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President: Vice President: Secretary: Treasurer: |
Jim Fusco Bob Lill 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 57th 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. 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: |
Jim Fusco Bob Lill Suzanne Leap Wade Evans |
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Announcements Last Update: Friday, August 23, 2024
| Sept 2 | New Moon at 9:56 pm EDT in Leo. |
| Sept 6 | Formal Meeting at the Virtua Health and Wellness Center, Conference Ctr, Room 155A, Moorestown, NJ, 7:30 pm. Guests are welcome. |
| Sept 6 | Black Forest Star Party at Cherry Springs SP, Potter County, PA. Registration is full, but here's the wait list. |
| Sept 7 | Public Star Watch at Atsion, beginning at 7:00 pm EDT. No registration required. Check back here on the afternoon of the event for the go/no-go weather call. |
| Sept 17 | Full Moon at 2:26 pm EDT at the Aquarius / Pisces border. |
| Sept 20 | Informal Meeting at the Virtua Health and Wellness Center, Conference Ctr, Room 155A, Moorestown, NJ, 7:30 pm. Guests are welcome. |
Photo Spotlight Image posted 7.28.2024
Members of the WAS held a non-public star watch at Batsto in Wharton State Forest, NJ, on Saturday evening, July 27, 2024. Although atmospheric conditions were less than ideal with passing clouds and haze from smoke due to distant forest fires. Regardless, club member John McDaniel captured this splendid image of Messier 20, the Trifid Nebula, in Sagittarius. John used a Celestron NexStar Evolution 8 telescope tracking on a ZWO AM-5 equatorial mount with a ZWO OAG-L off-axis guider. Taken with a ZWO ASI2600mc color camera using 33 frames of 120 seconds each (66 minutes total exposure). Processed with PixInsight and Adobe Lightroom. Click the image for a larger version.
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United States Naval Observatory, Astronomical Applications
Best Comets of 2024 ; Prospects for
C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS), Aug 14, 2024
