Category Archives: Sidereal Times

Minutes of the June 11, 2024 Meeting

Posted on September 30, 2024 by ST Editors

by Gene Allen, Secretary Director Rex Parker opened the meeting in Peyton Hall and on Zoom at 1930 with 38 in attendance. The first ten minutes of his introduction were missed because the university had failed to arrange for the … Continue reading →

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AAAP Store Has New Merchandise

Posted on September 30, 2024 by ST Editors

by  Rich Sherman The AAAP Store has been updated with new merchandise for the colder weather.Hoodies, crew neck sweatshirts, long-sleeves, winter beanies?  Yup, we gotthem.  We added some new items this year such as the full-zip fleece jacketswith embroidered logos, and a … Continue reading →

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The Night Sky: Key to Experiencing and Preserving Earth’s Beauty

Posted on September 30, 2024 by ST Editors

By Razvan Dominic Ionescu Wanting to see the Milky Way again, and to reconnect with a childhood memory, in August 2019 I took my family on a trip to one of the darkest spots on the East Coast of the … Continue reading →

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Waves in the Cosmic Sea

Posted on September 30, 2024 by ST Editors

by S. Prasad Ganti BAO (Baryon Acoustic Oscillation) is a mouthful of an acronym. It interested me because of its relation to our baby Universe. That was a time when our Universe was less than 380,000 years old. With no … Continue reading →

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Harvest Moon Eclipsed!

Posted on September 29, 2024 by ST Editors

by Lisa Fanning Lunar eclipse photo from 9/17/24 Harvest Moon  Left: 9:31 PM ET partial penumbra eclipsed moonRight: 10:44 PM ET maximum eclipse (partial umbral)iPhone 13 through Swarovski Optik Spotting Scope.

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Startling Preliminary Results on Dark Energy

Posted on September 29, 2024 by ST Editors

By Rich Sherman “Perhaps, says DESI’s scientists, the density [of dark energy] is changing over time…. If the findings prove true, it would catapult cosmology into a crisis.” –The Economist Every now and then there is an article that makes … Continue reading →

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