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Public Events
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Friday October 3, 2025, 7:00pm – Monona Terrace Convention Center
Moon Over Monona Terrace
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Friday October 10, 2025, 7:00 PM – UW Space Place
Perspectives on Distance
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Friday November 14, 2025, 7:15 PM – UW Space Place
MAS Trivia Challenge!
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Next Meeting
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Perspectives on Distance
Friday October 10, 2025, 7:00 PM – UW Space Place
“Perspectives” examines relative distances in the universe and the possible distances achievable through manned and unmanned space flight and through amateur and professional telescopic observation. Examining scales from the human altitude record to the four cosmological horizons, the program discusses astrophysicists’ current thinking about several significant questions:
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Capitol Skies Newsletter
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In 2024, the MAS newsletter was revived and began publication again after a hiatus of 9 years. If you would like to be a contributor, contact editor Jack Fitzmier, at madisonastro.info@gmail.com.
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M31, Then and Now
The Palomar Sky Survey shot of M31 blink compared to the one from Carol Santulis’s SeeStar. Can you tell which is which? Sometimes I like to sit back and marvel at the remarkable progress our hobby has seen over the past half century or so. Technology has revolutionized everything, but perhaps nothing has changed more profoundly than astrophotography.
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MAS is Having a Picnic
Members enjoying the 2024 MAS picnic at YRS. The MAS picnic is scheduled for Saturday, September 20 (rain date Sunday the 21st).
It’ll be held at our observatory in Green County, the Yanna Research Station (YRS). The picnic starts at 3 PM and the grills will be lit around 4.
Sometimes a picnic is just a picnic. The MAS picnic is much more.
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History of the Madison Astronomical Society
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September 1950 MAS meeting at Washburn Observatory. The Madison Astronomical Society has continuously operated as a club for over 90 years. But, like many organizations, MAS has traditionally paid only passing attention to documenting its own history.
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MAS Member Photos
