Hi guys,
I'm happy to be part of this community. I'm new to astronomy. I bought my first telescope yesterday, Friday January 20th 2012. It's a used one, but it works fine. Just needs some collimating. I would like to be a member of the Minnesota Astronomical Society. The only thing, is I can be available only on weekends (Friday and Saturday) as I work night shift.
My best regards to all of you.
Optimus.
Newbie to astronomy
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Re: Newbie to astronomy
Hi Optimus,
Glad to hear you want to join. Being able to participate only on weekends is no problem. You'll miss out on the monthly membership meetings, but most everything else occurs on weekends. With a wide range of potential activities MAS members can partake in, you can still do a lot even if limited to just weekends when you're not working in the evening. I'd estimate that only about 15% of the entire MAS membership (around 30-35 people of over 425 members) comes to any given monthly meeting. Star parties are scheduled on Friday nights, but when Friday is clouded out, Saturday evening is the alternate date anyway. LLCC star parties are usually called for the whole weekend, so even if you can come up for Saturday night, you can get in a good night observing there. Also, Onan Public Observing nights are on Saturday nights, and all our B-SIG meetings are on Saturdays.
Glad to hear you want to join. Being able to participate only on weekends is no problem. You'll miss out on the monthly membership meetings, but most everything else occurs on weekends. With a wide range of potential activities MAS members can partake in, you can still do a lot even if limited to just weekends when you're not working in the evening. I'd estimate that only about 15% of the entire MAS membership (around 30-35 people of over 425 members) comes to any given monthly meeting. Star parties are scheduled on Friday nights, but when Friday is clouded out, Saturday evening is the alternate date anyway. LLCC star parties are usually called for the whole weekend, so even if you can come up for Saturday night, you can get in a good night observing there. Also, Onan Public Observing nights are on Saturday nights, and all our B-SIG meetings are on Saturdays.
Steve Emert
MAS Membership Coordinator
12.5" f/4.7 Obsession Clone Homemade Truss Dob, sometimes equipped with Celestron StarSense Explorer app
Celestron C8 SCT OTA on AVX GEQ mount
Astro-Tech AT72 ED Refractor OTA usually on Explore Scientific Twilight 1 mount or tripod with Benro geared head
Celestron 5" SCT OTA on Explore Scientific Twilight 1 Alt-Az Mount, usually equipped with StarSense Explorer app
Orion 150mm Mak OTA and Orion EQ-G computerized mount
MAS Membership Coordinator
12.5" f/4.7 Obsession Clone Homemade Truss Dob, sometimes equipped with Celestron StarSense Explorer app
Celestron C8 SCT OTA on AVX GEQ mount
Astro-Tech AT72 ED Refractor OTA usually on Explore Scientific Twilight 1 mount or tripod with Benro geared head
Celestron 5" SCT OTA on Explore Scientific Twilight 1 Alt-Az Mount, usually equipped with StarSense Explorer app
Orion 150mm Mak OTA and Orion EQ-G computerized mount