Announcements   Last Update: Friday, August 30, 2019

Aug 30	New Moon at 6:37 am EDT in western Virgo.
Aug 30	Astronomy Night Star Watch at the Rancocas Nature Center. The weather forecast looks good, so tonight's event is a Go! Member scope support will be needed.
Aug 31	Member Star Watch at Atsion. Check back the day of the event for the go/no-go weather call.
Sept 6	Formal Meeting, 7:30 pm at the Virtua Health and Wellness Center in Moorestown, NJ. Use the Main Entrance, go straight ahead and follow the sign to the conference center, or check with the security guard who will direct you. As always, guests are welcome and no astronomical experience is necessary. Here are the minutes from August 15.
Sept 10	Astrophotography Meeting, 7:00 to 9:00 pm at the Virtua Health and Wellness Center, Conference Room B, in Moorestown, NJ. Grant Blair will be giving a presentation on planetary imaging and processing.
Sept 14	Full Moon at 12:33 am EDT in eastern Aquarius.
Sept 19	Informal Meeting at the Virtua Health and Wellness Center in Moorestown, NJ. As always, guests are welcome and no astronomical experience is necessary. Informal meetings in 2019 will continue to be on the third Thursday of the month. Starting in January 2020, informal meetings will return to the second Friday of the month.
Sept 28	Public Star Watch at Batsto. Check back the day of the event for the go/no-go weather call.

Photo Spotlight   Image posted 7.23.2019

Club member Dan McCauley captured this recent image of the Pelican Nebula (IC 5070 and including IC 5067) in H-alpha wavelength. Minimal processing was used.

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