Category Archives: November 2016

From the Director

Posted on November 3, 2016 by ST Editors

        by Rex Parker, Director November 8 Meeting. This is a pretty important date, and to help you get through it we’ve arranged for a high-impact speaker for the AAAP guest lecture at Peyton Hall Nov 8 … Continue reading →

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Using computers to study astrophysics- Nov. 8, 2016 Lecture

Posted on November 3, 2016 by ST Editors

by Ira Polans, Program Chair The November meeting is on the 8th at 7:30PM in Peyton Hall on the Princeton University campus. The talk is on “From accreting black holes to merging galaxies: using computers to study astrophysics” by Dr. … Continue reading →

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Minutes of the October 11, 2016 AAAP Meeting

Posted on November 3, 2016 by ST Editors

by James Poinsett, Secretary Rex called the meeting to order and gave a brief outline of the night agenda The lecture was by Steven K. Korotky titled “Restoration of the 6 ½ inch Prin telescope of the Daniel Schanck Observatory.” … Continue reading →

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The Astronomical Vantage Point

Posted on November 3, 2016 by ST Editors

By Prasad Ganti Last winter, I was driving across Pennsylvania in the middle of the night from the western border with Ohio to the south eastern border with New Jersey. I saw Orion the hunter, the most prominent constellation in … Continue reading →

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Snippets

Posted on November 3, 2016 by ST Editors

compiled by David Kaplan If Planet Nine Is Out There, It Tilts Our Solar System Most people think the eight planets in our solar system orbit the sun along a straight plane, like a disc on a record player. But … Continue reading →

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