Category Archives: October 2023

NJAA Update

Posted on October 1, 2023 by ST Editors
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Equipment For Sale

Posted on October 1, 2023 by ST Editors

Member Joseph Matthews has an 1. AVX Mount, 2. TriPod, 3. Counter Weight, 4. Hand Controller 5. Travel Bag to sell.  He also has the original packing and can pack it up if needed. He is looking for $300 or … Continue reading →

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Introducing New Member

Posted on October 1, 2023 by ST Editors

I am Purnendu Gupta. an engineer and MBA by training, a management consultant by profession and a backyard astronomer by passion. I have been doing astrophotography for a few years and have discovered AAAP a few months ago and attended … Continue reading →

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The Last Sunset: A Final Bloom

Posted on October 1, 2023 by ST Editors

by Purnendu Gupta End of Days Where do stars like the sun go when they die? At five billion years old, our sun is a middle aged star. In the stellar spectral classification it is also a middle class, yellow … Continue reading →

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Point of View

Posted on October 1, 2023 by ST Editors

by John A. Church “You’re home early, Dad!”“We only work half days at the office now because of the pandemic. I stopped on theway home to get you something because I know how much you like astronomy.”“Thank you! I bet … Continue reading →

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A Year of Oppenheimer  

Posted on October 1, 2023 by ST Editors

by Gene Allen Some of us followed the recommendation at the November 8, 2022, AAAP meeting to read American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer. Even though the book bogged down in minutiae of the hearing testimony, … Continue reading →

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Gifts from Outer Space

Posted on October 1, 2023 by ST Editors

by S. Prasad Ganti The spacecraft OSIRIS-REx passed close to the Earth to paradrop off a sample of material it scooped from the asteroid Bennu about three years back. The sample has landed safely in the deserts of Utah, while … Continue reading →

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