Daily Archives: May 30, 2015

From the Director

Posted on May 30, 2015 by ST Editors

by Rex Parker, PhD, Director       Tuesday June 9 (7:30 pm) at the New Jersey State Museum Planetarium will be the last regular monthly meeting of the season. You are welcome to bring family and friends for our … Continue reading →

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Annual Planetarium Show – June 9

Posted on May 30, 2015 by ST Editors

by Ira Polans, Program Chair AAAP member Bill Murray will once again host the AAAP’s last program of the season on June 9th at the New Jersey State Museum Planetarium. Members will gather at 7:30 for a private show. Friends and family … Continue reading →

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From the Assistant Director

Posted on May 30, 2015 by ST Editors

by Larry Kane, Assistant Director May saw the AAAP table turn up at two events. At the first event, Super Science Saturday in Trenton, our club was represented by Gene Ramsey, Jennifer and Dave Skitt and myself, as custodian of … Continue reading →

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Treasurer’s Report

Posted on May 30, 2015 by ST Editors

by Michael Mitrano, Treasurer New memberships and renewals have tapered off, but hopefully the summer public nights will bring us more new members. Our count now stands at 88. With the purchase of additional equipment to improve the observatory, we are … Continue reading →

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Minutes of the May 2015 AAAP Annual Meeting

Posted on May 30, 2015 by ST Editors

by Jim Poinsett, Secretary Meeting called to order by Rex at 7:30 Rex introduced the slate of officers nominated for the 2015/2016 meeting year, a motion to accept the slate was made and seconded. The officers were approved unanimously. Rex … Continue reading →

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Time

Posted on May 30, 2015 by ST Editors

by David Kaplan Time is more ancient Than the stars. It is a dimension. A silent perpetual Motion machine. Time is unforgiving. Verdict and sentence Are handed down to both The guilty and the innocent. Time is without obstruction. In … Continue reading →

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Optimizing the U.S. Ground-Based Optical and Infrared Astronomy System

Posted on May 30, 2015 by ST Editors

by S. Prasad Ganti Recently, the committee on a Strategy to Optimize the U.S. Optical and Infrared System (OIR) in the Era of the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) came up with set of recommendations. This is a summary of … Continue reading →

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Snippets

Posted on May 30, 2015 by ST Editors

Compiled  by David Kaplan and Michael Wright Galaxies die by slow ‘strangulation’ – A study suggests that when most galaxies stop forming stars, this death is a slow process that gradually chokes them of the necessary cool gases. BBC The Quiet Zone: … Continue reading →

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X-37B Air Force Space Plane Blasts Off on Mysterious 4th Mission with Solar Sail Test

Posted on May 30, 2015 by ST Editors

by Dr. Ken Kremer, Universe Today and AAAP On May 20, the X-37B, a reusable Air Force space plane launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on its fourth classified mission. The program is steeped in mystery about its true goals for … Continue reading →

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