Welcome to the Official Home Page of the West Jersey Astronomical Society (formerly known as the Willingboro Astronomical Society). Our club is in its 52^nd 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).

President: Vice President: Secretary: Treasurer:

Steve Kutoroff Ray Pape Arnie Rosemoff Wade Evans

Club member Dan McCauley annotated an older image with NGC 3628, the "Hamburger Galaxy" (which is part of the Leo Triplet along with galaxies M65 and M66 under the Lion's hindquarters), to highlight Quasars that surround it. This image is a 10% crop of the original image taken with a QSI-683 CCD camera and a Takahashi TAO-130 apo refractor. Dan obtained his redshift and distance data from the Halton Arp, et al, paper "NGC 3628: Ejection Activity Associated with Quasars." Bob King just posted an online article at Sky & Telescope about observing Quasars.

Click here for the previous home page image.

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