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New Discoveries in the Outer Solar System: Ceres, Pluto and Planet X – April 12, 2016 Lecture

Posted on April 2, 2016 by ST Editors

by Ira Polans, Program Chair The April meeting of the AAAP will be held on the 12th at 7:30 PM in Peyton Hall on the Princeton University campus. The speaker will be Dr. James Green, NASA’s Director Planetary Science. Dr. … Continue reading →

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Saving Hubble – Feb. 9, 2016 Lecture

Posted on January 30, 2016 by ST Editors

by Ira Polans, Program Chair The February meeting will be held on the 9th at 7:30 PM in Peyton Hall on the Princeton University campus. The talk will be by award-winning filmmaker David Gaynes regarding his documentary film “Saving Hubble”. … Continue reading →

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Navigating to the Moon: a View from the Apollo Guidance Computer – Jan. 12

Posted on December 30, 2015 by ST Editors

by Ira Polans, Program Chair The January AAAP meeting will be held on the 12th at 7:30 PM in Peyton Hall on the Princeton University campus. The talk will be by Frank O’Brien, an expert in spaceflight history, and is … Continue reading →

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America’s Human Path Back to Space – Dec. 8 Meeting

Posted on November 20, 2015 by ST Editors

by Ira Polans, Program Chair The December meeting will be held on the 8th at 7:30 PM in Peyton Hall. The talk will be by Dr. Ken Kremer of Universe Toady and AAAP. The talk is entitled “America’s Human Path … Continue reading →

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Einstein’s Dice and Schrödinger’s Cat – Nov. 10

Posted on October 25, 2015 by ST Editors

Our November 10th public lecture and AAAP meeting will be held at 7:30 PM in Peyton Hall. The talk will be presented by well-known physicist and science author, Paul Halpern. Dr. Halpern will discuss his latest book – “Einstein’s Dice … Continue reading →

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Measuring and Modeling Variability in Quasars and Blazars

Posted on September 1, 2015 by ST Editors

by Ira Polans, Program Chair The first talk of the 2015-2016 season marks our return to Peyton Hall. The meeting will be held on September 8 at 7:30 PM. The talk is entitled “Measuring and Modeling Variability in Quasars and … Continue reading →

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The Astonishing Diversity of Planetary Systems

Posted on May 3, 2015 by ST Editors

by Ira Polans, Acting Program Chair The next AAAP meeting will be on Tuesday, May 12, 2015 at 7:30 p.m. in Bowen Hall (see Princeton campus maps for building and parking locations). Our guest speaker Tim Morton is an Associate … Continue reading →

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Connecting Dark Matter Halos with the Galaxy Center and the Super Massive Black Hole

Posted on March 4, 2015 by ST Editors

Tuesday, March 10, 2015 at 7:30 p.m – Bowen Hall, Princeton University The AAAP welcomes Princeton University observational astrophysicist Andy Goulding as its March 10th guest speaker. Dr. Goulding graduated from the University of Durham (UK) with a MSc in … Continue reading →

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Fourth Dimension Astroimaging…My Personal Journey Through the Cosmos

Posted on November 2, 2014 by ST Editors

Steve Mazlin, MD Tuesday, November 11, 2014 at 7:30 p.m in Peyton Hall Astrophotography was revolutionized by digital techniques over the past 20 years. Steve Mazlin will explain some of the basics of data acquisition and processing while giving a … Continue reading →

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