Galaxy Quest Star Party of February 26, 2012

CMAS enjoyed its return to Galaxy Quest, after a year of repeated cancellations there due to bad weather. The party was small, but otherwise excellent. There were five of us, including one new member. Weather reports predicted a partly cloudy to clear evening, followed by clouds later at night. Upon arrival during a spectacular sunset, … Read more

Proper Clothing Assures Opportunistic Viewing

Saturn and Venus are visible again, if only one knows how to see them. As a service to my fellow CMASers, I am posting details of how proper clothing aids in seeing these old friends. Rising in the early morning darkness for no publishable reason, I happened to spy a glaring globe in the sky … Read more

Old News is Good News

Recently in applying for a job, I was asked to answer the question, “Where do you live online?” Because so much of our work at CMAS has been done via the listserv as we transition to using WordPress, I have posted this listserv message from October as an example of the sort of work I … Read more