Tag Archives: outreach

Outreach Blotter

Posted on June 1, 2020 by ST Editors

by Gene Allen, Outreach Chair This may really be the summer of our discontent. Since Baldpate Mountain in late February, all scheduled outreach events at schools and other venues, and the hosting of groups at Simpson Observatory, have been cancelled.  … Continue reading →

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Outreach Blotter

Posted on March 2, 2020 by ST Editors

by Gene Allen, Outreach Chair Things have been pretty quiet these past few months. In late January, Jim Peck gave a presentation to a group of twenty some in Edison, using Stellarium to show things in the night sky. His … Continue reading →

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An Outreach Scope Takes Shape

Posted on December 2, 2019 by ST Editors

by Gene Allen, Outreach Chair At the NJAA flea market in High Bridge, Dave Skitt and I agreed with Tom Swords in purchasing a used Orion ED80 refractor for use as an Outreach scope. A few years ago I had … Continue reading →

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Outreach Wrapup

Posted on November 4, 2019 by ST Editors

by Gene Allen, Outreach Chair It has been an amazing year. If it had not been so frantic at times, better records would have yielded better summary data. Some details may yet be recaptured from emails. It would have been … Continue reading →

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Outreach Blotter

Posted on October 1, 2019 by ST Editors

by GeneAllen Our meeting schedule resumed in September and the Observatory will be closing at the end of October. The Outreach season should be ramping down, but it really is not. We still have three or maybe four for this … Continue reading →

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Outreach Blotter

Posted on September 3, 2019 by ST Editors

by Gene Allen, Outreach Chair The support our member have given for the summer push has been great, and now it is winding down, with only a few presentations remaining. At 7 pm on Wednesday, September 4, Victor Davis will … Continue reading →

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Outreach Blotter

Posted on August 6, 2019 by ST Editors

by Gene Allen, Outreach Chair We have had a few non-hardware members coming to Outreach Events, and that is great. If you try it, come a bit early and try to engage attendees as they arrive to ask about their … Continue reading →

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Outreach Blotter

Posted on June 2, 2019 by ST Editors

Gene Allen, Outreach Chair Every Outreach Event is an opportunity for EVERY Member to share their knowledge and enthusiasm for things astronomical, not just those who have a telescope. Come out to see what these events are all about, log … Continue reading →

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Summer Library Presentations

Posted on June 2, 2019 by ST Editors

by Gene Allen, Outreach Chair As the song goes, “The heat is on!” With the State of New Jersey proclaiming a summer reading program theme of “A Universe of Stories,” we have experienced a deluge of requests. More distant libraries … Continue reading →

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Outreach Blotter

Posted on May 1, 2019 by ST Editors

by Gene Allen, Outreach Chair Last month, as I scrambled to submit yet another delinquent article (!), I neglected to report on the excellent showing our members made at an Outreach Event in Plainsboro back in March. Once again an … Continue reading →

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