Category Archives: May 2019

From the Director

Posted on May 1, 2019 by ST Editors

      by Rex Parker, Phd director@princetonastronomy.org May 14 Meeting – Election of Officers. Once again we’ve come around in our orbit to the election point for the Board of Trustees. Actually it’s the re-election point, since each of … Continue reading →

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From the Program Chair

Posted on May 1, 2019 by ST Editors

by Ira Polans The May meeting will be held on the 14th at 7:30PM in the auditorium (Room 145) of Peyton Hall on the Princeton University campus. The May talk was chosen as a good way to end the 2018-2019 … Continue reading →

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Outreach Blotter

Posted on May 1, 2019 by ST Editors

by Gene Allen, Outreach Chair Last month, as I scrambled to submit yet another delinquent article (!), I neglected to report on the excellent showing our members made at an Outreach Event in Plainsboro back in March. Once again an … Continue reading →

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April 2019 meeting minutes

Posted on May 1, 2019 by ST Editors

by Jim Poinsett Sr. Minutes of the April 9th meeting of the Amateur Astronomers Association of Princeton Rex called the meeting to order and Ira introduced the speakers for the evening, Gino Segre and Bettina Hoerlin and their lecture titled … Continue reading →

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A gravitational challenge

Posted on May 1, 2019 by ST Editors

by John Church The AAAP has members who enjoy science and math challenges. I invite all who are interested to try their hands at this one. Consider two identical, homogeneous, nonmagnetic cubes, each having a mass of 1 kg, measuring … Continue reading →

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