2025 ELO Public Star Party

2025 ELO Public Star Party – Featured Speaker Laura Hammerbeck – CANCELLED

Eagle Lake Observatory 10775 County Road 33, Norwood Young America, MN, United States

DUE TO UNHEALTHY POOR AIR QUALITY, THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED 7:30 PM Featured Speaker: Laura Hammerbeck Topic: Should Pluto be a planet? Poor Pluto!  Demoted!  Why was Pluto denied its planet status?  What defines a planet anyway? NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassador Laura Hammerbeck takes a look at this hotly debated topic.  We’ll talk about […]

2025 ELO Public Star Party

ELO Public Star Party – Featured Speaker: Tim Carlson

Eagle Lake Observatory 10775 County Road 33, Norwood Young America, MN, United States

7:30 PM Featured Speaker: Tim Carlson Topic: Parker Solar Probe Summary: Parker Solar Probe has become humanity's first visit to a star, traveling through the Sun’s atmosphere, closer to the surface than any spacecraft before it, facing brutal heat and radiation conditions to provide humanity with the closest-ever observations of a star. During a Public […]

2025 ELO Public Star Party

2025 ELO Public Star Party

Eagle Lake Observatory 10775 County Road 33, Norwood Young America, MN, United States

7:00 PM Featured Speaker: TBD Topic: TBD During a Public Star Party, we use our array of telescope platforms to show you the wonders of the night sky. Our primary goal during a star party is to view stars, star clusters, galaxies, nebula, planets and maybe a comet or two, all observable through our telescopes. […]

2025 ELO Public Star Party

ELO Public Star Party – Featured Speaker: Tanya Melnik

Eagle Lake Observatory 10775 County Road 33, Norwood Young America, MN, United States

7:00 pm Speaker: Tanya Melnik Title: Aurora Chasing Summary: Northern lights, also known as aurora borealis, are a natural light display many of us had a chance to enjoy in the past couple of years or even earlier. It is one of the most recognized space weather phenomena created from the interaction of solar wind […]

Spring Astronomy Day

Eagle Lake Observatory 10775 County Road 33, Norwood Young America, MN, United States

Saturday May 3, 2025 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 astronomy and what there is to see. Door prize drawing will be held Saturday […]

2025 ELO Public Star Party

2025 ELO Public Star Party – Featured Speaker: Dave Falkner

Eagle Lake Observatory 10775 County Road 33, Norwood Young America, MN, United States

7:00 PM Featured Speaker: Dave Falkner – MAS Member and NASA Solar System Ambassador Title: The Planets Through the Eyes of Robots Summary:   Our solar system has been explored almost exclusively by unmanned spacecraft. These exploration “robots” have visited each planet, made some fascinating discoveries, and sent back spectacular images. Dave will talk about each […]

2025 ELO Public Star Party

2025 ELO Public Star Party – Featured Speaker: Doug Neverman

Eagle Lake Observatory 10775 County Road 33, Norwood Young America, MN, United States

7:00 PM Featured Speaker: Doug Neverman Title: Observing 101 Summary: Observing the universe involves more than getting out the telescope. It requires some planning. Observing 101 covers why planning is needed, terms that are used, some easy ways to plan targets, and what to expect when looking through the telescope. When complete the listener will […]

2025 ELO Public Star Party

ELO Public Star Party – Features Speaker: Tim Carlson

Eagle Lake Observatory 10775 County Road 33, Norwood Young America, MN, United States

7:00 PM Featured Speaker: Tim Carlson Topic: NASA Juno Mission to Jupiter For nearly 10 years Juno has been exploring Jupiter and its system. This mission set out to explore Jupiter's atmosphere, magnetosphere, and moons, to learn about the planet's origins and evolution. Join NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassador Tim Carlson on a journey of exploration […]

2025 ELO Public Star Party

2025 ELO Public Star Party – Lunar Eclipse

Eagle Lake Observatory 10775 County Road 33, Norwood Young America, MN, United States

Come view the Total Lunar Eclipse with MAS. This event is cancelled if cloudy. During a Public Star Party, we use our array of telescope platforms to show you the wonders of the night sky. Our primary goal during a star party is to view stars, star clusters, galaxies, nebula, planets and maybe a comet […]

Public Star Party at Eagle Lake Observatory

Public Star Party at Eagle Lake Observatory – Featured Speaker Tanya Melnik

Eagle Lake Observatory 10775 County Road 33, Norwood Young America, MN, United States

7:00 pm - featured Speaker: Tanya Melnik - Northern Lights! Summary: Northern lights, also known as aurora borealis, is a natural light display many of us had a chance to enjoy this year. It is an important part of tradition and identity for many northern cultures. It is one of the most recognized space weather […]

Free

Public Star Party at Eagle Lake Observatory

Public Star Party at Eagle Lake Observatory – Featured Speaker: Trena Johnson

Eagle Lake Observatory 10775 County Road 33, Norwood Young America, MN, United States

7:00 pm Featured Speaker: Trena Johnson, MAS President   Title: NASA Psyche Mission     Summary: We will be taking a journey to a metal world. Let us explore an asteroid and the spacecraft that is going on this spectacular journey.  How does this mission help us understand our own planet or will we find out […]

Free

Astronomy Day – Fall 2024

Eagle Lake Observatory 10775 County Road 33, Norwood Young America, MN, United States

Saturday October 12, 2024 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 astronomy and what there is to see. Door prize drawing will be held Saturday […]

Free