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President: Vice President: Secretary: Treasurer: |
Al Meloni Ray Pape Arnie Rosemoff 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 53rd 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: |
Al Meloni Ray Pape Arnie Rosemoff Wade Evans |
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Announcements Last Update: Monday, July 13, 2020
| July 17 | Informal Meeting; this will be an online meeting via Zoom, opening at 7:30 pm (log-on information will be posted to the WAS Google group). The status of physical meetings at the Virtua Health and Wellness Center in Moorestown, NJ, remains indeterminate due to coronavirus concerns. |
| July 18 | Public Star Watch at Batsto. Cancelled due to coronavirus concerns. |
| July 20 | New Moon at 1:33 pm EDT in western Cancer. |
| Aug 3 | Full Moon at 11:59 am EDT in Capricornus. |
| Aug 7 | Formal Meeting; an online meeting via Zoom is planned, opening at 7:30 pm. |
| Aug 22 | Member Star Watch at Atsion. Status indeterminate due to coronavirus concerns. |
Photo Spotlight Image posted 7.06.2020
Club member Joe Stieber captured this snapshot of the Moon on July 5, 2020, at 12:30 am EDT when it was at the maximum extent of a penumbral lunar eclipse. However, only about a third of the Moon's surface (at the top) was in the earth's shadow, which is below the threshold for visibility predicted by "Mr. Eclipse," Fred Espenak, as stated in a recent Spaceweather article. Indeed, there's no real shadow evident in this image, and about a dozen WAS members who observed the eclipse visually reported no apparent shadow. The picture was taken from Maple Shade, NJ, with a Canon EOS RP mirrorless digital camera and a Canon 400 mm f/5.6L telephoto lens on a fixed tripod. It's a single monochrome raw frame exposed 1/800 second at f/11, ISO 800. It was cropped to a quarter of the original linear dimensions for a field about 1.3° wide x 0.8° high.
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USNO
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Alternate SOHO Link
(this link may be inoperative as the USNO websites are undergoing
modernization;
estimated completion is now Fall 2020)