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Category Archives: December 2019
From the Director
by Rex Parker, Phd director@princetonastronomy.org Transits and much more Last meeting of the year coming up at Peyton Hall. See Ira’s section for more about the next guest speaker. It’s been another year of great presentations and … Continue reading
From the Program Chair
by Ira Polans The December meeting of the AAAP will be held on the 10th at 7:30 PM in the auditorium of Peyton Hall on the Princeton University campus. The talk is on Gamma-ray Bursts: Unraveling the mystery of the … Continue reading
An Outreach Scope Takes Shape
by Gene Allen, Outreach Chair At the NJAA flea market in High Bridge, Dave Skitt and I agreed with Tom Swords in purchasing a used Orion ED80 refractor for use as an Outreach scope. A few years ago I had … Continue reading
Minutes of the November 12, 2019 AAAP Meeting
by John Miller, Secretary ● Director Rex Parker opened the meeting, 7:30PM. Presented current events affecting the AAAP. This included various club activities (key holder procedures, field trips, outreach, guest speakers). ● Guest speaker Josh Winn, Princeton University Department of … Continue reading
this side of the truth
by Theodore R. Frimet you may not see The Martian Conundrum. Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide (CO2), seasonally freezes and coalesces into frozen ice, on the Martian poles. What should follow is that all gases will similarly ice up. That is, when … Continue reading