Category Archives: Sidereal Times

NJAA 7th Annual Open House and Astro Flea-Market

Posted on September 1, 2025 by ST Editors

by Michael Franzyshen, NJAA Open House Coordinator The NJAA 7th Annual Open House and Astro Flea-Market event is Sept. 13, 2025 @ 10 AM (Rain Date: Sept. 20, 2025).  Register to sell at our Astro flea market here:https://www.njaa-openhouse.org/flea-market-registration More information can … Continue reading →

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Jet Transit

Posted on September 1, 2025 by ST Editors

by Aram Friedman The picture below is 100% pure luck. The right place, the right time. I had just re-aligned my mount and slew to the Moon as a test. On a whim I pulled out my phone and just … Continue reading →

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Highlights from the Summer Sky

Posted on September 1, 2025 by ST Editors

by David Wilton All pictures here are taken with a Redcat 51 telescope, ZWO ASI2600MCDuo camera, Optolong L-Pro filter, and a ZWO AM3 mount. Processed with PixInsight.

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Perseid Meteor Showers

Posted on September 1, 2025 by ST Editors

by Kathy Goff Every year I look forward to viewing the Perseid Meteor Showers. This year did not disappoint. After seeing a spectacular fireball Friday, August 8th night, I decided to chance the full moon and put out some equipment … Continue reading →

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Snippets

Posted on September 1, 2025 by ST Editors

compiled by Arlene & David Kaplan NASA’s Webb Space Telescope Observes Interstellar Comet NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope observed interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS Aug. 6, with its Near-Infrared Spectrograph instrument. The research team has been analyzing insights from Webb’s data, and … Continue reading →

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From The Director

Posted on August 12, 2025 by ST Editors

by Rex Parker, PhD director@princetonastronomy.org It’s Mid-Summer in AAAP.  Enjoying your “summer vacation” in Jersey or other exotic destination? It’s been a good stretch of weather for nature and green plants around here in central Jersey.  That’s a favorable trade-off … Continue reading →

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