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Stellar Nurseries
by S. Prasad Ganti Stellar nurseries are places in a galaxy where star formation is taking place. Very much like all living beings, stars are born and die. Huge clouds of gaseous hydrogen, embedded with dust particles, are the source … Continue reading
April 2024 Sidereal Times Astroimaging
by Michael DiMario, AAAP Astroimaging Chair The astroimaging section of this month’s Sidereal Times displays several images from the AAAP membership. The solar eclipse of April 8th may reveal Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks, nick named the Devil Comet, shown as the first … Continue reading
Posted in April 2024, Sidereal Times
Tagged astroimaging, DiMario, gupta, matthews, mints, vanderbei
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Snippets
compiled by Arlene & David Kaplan Eclipses Injured Their Eyes, and the World Never Looked the Same A young woman visited New York Eye & Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai Hospital shortly after the eclipse of Aug. 21, 2017. She told … Continue reading
From The Director
by Rex Parker, PhD director@princetonastronomers.org Astronomy in March! Despite evidence to the contrary, climate change hasn’t fully eliminated winter weather in central NJ. The three significant snowstorms we had this year improved over last year’s zero-snow winter. Last month’s AAAP … Continue reading
From The Program Chair
by Victor Davis, Program Chair March at Peyton HallThe March, 2024 meeting of the AAAP will take place (we dare to hope) in Peyton Hall on the campus of Princeton University on Tuesday, March 12th at 7:30 PM. As usual, … Continue reading
Posted in March 2024, Sidereal Times
Tagged "program chair", Atoms, Columbia University, davis, guest speakers, Hoffman, program, UMD, x-ray
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Important links for upcoming Total Solar Eclipse
Since we will not be opening the observatory for the eclipse event, this is a possible way to experience it from wherever you are. Interactive map tracing the line of totality.
Amateur Astronomers Association of Princeton 