by Gene Allen, Secretary

Director Rex Parker opened the meeting in the NJ State Museum Planetarium at 1930 with 66 attending. He introduced Treasurer Ira Polans who introduced Dr. Jacob Hamer, Assistant Curator of Planetarium Education at the NJ State Museum. He first gave us a brief sky tour then showed a new presentation Spark: The Universe In Us about the creation of elements in stars and various types of stellar explosions. The planetarium program was followed by his talk Tides in the Solar System and Beyond.

A period of questions followed the talk and the meeting was adjourned at 2113.

As of June 11, we have 216 active members. So far in CY2025, renewals number 49 and expirations number 28, giving us a 64% retention rate. We have added 23 new members.

Submitted June 11, 2025