MAS Happenings – October 7 2025

MAS Happenings – October 7 2025

Happenings this Week The Astronomical League’s Huygens TOES Challenge is wrapping up, and I was going to send my sketch to Jerry. I was feeling pretty good about it—until I learned that TOES actually stands for Titan’s Ocular Equatorial Shadow. Not, as I had assumed,...
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 – July 29 2025

MAS Happenings – July 29 2025

Happenings this Week The ELO Committee is keeping a tight lid on the celebrity lineup for this year’s Camping with the Stars. It’s not for lack of trying that this Happenings correspondent doesn’t (yet) have the inside scoop. With nothing but gut instinct to go on...
MAS Happenings – April 1 2025

MAS Happenings – April 1 2025

Happenings this Week Last Tuesday I jested about meteorology and then the weather turned out badly for the new moon weekend. Coincidence? I’m unsure. In any case, I’m skipping the hijinks this week and getting down to brass tacks. Here is what’s...