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Greetings all, I'm calling off the official Virgo Venture for tonight due to 70% cloud cover and very poor expected transparency. As there might be moments of clarity tonight, you are still free to travel down to CGO if so you so desire - there just won't be any "official" star party tonig...

It's not looking very good for either tomorrow night or Saturday night at either CGO or LLCC. I'll post the official by 4:00 pm tomorrow.

Thanks for posting it, Merle.

Great idea, Nancy!!! For those of you wanting to go after those faint fuzzies, I'll be attaching both the list and Greg H.'s infamous star chart as soon as I can figure out how to get this discussion forum software to allow me to upload pdfs.... Sadly, the weather isn't looking too good for Friday a...

Greetings observers, The Virgo Venture is just around the corner! This is the evening where we focus on the multitudinous faint fuzzy objects in the constellation Virgo. There is much to see and we'll have a bit of a contest while we're at it. Stay tuned for more information, Greg's star chart, and ...

Greetings all,

Tonight's Messier Marathon is ON. Please see the Observing SIG discussion forum for important information.

Greeting observers,

The MAS Messier Marathon is scheduled for Friday, March 20th at CGO and LLCC. Please see the discussion thread on the observing forum for detailed information.

Let the observing season begin!

This is a great thread.... I'm in the same boat with Wayne. I started w/ a computer controlled scope which frustrated me no end because it was a low-end computer control which required a great deal of monkeying with to get it to work. My problem was that I simply wasn't patient enough to realize tha...

Greetings Chris, I've done some work on my astroscan so I might be able to help you. If you can, pm me and send me some photos of your astroscan's mirror and glass window so I can see what you see. In the meantime, you might want to check out this webpage: http://telescopium.org/Astroscan_Repair.htm...

We just received this request via info@mnastro.org. If there are any of you who might be interested in helping, please make contact. Thanks! Hello My 4th grader son –Shitij Govil, is going to own a “J-term Project” as part of Minnetonka District Gifted & Talented Kids program(Navigators), starti...

Greetings all,

The 4M for tonight is ON. The skies are looking pretty good, although we might have some degradation of transparency as the night goes on. NOAA is predicting 30% cloud cover and the CSC is predicting average seeing/trans. Either way, let's get out there and bag some Messiers!

Greetings all, Our annual MAS Mini-Messier Marathon (4M) is coming up - Friday, Sept 26th at CGO. There's more information on the front page of the MAS website. Also, this year 4M lists are attached below. I've added the Pennington sequence numbers to the list (from the Year 'Round Messier Marathon ...

Greetings all, The weather for tonight looks pretty great. NOAA is predicting less than 20% cloud cover with winds 8mph or below. The humidity should be in the 70% range w/ a dew point in the 50s and the temps in the 60s. Clear Sky Clock looks pretty stunning as well. For those of you who are planni...

Mike,
Depending upon who shows up, the 24" dob should be available as well as the 12" Meade schmit-cass.

Greetings The Virgo Venture is scheduled for this upcoming weekend at CGO. NOAA is currently predicting about 30% cloud cover. I've attached the Virgo Venture Log sheet for you to record your observations. Greg Haubrich's asterism chart will be available at CGO. I'll post more information as we get ...

The Messier Marathon for Friday at CGO is ON. Yes - ON. NOAA is predicting 28% to 36% cloud cover. The Clear Sky Clock is predicting less than average transparency and seeing, probably due to high cirrus clouds and water vapor. Consequently, some of the fainter Messier objects may be more difficult ...

The Weather is looking hopeful for Friday. Get ready!

Greetings all, Well, we're going to try it again!! Even though, at this point, the weather doesn't look terribly encouraging, let's begin to prepare for the possibility of a Messier Marathon this upcoming weekend. I've attached a few of pdfs which might be helpful, one being the Marathon List Log (t...

Greetings all, Due to the snow conditions at all three observatories, the Messier Marathon for this coming weekend has been CANCELLED. It's rescheduled for Friday night, April 25th w/ Saturday, April 26th as the backup. While it's true that we won't be able to get as many objects due to the later mo...

Greetings,

The Messier Marathon is scheduled for Friday, March 28th at Cherry Grove. The observing field will be evaluated and a decision will be made as to whether or not the Marathon will be held or postponed. Stay tuned!!

Tonight's Mini-Messier Marathon has also been cancelled. For more information, please see the MAS Home Page or the Announcement on the Observer's SIG.

Thanks for posting this!

Saturday isn't looking very promising, but I'll wait until Saturday morning to make the go/no go call for Saturday night.

Sheesh....

Greetings all, Friday, October 4th is the date of the official MAS Mini-Messier Marathon, with Saturday, Oct 5th as the backup. The location will be Cherry Grove. The object: observe as many of the Messier objects as possible. Full details can be found at the 4M website Here . I've also attached the...

Greetings all,

I've been reminded by the LLCC folks that we are doing an outreach for campers during this weekend so the star party for this weekend (9/10) is cancelled.