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From The Director

Posted on May 1, 2023 by ST Editors

by Rex Parker, PhD director@princetonastronomers.org May 9 Meeting – Election of Officers.  Through our 60-year history we have elected officers (the Board of Trustees) for new 1-year terms at the May meeting as provided in the by-laws.  Nominations committee chair … Continue reading →

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From The Director

Posted on April 1, 2023 by ST Editors

by Rex Parker, PhD director@princetonastronomers.org April 11 Meeting – Archeoastronomy.  After last month’s wind driven last minute decision to go virtual only, we’ll again plan to convene at Peyton Hall on the Princeton campus on Tues April 11 (7:30pm).  The … Continue reading →

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From The Director

Posted on March 5, 2023 by ST Editors

by Rex Parker, PhD director@princetonastronomers.org Spring Is Coming!  We’ll convene at Peyton Hall on the Princeton campus for our monthly get-together on Tues March 14 (7:30pm).  If you just can’t make it physically, this will again be a hybrid meeting … Continue reading →

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From The Director

Posted on February 5, 2023 by ST Editors

by Rex Parker, PhD director@princetonastronomers.org Meet on Campus Feb 14 We’ll be back at Princeton Feb 14 for the monthly meeting with hopes that the Peyton Hall auditorium AV upgrade is finished so we can run this as hybrid-virtual. If … Continue reading →

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From The Director

Posted on January 1, 2023 by ST Editors

by Rex Parker, PhD director@princetonastronomers.org Denizens of Planet Earth Declare a New Year!There are good reasons to have a little more hope this new year than the last few. The best development for AAAP in 2022 came late in the … Continue reading →

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From Peyton Hall

Posted on December 3, 2022 by ST Editors

Director Rex Parker is traveling. He will be out for December’s meeting AAAP’s Return to Peyton Hall, Nov 8.  At long last AAAP members met again in person at Princeton University’s Peyton Hall auditorium on Nov 8.  Peyton has been … Continue reading →

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From The Director

Posted on October 27, 2022 by ST Editors

by Rex Parker, PhD director@princetonastronomers.org Return to Peyton Hall, Nov 8 (7:30pm).  At long last we will meet again in person at Princeton University’s Peyton Hall auditorium for our next get together on Nov 8.  Peyton has been the home … Continue reading →

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From The Director

Posted on October 3, 2022 by ST Editors

by Rex Parker, PhD director@princetonastronomers.org Transition to real time and space.  After two-and-a-half years gathering virtually we are coming to the last of AAAP’s monthly Zoom sessions on October 11.  Beginning in November we will again hold our meeting in … Continue reading →

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From The Director

Posted on September 3, 2022 by ST Editors

by Rex Parker, PhD director@princetonastronomers.org 60th Anniversary of AAAP!  This fall marks the 60th year that AAAP has been an astronomy club.  Yes, back in the fall of 1962, in the early years of the space race, AAAP filed for … Continue reading →

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From The Director

Posted on August 8, 2022 by ST Editors

by Rex Parker, PhD director@princetonastronomers.org Our future is in Princeton.  Many of you, like me, would rather have our monthly astro gatherings in person at a prestigious science place in Princeton rather than Zooming.  This may happen this fall, and … Continue reading →

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From The Director

Posted on June 3, 2022 by ST Editors

by Rex Parker, PhD director@princetonastronomers.org Escape from the Black Hole of Relentless News Headlines.  Though we had a couple of rainouts for May events, the lunar eclipse AstroVideo Live was saved by member Rich Sherman broadcasting from Florida May 15.  … Continue reading →

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From The Director

Posted on May 1, 2022 by ST Editors

by Rex Parker, PhD director@princetonastronomers.org Gravitate to Our Spring Events!  A total lunar eclipse, fantastic galaxies high overhead, and a close collection of planets before dawn make up a spectacular astro palette over the next month as spring emerges in … Continue reading →

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From The Director

Posted on March 31, 2022 by ST Editors

by Rex Parker, PhD director@princetonastronomers.org Spring Events — Back to (Nearly) Normal.  COVID restrictions have been lifted in NJ state parks, though individuals going to the AAAP Observatory are urged to remain careful especially with the public, and recognize that … Continue reading →

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