Category Archives: Sidereal Times

From the Program Chair

Posted on June 3, 2017 by ST Editors

By Ira Polans The June meeting of the AAAP, and our last until next September, will take place on June 13th at the Planetarium of the New Jersey State Museum in Trenton. The meeting starts at 7:30 PM. In addition … Continue reading →

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Double Dating

Posted on June 3, 2017 by ST Editors

by Theodore R. Frimet Are Mizar and Alcor sexting? Mizar was presented to us as an optical double star, by NJ State Planetarium staffer and professional astronomer Bill Murray, at our Bright Spring Deep Sky Objects (DSO) presentation at the … Continue reading →

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Exoplanets

Posted on June 3, 2017 by ST Editors

by Prasad Ganti In the last decade or so, there has been lot of excitement around the discovery of exoplanets, that is the planets outside of our solar system. An interesting book on this topic has been “Exoplanets” by Michael … Continue reading →

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Snippets

Posted on June 3, 2017 by ST Editors

compiled by Arlene & David Kaplan NASA’s Jupiter Mission Reveals the ‘Brand-New and Unexpected’ The top and bottom of Jupiter are pockmarked with a chaotic mélange of swirls that are immense storms hundreds of miles across. The planet’s interior core … Continue reading →

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From the Director

Posted on May 1, 2017 by ST Editors

      by Rex Parker, Director May 9 meeting – election of officers. We’ve come around in our orbit to the point when we elect officers again for the next season of AAAP. Or re-elect, because each of your … Continue reading →

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From the Program Chair

Posted on May 1, 2017 by ST Editors

By Ira Polans The May AAAP meeting is on the 9th at 7:30PM in Peyton Hall on the Princeton University campus. The talk is on “Dense Gas in Distant Dusty Galaxies” by Dr. Andrew Baker of Rutgers University. To understand … Continue reading →

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Minutes of the April 11, 2017 meeting of the AAAP

Posted on May 1, 2017 by ST Editors

by James Poinsett, Secretary • The director, Rex Parker, called the meeting to order. • There will be a night sky refresher at the planetarium of the NJ State Museum on Saturday, May 13th at 10:00 AM, all members are … Continue reading →

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quantum entanglement.

Posted on May 1, 2017 by ST Editors

by Theodore R Frimet pass the uranium, please. It was 10 marbles for 99 cents, plus shipping, and I couldn’t resist. Imagine, uranium embedded into glass. Not a new thing, of course! Uranium glass has been around before there was … Continue reading →

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The Search for Extra-Terrestrial Life in the Universe

Posted on May 1, 2017 by ST Editors

A book by Bangladeshi author Obaidur Rahman Click here for the PDF version of the book.

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