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President: Vice President: Secretary: Treasurer: |
Roger Cowley Bernie Kosher Dave Neunheuser 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 49th 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 Bernie Kosher Dave Neunheuser Wade Evans |
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Announcements Last Update: Thursday, April 28, 2016
| Apr 22 | Full Moon at 1:24 am EDT |
| May 6 | New Moon at 3:30 pm EDT |
| May 6 | 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. Click here for the minutes of the April 15, 2016, Formal Meeting. |
| May 9 | The planet Mercury will transit the sun between 7:13:35 am and 2:41:25 pm EDT for observers in the Philadelphia area (topocentric times from USNO MICA). Appropriate solar filtration will be needed to see this event safely. |
| May 14 | Public Star Watch at Batsto Village. The full schedule of Public Star Watches for 2016 is available here. |
| May 20 | Formal Meeting, 7:30 pm at the Virtua Health and Wellness Center in Moorestown, NJ. |
Photo Spotlight Image posted 04.22.2016
On April 17, 2016, John Ambrose captured this image of the planet Jupiter, along with it's Galilean satellite Ganymede at the lower-left of the Jovian disc. Ganymede had emerged about 10 minutes earlier from occultation by the disc, and in another 5 minutes or so, would disappear in Jupiter's shadow as it continued to move eastward (to the left from the disc). Also visible is the Great Red Spot emerging from the eastern limb at the lower edge of the Southern Equatorial Belt, beginning it's westward rotation across the disc. Taken at 9:44 pm EDT with a Celestron C8 telescope with a 2x Barlow and a Canon D60a digital SLR camera in the video mode. 10% of 3,600 frames were used.
Click here for the previous home page image.
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.