The club actively promotes hands-on astronomy. The observing page provides positional and physical ephemerides of the Sun, Moon, and planets to help members find the planets and interpret what they are seeing. Some of the images taken by MAS'ers are displayed in the Showcase . Through the link to SSEC in Madison, you can get satellite pictures of Wisconsin showing cloud cover in daylight and IR at night. The pictures are usually less than fifteen minutes old.
New members take advantage of the knowledge gained and shared by more experienced observers.
The club possesses several telescopes and two CCD cameras which are available to all members. Come in, relax, browse around, enjoy yourself. 2001 May 17, Update special projects page showing latest observations of Z UMa. 2001 May 8, Updated special events , the asteroid occultation run starts on Thursday, May 10th. May 7, Updated special events with asteroid occultation for May 11th.