General Meeting
Our next General Meeting will be on February 20th at the Observatory
at 8PM. The Board meets at 7PM.
First Wednesday Meeting
February 1st, 7:00PM at the observatory. Topics: TBD
Imaging Interest Group
February 8th at 7:00PM via Zoom.
Open House Schedule We have established the schedule for 2023. Our first event will be on May 12th.
As always, we need help from our membership.
Renew Your Membership!
It's that time the year to renew your MAS Membership.
Click here to go to the renewal page.
Click here to check whether you are on the list of members who have already renewed.
MAS Members Get A Login
New for 2023 we have modified our membership database and now every MAS member will get a login to the website.
This will allow us to have private content only accessible by the membership. We expect this Member's page
will be entirely private.
2022 Membership Sets Records
We finished 2022 with what we believe is the highest number of memberships in the club's history: 288. Of course, the actual
number of members is much higher than that, but it is difficult to judge because as know not all family memberships end up
having more than one active member. It is hard to phathom that just 10 years ago our membership total was just 50!
We also set another record in that we had 101 new membership applications.
90 Years!
Did you know that MAS was formed on September 21, 1932? That means we celebrated our 90th birthday
lAR year! That birth was during the Great Depression and the club gathered at the house of Luverne Armfield
and observed from his tiny yard in West Allis. And against all odds our club would decide to build
our observatory in 1936. Our club has a rich history which you can read about in our
history section.
Internet At the Observatory
The MAS Board has decided that it is finally time that we get internet access at our observatory!
This gives us a number of capabilities including the ability to broadcast our meetings so members can
view it remotely, upload of imaging, and security cameras. We hope to have this running by September.
Ottawa Lake Permission
Our thanks to Jason Doyle who secured a letter of permission for members
of our club to use the relatively dark area of Ottawa Lake State Recreation Area of the Southern Unit - Kettle Moraine State Forest after 11:00PM when otherwise
you cannot. It is a good idea to
print out the letter and have it with you.
And keep in mind that you still need to purchase a day pass or an
annual state park sticker.
A collage of Jupiter images taken in 2022 with the club's A-Scope by Assistant Observatory Directory, Lee Keith.
| Date | Day | Event | Keyholder |
| Feb 2 | Wed | Event: 7:30PM - First Wednesday How To Meeting at the Observatory | |
| Feb 5 | Sat | Jim Bakic 414-303-7765 |
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| Feb 9 | Wed | Event: Astrophotography Interest Group Meeting at 7:00PM - Via Zoom. Invitations will be sent to the membership. | |
| Feb 12 | Sat | Mike Bauer 262-894-1253 |
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| Feb 19 | Sat | Russ Blankenburg 262-938-0752 |
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| Feb 21 | Mon | Board Meeting: 7:00PM - Via Zoom. Membership Meeting: 8:00PM - Via Zoom. Invitations will be sent to the membership via email. |
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| Feb 26 | Sat | Paul Borchardt 262-938-0752 |
