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Gravitational Waves

Posted on February 26, 2016 by ST Editors

by Prasad Ganti A couple of weeks back came the news that gravitational waves have been detected proving one of Einstein’s predictions. Rex wanted to see if we can arrange for a talk on this topic. The same sentiment was … Continue reading →

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Eta Carinae

Posted on February 26, 2016 by ST Editors

by Robert Vanderbei Two images of Eta Carinae taken on February 7, 2016. SBIG Universal on Takahashi FSQ-104D H-alpha = 40 min, OIII = 6 min Two-minute unguided exposures. Richardson-Lucy deconvolution, Gaussian blur, Log.

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Snippets

Posted on February 18, 2016 by ST Editors

Compiled by David Kaplan and Michael Wright China Telescope to Displace 9,000 Villagers in Hunt for Extraterrestrials Thousands of villagers in Guizhou Province are being relocated to make room for a $184 million telescope to detect signs of alien life. … Continue reading →

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UPDATE: “Saving Hubble” – February 9, 2016 Movie & Lecture

Posted on February 3, 2016 by ST Editors

by Ira Polans, Program Chair The Amateur Astronomers Association of Princeton is pleased to announce that immediately before the regular February meeting we will show the film “Saving Hubble” in Peyton Hall. The film is 70 minutes long. The showing will begin … Continue reading →

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From the Director

Posted on January 30, 2016 by ST Editors

by Rex Parker, Director       Upcoming events and ideas for AAAP members Night-sky refresher at Planetarium Changing of equipment at the Observatory Software tools for your consideration A Rare Opportunity for AAAP Members ONLY Night-sky refresher at the … Continue reading →

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Saving Hubble – Feb. 9, 2016 Lecture

Posted on January 30, 2016 by ST Editors

by Ira Polans, Program Chair The February meeting will be held on the 9th at 7:30 PM in Peyton Hall on the Princeton University campus. The talk will be by award-winning filmmaker David Gaynes regarding his documentary film “Saving Hubble”. … Continue reading →

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Online Astronomy Training

Posted on January 29, 2016 by ST Editors

by Michael Wright The Internet has made delivering training courses easy for teachers and professors so that students and adult learners now have many options in addition to books for studying their chosen topic. This is true for astronomy too. … Continue reading →

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Alfonso Churchill

Posted on January 29, 2016 by ST Editors

Submitted by David Kaplan From: Spoon River Anthology (1915) by Edgar Lee Masters Alfonso Churchill They laughed at me as “Prof. Moon,” As a boy in Spoon River, born with the thirst Of knowing about the stars. They jeered when I … Continue reading →

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Writing a Poem

Posted on January 29, 2016 by ST Editors

by David Kaplan Carl Sandburg was once asked, “How do you go about writing?” He said, “I put one word in front Of another.” I, on the other hand, once asked A Nobel Prize–winning astrophysicist, “How is the orbit of … Continue reading →

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The Trapezium in M42

Posted on January 29, 2016 by ST Editors

by Robert Vanderbei

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Minutes of the January 2016 AAAP Meeting

Posted on January 29, 2016 by ST Editors

by Jim Poinsett, Secretary The speaker for the evening was Frank O’Brien who gave a lecture entitled “Navigating to the Moon – The View from the Apollo Guidance Computer”. Director Rex Parker called the meeting to order at 9:00 pm … Continue reading →

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“The Martian” and Ernest Shackleton

Posted on January 26, 2016 by ST Editors

by Prasad S. Ganti “The Martian” is a science fiction book written by Andy Weir. It was made into a movie starring Matt Damon as a Mark Watney, an astronaut stranded on Mars who was certain to be the first … Continue reading →

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New C-14 Installed at the Observatory

Posted on January 25, 2016 by ST Editors

Photos by John Miller On Nov. 22, 2015, a keyholder team swapped the donated C-14 for the club’s old C-14 at the club’s observatory at Washington Crossing Park. See more photos at AAAP’s Flickr site

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