Category Archives: Sidereal Times

The new exoplanet hunter

Posted on May 1, 2018 by ST Editors

by Prasad Ganti The Falcon 9 rocket blasted off into space like what has now become a routine launch. This time the payload was a space telescope on a mission, a more powerful set of eyes, peeping into the heavens … Continue reading →

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Fiddle Dee Dee

Posted on May 1, 2018 by ST Editors

by Ted Frimet Fiddle Dee Dee A complementary portal to an impressionists viewpoint As most know, I am not an astrophotographer. However false coloring does provide some interesting views into deep space by the Hubble Space Telescope. And I had … Continue reading →

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luminous distance

Posted on May 1, 2018 by ST Editors

by Ted Frimet how to ride a light beam AAAP board member Gene Allen programmed outreach to a Scout Group, for Wednesday night, April 18th, at Bordentown, NJ. No problem, so I thought! These Scouts had an ulterior motive, though. … Continue reading →

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Snippets

Posted on May 1, 2018 by ST Editors

compiled by Arlene & David Kaplan ‘Ground-breaking’ galaxy collision detected Scientists have detected a cosmic “pileup” of galaxies in the early Universe. Imaged almost at the boundary of the observable Universe, the 14 unusually bright objects are on a collision … Continue reading →

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From the Director

Posted on April 2, 2018 by ST Editors

      by Rex Parker, Director New Tech for AAAP. “Electronic Assisted Astronomy” (EAA) has reached new levels of performance capability, enabling one to see the deep sky like never before in small and medium sized telescopes even in … Continue reading →

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From the Program Chair

Posted on April 2, 2018 by ST Editors

By Ira Polans The April meeting will be held on the 10th at 7:30PM in Peyton Hall, in the auditorium (Room 145), on the Princeton University campus. Featured Speaker: The talk is by Princeton University Professor Frans Pretorius regarding the … Continue reading →

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March 13, 2018 Meeting Minutes

Posted on April 2, 2018 by ST Editors

Minutes of the March 2018 Meeting of the Amateur Astronomers Association of Princeton Meeting called to order at 7:30 Jim Fling has volunteered to head the Nominating Committee to put together a slate of nominees for the board of directors … Continue reading →

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March 26, 2018 Board Meeting Minutes

Posted on April 2, 2018 by ST Editors

Minutes of the March 26, 2018 meeting of the AAAP Board of Directors Meeting started and Rex welcomed and thanked all 14 members and board members present. Nominations update – Nominations chairman, Jim Fling, announced all current board members have … Continue reading →

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go fly a kite

Posted on April 2, 2018 by ST Editors

by Ted Frimet “you’re a good man, charlie brown” Last month, I looked at the astrophotography image, produced by AAAP Club Director Rex Parker, of a blue comet. And was somewhat jealous of what he had accomplished. Well, maybe not … Continue reading →

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