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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: Tuesday, November 08, 2016
| Nov 14 | Full Moon at 8:52 am EST, in western Taurus |
| Nov 18 | 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 who will direct you to the conference room. Here are the minutes of the October 21st meeting. |
| Nov 29 | New Moon at 7:18 am EST, in western Ophiuchus. |
| Dec 2 | Informal Meeting, 7:30 pm at the Virtua Health and Wellness Center in Moorestown, NJ. |
| Note: | Nominations for the 2017 WAS Officers are now being taken Check the elections page for more information. |
| Note: | We expect to hold annual Holiday Party on December 10, 2016. If you plan on attending, or have questions, contact club Vice President Bernie Kosher. |
| Note: | Club President, Roger Cowley, has published a new book, Gauging the Solar System: Measuring Astronomical Values for Yourself. Have fun and do more than just snap pictures of the sky! Available at Amazon too. |
Photo Spotlight Image posted 11.04.2016
Here's a spectacular image captured by club member Dan McCauley. It shows the open cluster Melotte 15, which lies at the center of the Heart Nebula, IC 1805. This image was captured over the course of five (5) nights in September 2016, remarkably from light-polluted Palmyra, NJ. It's a one-tenth crop of the original frame captured with a QSI 683 CCD astro-camera and a Takahashai TOA-130 refractor using Astrodon narrowband filters. Exposed 8 hours with a 5 nm H-alpha filter, 6 hours with a 3 nm OIII filter and 5 hours with a 3 nm SI filter.
Click here for the previous home page image.
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.