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President: Vice President: Secretary: Treasurer: |
Drew Maser Jerry Lodriguss Jim Foy Joe Stieber |
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West Jersey Astronomical Society www.wasociety.us
Welcome to the Official Home Page of the West Jersey Astronomical Society (until December 12, 2015, we were known as the Willingboro Astronomical Society, even though it's been more than a decade since we met there). Our club is in its 48th year of serving both the public and the amateur astronomers of the Delaware Valley. We have a long history of public education, star parties, interesting meetings, in-depth training and experienced leadership. We are a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization. At the December 2015 Formal Meeting, elections were held for the 2016 WAS Officers.
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President: Vice President: Secretary: Treasurer: |
Drew Maser Jerry Lodriguss Jim Foy Joe Stieber |
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Announcements Last Update: Sunday, December 27, 2015
| Jan 1 | New Year's Day, because it's a holiday, we won't be holding our usual Formal Meeting on this, the first Friday of the month. The next meeting will be on January 15, 2016, as noted below. |
| Jan 2 | Earth reaches perihelion at 5:49 pm EST. We will be 0.9833 au from the sun. |
| Jan 9 | New Moon at 8:31 pm EST. |
| Jan 15 | Informal Meeting, 7:30 pm at the Virtua Health and Wellness Center in Moorestown, NJ. This is now our regular meeting location! Upon entering the building, check with the security guard, who will direct you to the meeting room. As always, guests are welcome and no astronomical experience is necessary. Click here for the minutes of the December 4th formal meeting. Click here for the minutes of the December 18, 2015, informal meeting. |
| Jan 23 | Full Moon at 8:46 pm EST. |
Photo Spotlight Image posted 12.22.2015
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C/2010 US10 (Catalina) is a relatively bright comet that is now visible in our morning sky. With a brightness in the magnitude 6 range, it can even be seen from suburban locations with binoculars. This image of it was captured on December 20, 2015, by club member Jerry Lodriguss from Steelmantown in Belleplain State Forest, NJ, with a modified Canon T3i (600D) digital SLR camera at the prime focus of an Astro-Physics 130EDFGT triplet apochromatic refractor tracking on an Astro-Physics 1100 German equatorial mount. It was exposed 10 minutes at ISO 800. Click here for more.
Click here for the previous home page image.
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