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Minutes of the January 2015 AAAP Meeting

Posted on January 31, 2015 by ST Editors

by Jim Poinsett, Secretary Larry brought the meeting to order. Jim Poinsett showed the club the Explore Scientific ED127 Apochromatic Refractor w/accessories and case the club received from the recent donation. Kate Otto introduced the speaker Dr. Alan Hirshfeld, Professor of … Continue reading →

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Minutes of the December 2014 Meeting

Posted on December 30, 2014 by ST Editors

by James Poinsett, Secretary Rex opened the meeting at 7:30 and asked members to tell about any astronomy related activities Gene talked about how he witnessed the launch of the Orion capsule Rex went to the “Starstruck” exhibition at the … Continue reading →

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Minutes of the November 11, 2014 AAAP Meeting

Posted on November 29, 2014 by ST Editors

by James Poinsett, Secretary Rex brought the meeting to order at 7:30 and suggested we have the membership vote on the technology proposal for the WC Observatory while most of the members were in attendance. Larry Kane was introduced and … Continue reading →

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Minutes of the October 14, 2014 AAAP Meeting

Posted on November 2, 2014 by ST Editors

by James Poinsett, Secretary Rex opened the meeting and introduced Larry Kane. Larry presented his refractor to the club. Kate Otto then introduced Ken Kremer to give his talk on “The Future of NASA Human Spaceflight”. After Ken’s talk, Rex … Continue reading →

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Minutes of September 9, 2014 AAAP Meeting

Posted on October 4, 2014 by ST Editors

by James Poinsett, Secretary Director Rex Parker opened the meeting with a brief introspective of the AAAP and expressed his thanks to Princeton University for the use of their facilities. The Board meetings are scheduled for this coming year. They … Continue reading →

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Minutes of June 10, 2014 AAAP Meeting

Posted on July 18, 2014 by ST Editors

By James Poinsett, Secretary Rex Parker called the meeting to order and welcomed all to the planetarium He reminded everyone that StarQuest was coming up on the weekend of  Sept 26-28 He announced plans for a board meeting on June … Continue reading →

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Minutes of the July 1, 2014 Board Meeting

Posted on July 18, 2014 by ST Editors

by Jim Poinsett, Secretary Attendees: Director Rex Parker, Program Chair Kate Otto, Secretary Jim Poinsett, Observatory Co-chairs Gene Ramsey, David Skitt and Jen Skitt, Outreach Coordinator David Letcher and ST Co-editor Michael Wright. Director Rex Parker opened the meeting. The … Continue reading →

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The Moon is a Harsh Mistress

Posted on November 7, 2013 by ST Editors

Member Jim Poinsett took these two shots of the moon this October as part of his first attempt at astrophotography from his backyard using his 8-inch LX-200 and Meade Deep Sky Imager. Well done, Jim!

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