Category Archives: September 2019

From the Director

Posted on September 3, 2019 by ST Editors

      by Rex Parker, Phd director@princetonastronomy.org New Season Begins Sept 10. A very big thanks go to the Dept of Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton University, for their support and especially the provision of Peyton Hall auditorium for our meetings … Continue reading →

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From the Program Chair

Posted on September 3, 2019 by ST Editors

by Ira Polans The first meeting of the season will be held on September 10 at 7:30 PM in the auditorium of Peyton Hall on the Princeton University campus. The talk is on the “Engineering the Measurement of the Hubble … Continue reading →

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Outreach Blotter

Posted on September 3, 2019 by ST Editors

by Gene Allen, Outreach Chair The support our member have given for the summer push has been great, and now it is winding down, with only a few presentations remaining. At 7 pm on Wednesday, September 4, Victor Davis will … Continue reading →

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Minutes of the August 8, 2019 AAAP Board Meeting

Posted on September 3, 2019 by ST Editors

by John Miller, Secretary Rex Parker called meeting to order at 7:30 PM AAAP online member survey synopsis was reviewed. Member participation at the observatory, percentage of member scope owners/regular users, AAAP name change (Board decided to keep “Amateur,” rather … Continue reading →

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Simple Astrophotography

Posted on September 3, 2019 by ST Editors

by Larry Kane I took this picture with my cell phone, hand held with lots of light pollution nearby. It is touched up a bit with Photo Shop. I wanted the members to see that astrophotography can be achieved with … Continue reading →

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Solving the gravitation problem

Posted on September 3, 2019 by ST Editors

by John Church I posed a gravitation problem in the May Sidereal Times. The problem was to find the time that it would take for two nonmagnetic cubes, 4 cm on an edge, with masses of 1 kilogram each, originally … Continue reading →

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Starchild

Posted on September 3, 2019 by ST Editors

by Theodore R. Frimet No Taurus We spoke. We speak often with those we outreach, under the night sky. It is an impermanent relationship. One that is marked by conversation, sight and awe. Among the two-way talks that glanced thru … Continue reading →

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How Apollo flew to the Moon

Posted on September 3, 2019 by ST Editors

by Prasad Ganti We were inundated with programs on Apollo during July, marking the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11’s landing on the moon. Plenty of information came to the fore. All filled with nostalgia. In addition to all the TV … Continue reading →

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