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President: Vice President: Secretary: Treasurer: |
Ken Weber Al Meloni Suzanne Leap 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 (additionally known as the Willingboro Astronomical Society). Our club is in its 56th 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.
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President: Vice President: Secretary: Treasurer: |
Ken Weber Al Meloni Suzanne Leap Wade Evans |
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Announcements Last Update: Wednesday, October 18, 2023
| Oct 18 | Public Star Watch at Historic Smithville Park in Easthampton, NJ (near Mt Holly). Begins at 6:30 pm EDT. Check back here on the day of the event for the go/no-go weather call. |
| Oct 20 | Informal Meeting at the Virtua Health and Wellness Center, Conference Ctr, Room 155A, in Moorestown, NJ, 7:30 pm EDT. Guests are welcome. |
| Oct 28 | Full Moon at 4:24 pm EDT in Aries. |
| Nov 3 | Jupiter at Opposition, 1:02 am EDT. |
| Nov 3 | Formal Meeting, at the Virtua Health and Wellness Center, Conference Ctr, Room 155A, in Moorestown, NJ, 7:30 pm EDT. Guests are welcome. |
| Nov 5 | Daylight Saving Time ends; 2:00 am EDT (UT-4) becomes 1:00 am EST (UT-5). |
| Nov 13 | New Moon at 4:27 am EST in eastern Libra. |
| Nov 18 | Informal Meeting at the Virtua Health and Wellness Center, Conference Ctr, Room 155A, in Moorestown, NJ, 7:30 pm EDT. Guests are welcome. |
| Nov 18 | Mars in Conjunction with the Sun at 12:41 am EST. |
| Nov 18 | Public Star Watch at Batsto, beginning at 5:30 pm EST. Check back here on the day of the event for the go/no-go weather call. |
Photo Spotlight Image posted 9.28.2023
Club member Michael Jon Williams captured this image of the waning gibbous Moon on September 1, 2023, at 9:30 pm EDT from Moorestown, NJ. He used a Nikon D810 full-frame DSLR with a 300 mm zoom lens set to 300 mm focal length lens. Exposure was 1/160 second at f/5.6, ISO 400, on a fixed tripod with adjustment for movement. Twenty (20) individual frames were registered and stacked with Siril, although the Moon's low altitude at the time resulted in a number of unacceptable frames due to atmospheric turbulence.
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