Day activities at the Eagle Lake Observatory in Baylor Regional Park. Speakers are scheduled throughout the day and will give talks on...
MAS Happenings – September 23 2025

MAS Happenings – September 23 2025

Happenings this Week Welcome to the Dark Side! And no, I don’t mean that Happenings readers have ALL become imagers. I mean the actual dark side of the year. The autumnal equinox was yesterday, and that means the Sun has finally gotten our collective memo to hightail...
MAS Happenings – April 29 2025

MAS Happenings – April 29 2025

Happenings this Week I was feeling remiss in sending out the Happenings each week without myself having been to a star party this spring. Thankfully the weather cooperated, and I made it to CGO for a fine night of observing. I even made a sketch of one of my...