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A Pilgrimage to Palomar Observatory

Posted on September 2, 2014 by ST Editors

by Michael Wright On a recent business trip to San Diego, I had the good fortune to have a free day before my red-eye flight home so I rented a car and headed up into the mountains to visit the … Continue reading →

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Summertime Favorites: Messier 13 and 92

Posted on September 2, 2014 by ST Editors

Member Robert Vanberbei captured these stunning images of two favorite summertime deep sky objects: Messier 13 – the Great Globular Cluster in Hercules and Messier 92 another globular in the same constellation. For M13 and M92’s H-R diagrams and more of … Continue reading →

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Discovery Dobsonian for Sale

Posted on September 2, 2014 by ST Editors

15” f/4.2 Premium DHQ Discovery Dobsonian 15” f/4.2 split tube Dobsonian, great optics (Ronchi test photo of mirror included). The scope is solid tube, which helps prevent dew, but breaks into two pieces for easier transport. I’ve had this scope … Continue reading →

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Snippets

Posted on September 2, 2014 by ST Editors

Dead Stars ‘Can Re-ignite’ and Explode Astronomers have shown that dead stars known as white dwarfs can re-ignite and explode as supernovas. The discovery appears to solve a mystery surrounding the nature of a particular category of stellar explosions known … Continue reading →

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My Journey Inside the Boeing CST-100 Astronaut Taxi

Posted on September 2, 2014 by ST Editors

by Dr. Ken Kremer, AAAP and Universe Today KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL – In the ‘new race to space’ to restore our ability to launch Americans to orbit from American soil with an American-built commercial ‘space taxi’, Boeing recently unveiled … Continue reading →

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From the Director

Posted on July 18, 2014 by ST Editors

        by Rex Parker, PhD, Director May your mid-summer night dreams include starry vistas and glimpses of the great arc of the Milky Way Galaxy across the splendid constellations from Cygnus to Sagittarius!  On July 12, we … Continue reading →

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AAAP Enjoys Annual Planetarium Show

Posted on July 18, 2014 by ST Editors

Thank you to Bill Murray for again hosting AAAP’s annual pilgrimage to NJ State Museum Planetarium for an informative and entertaining show.  

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StarQuest 2014 Update

Posted on July 18, 2014 by ST Editors

by Michael Wright AAAP is holding StarQuest, our annual star party, Friday, September 26 through Sunday, September 28 at the Hope Conference and Renewal Center in the bucolic hills of Warren County.  This is a great opportunity for members and … Continue reading →

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Treasurer’s Report

Posted on July 18, 2014 by ST Editors

by Michael Mitrano, Treasurer The income statements and balance sheet show the AAAP’s financial results for the fiscal year that ended on June 30, 2014, and the AAAP’s financial position at the beginning and the end of the year. (Click … Continue reading →

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Minutes of June 10, 2014 AAAP Meeting

Posted on July 18, 2014 by ST Editors

By James Poinsett, Secretary Rex Parker called the meeting to order and welcomed all to the planetarium He reminded everyone that StarQuest was coming up on the weekend of  Sept 26-28 He announced plans for a board meeting on June … Continue reading →

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Minutes of the July 1, 2014 Board Meeting

Posted on July 18, 2014 by ST Editors

by Jim Poinsett, Secretary Attendees: Director Rex Parker, Program Chair Kate Otto, Secretary Jim Poinsett, Observatory Co-chairs Gene Ramsey, David Skitt and Jen Skitt, Outreach Coordinator David Letcher and ST Co-editor Michael Wright. Director Rex Parker opened the meeting. The … Continue reading →

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Eleven-inch Teeter Dob for Sale

Posted on July 18, 2014 by ST Editors

Member John Giles is offering a Teeter’s Telescope STS07, eleven-inch, f/4.5 dob with accessories such as Sky Commander digital setting circles. This is a special one and can be viewed on Teeter’s website production log. http://www.scopeshrouds.com/scopelog.html. This is a wonderful telescope. … Continue reading →

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