Category Archives: Sidereal Times

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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Minutes of the June 10, 2025 Meeting

Posted on August 12, 2025 by ST Editors

by Gene Allen, Secretary Director Rex Parker opened the meeting in the NJ State Museum Planetarium at 1930 with 66 attending. He introduced Treasurer Ira Polans who introduced Dr. Jacob Hamer, Assistant Curator of Planetarium Education at the NJ State … Continue reading →

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Treasurer’s Report

Posted on August 12, 2025 by ST Editors

by Ira Polans, Treasurer, treasurer@princetonastronomy.org The income statement and balance sheet below show the AAAP’s financial results for the fiscal year that ended on June 30, 2025, and our financial position at the beginning and end of the year. The … Continue reading →

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Note from a Member

Posted on August 12, 2025 by ST Editors

by Robert Caivano Jr. I am a returning member to the AAAP. My interest in astronomy really never waned but life, as they say, got in the way. And yes the weather has not cooperated, I barely find an opportunity … Continue reading →

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The Vera Rubin Telescope

Posted on August 12, 2025 by ST Editors

by S. Prasad Ganti In the Andes mountains in Chile, a new telescope has captured the first light and produced the first pictures. It is exciting new technology. The pictures are equally exciting as well. Whenever a new telescope comes … Continue reading →

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When the Moon Pulls the Earth: Encounters with the Tides

Posted on August 12, 2025 by ST Editors

by Jim Peck I’ve had two recent encounters with the moon but not the usual visual ones where you can notice the phases but the gravitational ones where you can notice the tidal cycles. I used to work at the … Continue reading →

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Snippets

Posted on August 12, 2025 by ST Editors

compiled by Arlene & David Kaplan Possible Planet Is Spotted Around Neighboring Alpha Centauri Star Alpha Centauri has gripped the imaginations of sci-fi aficionados for decades. Only four light-years from Earth, the three-star system inspires fictional alien worlds and journeys through interstellar space….more A … Continue reading →

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From The Director

Posted on June 3, 2025 by ST Editors

by Rex Parker, PhD director@princetonastronomy.org Next Meeting at the Planetarium – in Person Only – Bring Friends and Family!  We want to see you (and your family and friends) in person at the next monthly meeting of AAAP on Tuesday … Continue reading →

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In case you are dying from suspense…..

Posted on June 3, 2025 by ST Editors

by David A. Ackerman Here’s the fourth page of the Chant article on measuring the diameter of Betelguese.  I needed to know how it worked out and the end of the story just increased the suspense.  Answer, of course, they … Continue reading →

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