Category Archives: October 2019

From the Director

Posted on October 1, 2019 by ST Editors

      by Rex Parker, Phd director@princetonastronomy.org Speakers for Astronomy Our guest speaker at the October 8 meeting will be John Church, PhD. John is a former Director and longtime member of AAAP. See Ira’s article below for information … Continue reading →

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Outreach Blotter

Posted on October 1, 2019 by ST Editors

by GeneAllen Our meeting schedule resumed in September and the Observatory will be closing at the end of October. The Outreach season should be ramping down, but it really is not. We still have three or maybe four for this … Continue reading →

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Outreach at Jenny Jump

Posted on October 1, 2019 by ST Editors

by Theodore R. Frimet star party for two Awesome is our outreach from AAAP. Gene led the way, this past year, with receiving event after event. Everyone, it seems, except yours truly, volunteered to be on or off site, and … Continue reading →

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India’s Moon Crash

Posted on October 1, 2019 by ST Editors

by Prasad Ganti Millions of people across India watched the live coverage of the intended soft landing of the Vikram lander near the South pole of the moon on 7th September. It was past midnight. Things really went very well … Continue reading →

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The Earthworm

Posted on October 1, 2019 by ST Editors

by Theodore R. Frimet primordial astrochemistry These biological organisms that we inhabit are not quite what they appear to be. Your host body is not here to manifest your mind, or your brain. 57 percent of your humanity is composed … Continue reading →

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Snippets

Posted on October 1, 2019 by ST Editors

compiled by Arlene & David Kaplan Kirkcudbright school’s conversion to dark sky center begins Work has started to convert an old school in southern Scotland into a dark sky visitor center. The £2.5m project at the former Johnston Primary in … Continue reading →

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