Jon

Following up on last week’s postponed star party, we are hoping to meet for a star party at Brower Observatory this Saturday, December 20, 2014, at 6:30pm (with the usual somewhat earlier setup welcome). Current long-range forecasts suggest that Saturday may be partly cloudy, so we’ll let you know whether it becomes possible to open … Read more

CMAS welcomes The Damariscotta River Association’s membership to the January 2015 star party at DRA. This will be much like the star parties CMAS has hosted for schoolchildren, except that the guests will be about fifteen of DRA’s mostly adult members. When DRA’s Sarah Gladu requested our assistance, CMAS jumped at the opportunity, in thanks … Read more

Taking a cue from other clubs around New England, new for the year 2015, CMAS expands from being purely a club of observers into one that meets also to hear the most interesting speakers on astronomy that Maine has to offer. Rather than cancel oh-so-often due to bad weather, we will meet regularly to discuss … Read more