Tuesday, May 5, 2026, at 5:30pm
Gardiner Public Library, R. P. Hazzard Reading Room
152 Water Street, Gardiner, ME 04345-2195
An important topic for May’s first-Tuesday-of-the-month meeting will be CMAS’s new insurance liability policy. It should be active by the time of the meeting or shortly thereafter, so we will be discussing whether to add specialized coverages or higher limits.
In an astronomical simulcast, on this coming Saturday night, CMASians will be busily, simultaneously astronomizing at two separate locations. Be sure to be at one or the other! This post features the Bombahook Pizza and Star Party. Saturday, September 21, 2019, 6:00pm Pizza, Video Astronomy, and Astrophotography Party Bombahook Observatory — 8 Sunrise Drive, Hallowell, ME…
By unanimous vote at last night’s business meeting (Tuesday, March 13, 2018), the Bylaws were changed to allow future business meetings to be held on an as-needed basis, on days other than the second Tuesdays of each month. Essentially, this means that, without violating our own Bylaws, we can now do what we had been…
Saturday, October 26, 2024 — Star Party at the Railway Museum Wiscasset, Waterville, and Farmington Railway Alna Center Station, Alna Road / Route 218, Alna ME 04535 Google Maps Plus Code: 39MJ+2QC Alna, Maine 5:30pm — Setup (earlier arrival welcome) 6:30pm — Guests arrive by train Time for another amazingly successful, enjoyable star party at…
Friday, January 22, 2016, 6:30pm https://www.facebook.com/events/1130817640264023/ This star party at Colby College is an event of the Waterville and Winslow Public Libraries, to introduce their Cornerstones Library Telescopes to the public. On the party’s Facebook page, over 100 people have said they would attend. Sounds as though they are going to be swamped, so CMAS…
The work day at Brower Observatory is especially important. Our observatory needs maintenance. It is no longer completely watertight, but seeps in rain and snowmelt. To fix it before it outright leaks, we’ll be replacing the roofing shingles, fixing flashings in the walls and dome, and installing a new door. Please help us on Saturday,…
Saturday, May 5, 2018, 8:30pm Star Party — Brower Observatory 341 Route 126, Whitefield, ME 04353 Rain Date: Saturday, May 12, 2018 CMAS’s star party this month will be at Brower Observatory, the Mauna Kea of Maine, in celebration of all the good things happening there. Bundles of fascinating, new-to-CMAS optics await our eyeballs, including…
