Monthly Archives: May 2024

From The Director

Posted on May 5, 2024 by ST Editors

by Rex Parker, PhD director@princetonastronomers.org May 14 Meeting of AAAP. Our meeting in Peyton Hall, Princeton University will be the last regular meeting on campus until Sept.  For the June 11 meeting we’ll convene at the State Planetarium in Trenton, … Continue reading →

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From The Program Chair

Posted on May 5, 2024 by ST Editors

by Victor Davis, Program Chair May MeetingThe May, 2024 meeting of the AAAP will take place in Peyton Hall on the campus of Princeton University on Tuesday, May 14th at 7:30 PM. As usual, the meeting is open to AAAP … Continue reading →

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Dr. John Church: Reflections on Six Decades with the Amateur Astronomers Association of Princeton

Posted on May 5, 2024 by ST Editors

Club Director Dr. Rex Parker interviews Dr. John Church who has been a member of the Amateur Astronomers Association since 1970. Dr. Church shares several stories, including the acquisition of the club’s historic Hastings-Byrne refractor and the building of the … Continue reading →

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Book Review

Posted on May 5, 2024 by ST Editors

by Michael DiMario Title: For The Love Of Mars: The Human History Of The Red PlanetAuthor: Matthew ShindellPublisher: The University of Chicago Press, ChicagoPublication Date: 2023Total Pages: 248 National Air and Space Museum curator and science historian Matthew Shindell describes … Continue reading →

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Eclipse from Ohio

Posted on May 5, 2024 by ST Editors

by John Church I and my wife and two of our children were fortunate to have seen this spectacular eclipse under mostly cloud-free skies at a fairgrounds near Urbana, Ohio.  I had expected a large crowd, but there were only … Continue reading →

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Partial Solar Eclipse Report Observed April 8, 2024 Ewing, NJ

Posted on May 5, 2024 by ST Editors

by Tom Swords The images that AAAP members have captured and animated are a true visual record of the event, inspiring and amazing. I did something different. I watched the eclipse and recorded the temperature! I had two telescope rigs … Continue reading →

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Dispatch from Stowe, VT.

Posted on May 5, 2024 by ST Editors

by Victor Davis Unsettled weather along the path of totality upended the viewing plans of many umbraphiles on the week leading up to April 8th’s total solar eclipse. So it was with our intrepid band of me, my wife Susanna, … Continue reading →

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