Category Archives: Sidereal Times

Adirondack Astrophotography Workshop

Posted on August 18, 2015 by ST Editors

by David Skitt Last week, Jennifer and I had the opportunity to visit the Adirondack Public Observatory in Tupper Lake, NY for a daytime tour.  Their mission is “to provide quality educational experiences for people of all ages through the … Continue reading →

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Snippets

Posted on July 19, 2015 by ST Editors

Compiled by David Kaplan and Michael Wright Politician wants to renew legislation to ban green lasers: Blinded by the light: Who is shining laser pointers into planes over N.J.? NJ.com 12 planes hit by blinding lasers in N.J. among dozens … Continue reading →

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From the Director

Posted on May 30, 2015 by ST Editors

by Rex Parker, PhD, Director       Tuesday June 9 (7:30 pm) at the New Jersey State Museum Planetarium will be the last regular monthly meeting of the season. You are welcome to bring family and friends for our … Continue reading →

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Annual Planetarium Show – June 9

Posted on May 30, 2015 by ST Editors

by Ira Polans, Program Chair AAAP member Bill Murray will once again host the AAAP’s last program of the season on June 9th at the New Jersey State Museum Planetarium. Members will gather at 7:30 for a private show. Friends and family … Continue reading →

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From the Assistant Director

Posted on May 30, 2015 by ST Editors

by Larry Kane, Assistant Director May saw the AAAP table turn up at two events. At the first event, Super Science Saturday in Trenton, our club was represented by Gene Ramsey, Jennifer and Dave Skitt and myself, as custodian of … Continue reading →

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Treasurer’s Report

Posted on May 30, 2015 by ST Editors

by Michael Mitrano, Treasurer New memberships and renewals have tapered off, but hopefully the summer public nights will bring us more new members. Our count now stands at 88. With the purchase of additional equipment to improve the observatory, we are … Continue reading →

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Minutes of the May 2015 AAAP Annual Meeting

Posted on May 30, 2015 by ST Editors

by Jim Poinsett, Secretary Meeting called to order by Rex at 7:30 Rex introduced the slate of officers nominated for the 2015/2016 meeting year, a motion to accept the slate was made and seconded. The officers were approved unanimously. Rex … Continue reading →

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Time

Posted on May 30, 2015 by ST Editors

by David Kaplan Time is more ancient Than the stars. It is a dimension. A silent perpetual Motion machine. Time is unforgiving. Verdict and sentence Are handed down to both The guilty and the innocent. Time is without obstruction. In … Continue reading →

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Optimizing the U.S. Ground-Based Optical and Infrared Astronomy System

Posted on May 30, 2015 by ST Editors

by S. Prasad Ganti Recently, the committee on a Strategy to Optimize the U.S. Optical and Infrared System (OIR) in the Era of the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) came up with set of recommendations. This is a summary of … Continue reading →

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