May 5, 2026 | MAS Happenings
Happenings this Week We are pleased to announce that the northern light barrier of megalithic stones has been completed at Cherry Grove Observatory (CGO). And not only that. A second barricade has been placed along the eastern side next to the parking lot where...
Apr 21, 2026 | MAS Happenings
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....
Feb 17, 2026 | MAS Happenings
If you’re a visual observer who sketches at the eyepiece, you already know the routine. Glasses fog. You swap near and far lenses. The Telrad dot jumps depending on which part of your progressive lenses you’re using. Paper gets soggy. Stars become pen blobs. And if...
Jan 20, 2026 | MAS Happenings
Happenings this Week Reflections on Light Pollution — Does It Get a Bad Rap? Amateur astronomers appear to suffer, emotionally speaking, when the topic of light pollution comes up. As the MAS resident pop psychologist (another of my made-up hats), I like to remind my...
