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Minutes of the December 1, 2020 AAAP Board of Trustees meeting (online)

Posted on January 1, 2021 by ST Editors

by John Miller, Secretary ● A discussion on methods to draw more Zoom attendees to the AAAP General monthly meeting was undertaken. ● Ideas and enticements to draw more speakers via Zoom.  It was agreed our cache is now exponentially … Continue reading →

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Bob Vanderbie’s Lucky Shot!

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Greetings from the Observatory Co-Chairs

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We Wait

Posted on January 1, 2021 by ST Editors

by Gene Allen In early 2020 Celestron introduced a line of low-end telescopes which include some very high-end technology. They did themselves and their customers a great disservice by re-using the StarSense label, because this new tech is orders of … Continue reading →

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From our new member Titus

Posted on January 1, 2021 by ST Editors

My name is Titus Magnanao. I am new member of the AAAP. I became interested in astronomy after I watched Carl Sagan’s PBS Cosmos series. I am a recently retired environmental engineer from the NJDEP. After not owning a telescope … Continue reading →

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Snippets

Posted on January 1, 2021 by ST Editors

compiled by Arlene & David Kaplan Jupiter, Saturn Will Look Like Double Planet Scientists have been greeted by the sight of jet black chunks of rock and soil from an asteroid after opening a capsule that returned from deep space … Continue reading →

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