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From the Director

Posted on July 18, 2014 by ST Editors

        by Rex Parker, PhD, Director May your mid-summer night dreams include starry vistas and glimpses of the great arc of the Milky Way Galaxy across the splendid constellations from Cygnus to Sagittarius!  On July 12, we … Continue reading →

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From the Director

Posted on May 31, 2014 by ST Editors

by Rex Parker, PhD, Director Embracing the future with an eye on 50 proud years of AAAP’s past, it is an honor for me to return to the helm as Director for the next season.  I extend my thanks and … Continue reading →

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News Flash!!

Posted on May 3, 2014 by ST Editors

by John A. Church Here is a news flash, hot off the wires! On Saturday April 26, Rex Parker, Jeff Bernardis, Dave Skitt and the writer successfully replaced the existing Paramount mount on the Hasting-Byrne refractor at Washington Crossing with … Continue reading →

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Proposed Field Trip to Arizona Sky

Posted on March 1, 2014 by ST Editors

by Rex Parker At the November meeting, I presented “Galaxies, Comets and Pixels from the High Desert”, a glimpse of an astronomy haven, the Mt Lemmon Sky Center.  Located an hour north of Tucson AZ, the site has excellent facilities … Continue reading →

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From the Program Chair

Posted on November 30, 2013 by ST Editors

by Kate Otto, Program Chair A happy 2013 holiday season to all!  Thanks again to Rex Parker who gave the club a virtual tour of the University of Arizona’s Mt. Lemmon Sky Center at last month’s meeting.  The Mt. Lemmon Sky Center … Continue reading →

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From the Program Chair

Posted on November 7, 2013 by ST Editors

Kate Otto, Program Chair AAAP’s next meeting will be on Tuesday, November 12, 2013 at 8:00 p.m. in Peyton Hall. Member Rex Parker , PhD. (Indiana University, 1985, Biochemistry) will present “Galaxies, Comets, and Pixels from the High Desert” in … Continue reading →

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Some of the Best of 20 Years in the AAAP

Posted on May 6, 2013 by ST Editors

The bounds of space and time are not what they once seemed, thanks to more than 150 AAAP-sponsored lectures over the past two decades. We’ve had the privilege to meet, marvel, and question some of the leading scientists in the … Continue reading →

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Home Observatory – Dream to Reality

Posted on October 3, 2012 by ST Editors

By Rex Parker I know that I’m not alone in longing for a home observatory. A permanent set up, ready to power on, impress your friends, bring the stars home! Over the past dozen years my heavy “portable” mount has … Continue reading →

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First Light with Stellar Spectroscopy

Posted on December 7, 2011 by ST Editors

by Rex Parker Spectroscopy has always been an interesting and appealing branch of optics and chemistry ever since I made my first diffraction grating spectroscope for a junior-high science fair project. Of course spectroscopy has many scientific applications today, especially … Continue reading →

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A Tour of the Famed Yerkes Observatory

Posted on October 4, 2011 by ST Editors

by Rex Parker An astronomy field trip to spice up the summer family visit back in the home state… destination: merely the birthplace of modern astrophysics! I was bound for Yerkes Observatory, home to the world’s largest refracting telescope, the … Continue reading →

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