Monthly Archives: August 2026

From the Director

Posted on August 4, 2026 by ST Editors

by Rex Parker, PhD director@princetonastronomy.org Summertime in Jersey.  I hope you are beating the heat and that your personal telescope isn’t sitting idle too long despite the smoke from the Canada wildfires this summer.  Regarding plans for the club’s anticipated … Continue reading →

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AAAP Meeting Minutes for June 9, 2026

Posted on August 4, 2026 by ST Editors

By Gene Allen, Secretary Your secretary was out of the country during the June meeting and the Board was unable to find anyone willing to record minutes of the meeting. The only record we have is a synopsis by one … Continue reading →

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Treasurer’s Report

Posted on August 4, 2026 by ST Editors

by Ira Polans, Treasurer The income statement and balance sheet below show the AAAP’s financial results for the fiscal year that ended on June 30, 2026, and our financial position at the beginning and end of the year. The AAAP … Continue reading →

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Bringing the Universe to Trenton

Posted on August 4, 2026 by ST Editors

Youth AAAP takes astronomy and history of science into Trenton classrooms by Eklavya , Hasan, and Maiya This summer, three members of the Youth AAAP community took astronomy out of the observatory and into the classrooms of students in Trenton, … Continue reading →

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My not-so-nebulous relationship with SeeStar S30

Posted on August 4, 2026 by ST Editors

by Bob Vanderbei, Assistant Director Here’s a picture I took of a pair of nebulas:  the Lagoon Nebula (aka M8) and the Trifid Nebula (aka M20). I took this picture with my SeeStar S30 Pro telescope sitting on the sidewalk … Continue reading →

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NINA Live Stacker: A Lightweight Browser-Based Live Stack Viewer

Posted on August 4, 2026 by ST Editors

By Daniel Opdyke Over the past few weeks I have been working on a small astrophotography software project called NINA Live Stacker. The goal is simple: create a lightweight local web app that can run on a modest Windows mini … Continue reading →

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The Future of Space Resource Extraction

Posted on August 4, 2026 by ST Editors

By Abhinav Sukla For thousands of years, humans have only been able to stare upward at the heavens. Hardly half a century ago, many scoffed at the notion of even leaving Earth’s atmosphere. Now, in an age where the space … Continue reading →

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Project Hail Mary

Posted on August 4, 2026 by ST Editors

By Prasad Ganti Project Hail Mary is a sci-fi book written by Andy Weir, the same author who earlier wrote “The Martian”. Both the book and the movie “The Martian” were successful. It is the same case for “Project Hail … Continue reading →

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Build Your Own Binocular Chair, Anyone?

Posted on August 4, 2026 by ST Editors

Guest article by Dave Selinger, Vermont Astronomical Society One of my favorite astronomy projects has been building a binocular chair. I brought it to a University Space Club star party, where many people had a chance to try it. It … Continue reading →

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Snippets

Posted on August 4, 2026 by ST Editors

compiled by Arlene & David Kaplan Astronomers Have Detected an Exomoon for the First Time A discovery in a solar system 73 light-years from Earth is challenging definitions and “blurring the lines between stars, planets, and moons.” It marks the … Continue reading →

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