by Victor Davis, Program Chair

June Meeting
The June 2024 meeting of the AAAP will take place Tuesday, June 11th at 7:30 PM.  The location will be the planetarium at the NJ State Museum in Trenton, NJ. The club’s custom for many years has been to travel to the planetarium for the last meeting of the academic year. The meeting will feature a sky tour of the Spring and Summer constellations, and a special showing of the planetarium’s new show from the American Museum of Natural History, “Worlds Beyond Earth.” Meetings at the club’s customary venue, Peyton Hall on the campus of Princeton University, will resume in September.

Options for Attending the Meeting
Please note that the meeting will take place at the planetarium of the NJ State Museum, 205 West State Street, Trenton, NJ. There is plenty of free parking behind the museum, next to the planetarium entrance.

This is an IN-PERSON ONLY event; you must be present at the planetarium to view the sky tour, experience the planetarium show projected onto its dome by the museum’s recently refurbished projection equipment, and participate in the meeting’s agenda. There will be no option to Zoom at this meeting, nor will there be a recorded version to play back later.

Featured Speaker:

Bill Murray

AAAP Outreach Chair

Soon-to-be retired staffer at the planetarium

strgazr1@verizon.net

Bill Murray will introduce members to the planetarium’s capabilities and lead a guided tour of the night sky. After a break, he’ll show the planetarium’s new sky show.

“Worlds Beyond Earth”
This 25-minute planetarium show produced by the American Museum of Natural History,narrated by Academy Award winner Lupita Nyong’o, tells the story of the dynamic worlds that share our solar system and the unique conditions that make life on Earth possible.

As always, members’ comments and suggestions are gratefully accepted and much appreciated. victor.davis@verizon.net
program@princetonastronomers.com
(908) 581-1780 cell