Daily Archives: November 7, 2013

From the Director

Posted on November 7, 2013 by ST Editors

by Jeff Bernardis, Director Based on the teaser that Rex showed at the last meeting, I am full of anticipation – both at Rex’s upcoming talk, and on the actual events to come in the sky over the next few … Continue reading →

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From the Program Chair

Posted on November 7, 2013 by ST Editors

Kate Otto, Program Chair AAAP’s next meeting will be on Tuesday, November 12, 2013 at 8:00 p.m. in Peyton Hall. Member Rex Parker , PhD. (Indiana University, 1985, Biochemistry) will present “Galaxies, Comets, and Pixels from the High Desert” in … Continue reading →

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From the Outreach Chair

Posted on November 7, 2013 by ST Editors

by David Letcher, Outreach Chair Well, star party season has started with our usual visits. Monday evening, October 28 saw us at the Linwood Middle School in North Brunswick showing Ms. McCarthy’s astronomy class a few sky objects. Unfortunately, there … Continue reading →

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Treasurer’s Report

Posted on November 7, 2013 by ST Editors

by Michael Mitrano, Treasurer StarQuest is behind us and member dues continue to come in. At this point, 41 members have paid – one person less than at the same date a year ago. If you’ve not yet paid, please … Continue reading →

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Minutes of the October 8, 2013 AAAP Meeting

Posted on November 7, 2013 by ST Editors

by Michael Wright, Secretary Director Jeff Bernardis opened the meeting by welcoming and recognizing new members. Jeff announced that former Director Kirk Alexander recently passed away in his home in California after a battle with cancer. John Church remembered Kirk … Continue reading →

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The Higgs Boson, Relativity and Gravity Waves

Posted on November 7, 2013 by ST Editors

by Prasad Ganti The 2013 Nobel Prize in Physics was given to Peter Higgs of the UK and Francois Englert of Belgium for postulating a theory that predicted the Higgs boson. Nicknamed the “God Particle”, the Higgs boson is associated … Continue reading →

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NASA’s MAVEN Mars Orbiter Set to Launch on November 18

Posted on November 7, 2013 by ST Editors

by Dr. Ken Kremer KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL, – MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN Mission), NASA’s next mission to Mars is scheduled to lift off on Nov. 18, 2013 from Cape Canaveral, Florida on an Atlas V 401 rocket. … Continue reading →

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Juno Portrait of Planet Earth

Posted on November 7, 2013 by ST Editors

by Dr. Ken Kremer This false color mosaic assembled from raw images taken by the Junocam imager shows more than half of Earth’s disk over the coast of Argentina, South America and the South Atlantic Ocean as NASA’s Juno probe … Continue reading →

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The Moon is a Harsh Mistress

Posted on November 7, 2013 by ST Editors

Member Jim Poinsett took these two shots of the moon this October as part of his first attempt at astrophotography from his backyard using his 8-inch LX-200 and Meade Deep Sky Imager. Well done, Jim!

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