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President: Vice President: Secretary: Treasurer: |
Al Meloni Wade Evans Suzanne Leap Jim Brennan |
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West Jersey Astronomical Society www.wasociety.us
Welcome to the Official Home Page of the West Jersey Astronomical Society (additionally known as the Willingboro Astronomical Society). Our club is in its 55th 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, including a PayPal link to pay dues (click here to make a separate donation). Members in good standing have access to the gated Barnegat Road Observing Site in the dark New Jersey Pines, while Atsion Field in the Pines is available to those with valid membership cards.
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President: Vice President: Secretary: Treasurer: |
Al Meloni Wade Evans Suzanne Leap Jim Brennan |
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Announcements Last Update: Saturday, April 09, 2022
| Apr 15 | Informal Meeting, at the Virtua Health and Wellness Center in Moorestown, NJ, 7:30 pm. We are now meeting in-person at Virtua, but it will also be simulcast via Zoom (log-on information posted to the WAS e-group). Guests are welcome at Virtua. |
| Apr 16 | Full Moon at 2:55 pm EDT in Virgo. |
| Apr 21 | Public Star Watch at Historic Smithville Park in Easthampton, NJ (near Mt Holly), 7:30 to 10:30 pm. Participation is limited and guests must register (no fee) at the Burlington County Parks site (at the top, select Nature Programs, scroll down to the Outdoors section and click Star Watches then Star Watch 4/21). Registration opens April 7. Check back the day of the event for the go/no-go weather call. |
| Apr 30 | New Moon at 4:28 pm EDT in northern Aries. |
| May 5 | Public Star Watch at Historic Smithville Park in Easthampton, NJ (near Mt Holly), 7:30 to 10:30 pm. |
| May 6 | Formal Meeting, at the Virtua Health and Wellness Center in Moorestown, NJ, 7:30 pm. |
| May 16 | Full Moon at 12:14 am EDT in Libra. There will be a total lunar eclipse with maximum eclipse at 12:12 am, but first umbral contact (partial eclipse begins) is at 10:28 pm EDT on May 15. Totality begins at 11:29 pm. |
| May 21 | Public Star Watch at Batsto Village in Wharton State Forest, NJ. Starting time is 8:00 pm. |
Photo Spotlight Image posted 4.09.2022
Observing Opportunity: The row of constantly shifting morning planets continues, with Jupiter joining Venus, Mars and Saturn as it rises out of the brighter twilight. This is the view on Sunday, April 10, 2022, at 6:00 am EDT for an observer at 40°N-75°W (Cinnaminson, NJ, but nominally Philadelphia, PA) prepared with SkySafari 7 Pro. At the end of the month, as Venus passes Jupiter, they will be only about half-a-degree apart. Faint Neptune is less than half-a-degree from Jupiter now, but at magnitude +8.0 vs. Jupiter at -2.1 (10.1 magnitudes or almost 11,000x dimmer), Neptune will be essentially impossible to see. The asteroid/minor planet (4) Vesta joins the row of planets at the western end. Although similar in brightness to Neptune at magnitude +8.1, it is higher in a darker sky and should be visible with optical aid (binoculars or a small scope) near magnitude +4.1 Theta Capricorni. More celestial events are covered at Sky & Telescope's "This Week's Sky at a Glance, April 8 - April 16."
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Astrospheric Forecast for the Barnegat Road Observing Site
Star & Constellation
Pronunciation Guides
Lunar X Predictions (UT)
Some items from the March 18, 2022, meeting.
