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President: Vice President: Secretary: Treasurer: |
Roger Cowley Bernie Kosher Dave Neunheuser Wade Evans |
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West Jersey Astronomical Society www.wasociety.us
Welcome to the Official Home Page of the West Jersey Astronomical Society (formerly known as the Willingboro Astronomical Society). Our club is in its 49th 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. Click here for membership information (dues can now be paid through PayPal).
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President: Vice President: Secretary: Treasurer: |
Roger Cowley Bernie Kosher Dave Neunheuser Wade Evans |
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Announcements Last Update: Sunday, April 03, 2016
| Apr 7 | New Moon at 7:24 pm EDT |
| Apr 9 | NEAF, the Northeast Astronomy Forum, opens at Rockland Community College, Suffern, NY. Continues on April 10. |
| Apr 15 | Formal Meeting, 7:30 pm at the Virtua Health and Wellness Center in Moorestown, NJ. As always, guests are welcome and no astronomical experience is necessary. Use the Main Entrance and check with the security guard. This will be Show & Tell Night, so be sure to bring any interesting astronomical items, especially those from NEAF. |
| Apr 22 | Full Moon at 1:24 am EDT |
| May 6 | Informal Meeting, 7:30 pm at the Virtua Health and Wellness Center in Moorestown, NJ. |
| May 9 | The planet Mercury will transit the sun between 7:14 am and 2:41 pm EDT. Appropriate solar filtration will be needed to see this event safely. Mercury reaches greatest eastern elongation on April 18th (evening apparition). |
| May 14 | Public Star Watch at Batsto Village. The full schedule of Public Star Watches for 2016 is available here. |
Photo Spotlight Image posted 04.01.2016
Those pesky faint stars and dim deep-sky objects can be really exasperating to see sometimes. The pictured observers have found a clever solution, Stargazing with a Flashlight, to brighten the celestial objects they're viewing. This advertisement on the wall was captured by Steve Mattan with an iPhone 6+ as he rushed through the airport in Quito, Ecuador. It's rather appropriate for the posting date.
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Click to contact the . Members are encouraged to submit their astronomical images to the webmaster for inclusion on the WAS Home Page. Be sure to include a description, date and time, as well as equipment and photo data.