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Tag Archives: kane
Meeting of the AAAP Fund-Raising Committee
by Larry Kane, Assistant Director The first on-line meeting of this committee will be held on Wednesday evening, October14 at 7:30 PM. This will be a “Zoom” meeting that I will set up and host. If you are interested in … Continue reading
From the Assistant Director
by Larry Kane As was mentioned at our last on-line business meeting, I volunteered to form a committee/task force to look into raising funds to pay for the observatory repair project. I would like to hold the first on-line, Zoom … Continue reading
Minutes of the June 9, 2020 AAAP General Meeting (virtual / online)
by John Miller, Secretary with additions: Larry Kane, Assistant Director ● This was the second virtual / online general member’s meeting of the AAAP since the club’s inception. Attendees were invited to participate via the cloud-based Zoom communications software. About … Continue reading
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Poetry by Astronomers
the cosmos doesn’t care by Larry Kane The cosmos doesn’t care that in our striving to understand the two extremes of relativity, we take comfort being nestled between the very large and very small. The cosmos doesn’t care that we … Continue reading
From the Assistant Director
by Larry Kane I am putting together a AAAP member and member family field trip to the InfoAge Science and History Center located in Wall, New Jersey. This is the home of an operational 60 foot radio telescope. Our tour … Continue reading
Simple Astrophotography
by Larry Kane I took this picture with my cell phone, hand held with lots of light pollution nearby. It is touched up a bit with Photo Shop. I wanted the members to see that astrophotography can be achieved with … Continue reading
From the Assistant Director
by Larry Kane As some of you who have Meetup accounts know, the AAAP also has one. At this site. I post notices about out observatory open houses and other salient information about our club. This is a great site … Continue reading
From the Assistant Director
by Larry Kane Recently, a fellow board member of Astronomy and Science Club from my retirement community brought to my attention an intriguing New Jersey site. Though, at the time of this writing, I have not had an opportunity to … Continue reading
Communiversity Day 2018
by Larry Kane, John Miller We had a great turnout by AAAP members and we had an opportunity to speak with, and provide literature to, a lot of attendees. When I had the time, I took a few pictures, shown … Continue reading
From the Assistant Director
by Larry Kane, Assistant Director As some of you may know, the last five months have been, health-wise, somewhat tough going for me. While I am confident that I can carry out existing and future projects for the AAAP, I … Continue reading