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President: Vice President: Secretary: Treasurer: |
Roger Cowley Jim Fusco Bernie Kosher 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 50th 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 Jim Fusco Bernie Kosher Wade Evans |
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Announcements Last Update: Sunday, October 15, 2017
Nominations
for the 2018 WAS Officers are now being taken.
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Now available!
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| Oct 19 | New Moon at 3:12 pm EDT in Virgo. |
| Oct 20 | Informal 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 from the October 6 meeting. |
| Oct 21 | Public Star Watch at Atsion. Note... this Star Watch is at Atsion rather than Batsto. Also note that there will be a weather backup date, but it's the day before (October 20), so check back on Thursday, October 19, for the actual date selection. |
| Nov 3 | Formal Meeting, 7:30 pm at the Virtua Health and Wellness Center in Moorestown, NJ. |
| Nov 4 | Full Moon at 1:23 am EDT in Cetus. It's the Hunter's Moon, since the Harvest Moon was in October for 2017. |
| Nov 5 | Daylight Time Ends at 2:00 am EDT, which becomes 1:00 am Eastern Standard Time. |
Photo Spotlight Image posted 10.11.2017
Club member Joe Stieber captured the planets Venus and Mars when they were a degree apart on the morning of October 7, 2017, from Swede Run in Moorestown, NJ (about a mile from our meeting venue at Virtua). Brilliant Venus is above and dimmer Mars is below (mouseover for labels). Taken at 5:57 am EDT (65 minutes before sunrise) with a Canon 6D digital SLR camera on a fixed tripod and a Tamron 45 mm f/1.8 lens. It was exposed 2 seconds at f/4, ISO 1000.
Click here for the previous home page image.
Note: Club President, Roger Cowley, has published a 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.
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.
USNO Solar System Object Apparent Disc