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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, November 08, 2024
| Nov 15 | Informal Meeting at the Virtua Health and Wellness Center, Conference Ctr, Room 155A, Moorestown, NJ, 7:30 pm. Guests are welcome. Nominations for the 2025 officers will be taken. |
| Nov 15 | Full Moon at 4:28 pm EDT in Aries. |
| Nov 16 | The Leonid Meteor Shower peaks overnight November 16-17, but only a modest ZHR (zenithal hourly rate) is expected and the view will be compromised by a nearly full Moon. |
| Nov 23 | Public Star Watch at Batsto, beginning at 5:30 pm EST. No registration is required. Check back here on the day of the event for the go/no-go weather call. This will be the last Public Star Watch for 2024. |
| Dec 1 | New Moon at 1:21 am EDT in Scorpius, very close to Antares, but the nearby Sun is in Ophiuchus. |
| Dec 6 | Formal Meeting at the Virtua Health and Wellness Center, Conference Ctr, Room 155A, Moorestown, NJ, 7:30 pm. Guests are welcome. Elections for the 2025 officers will be held. |
Photo Spotlight Image posted 10.10.2024
Club Secretary and Star Watch Director, Suzanne Leap, was out to Wharton State Forest on Monday night, October 7-8, 2024, for some stargazing, with the hope of sighting an aurora. As she was preparing to pack up around 1:00 am on Oct 8, she noticed the sky lit up with a pink/red aurora display. It lasted about 10 minutes and she was able to capture them, as seen here, with her Canon EOS 80D camera at ISO 1250. With the increasing solar activity this cycle, aurora sightings have been on the rise. Click the picture for a larger version. On Thursday evening, Oct 10, numerous aurorae were seen by many in our region.
Earlier on the night of October 7, airline pilot and club member C.
Steeves captured this view of aurora with an iPhone 11 at 9:26 pm from
41,000 ft over Nashville, TN. Notice the Big Dipper just above the horizon. Click the picture for a larger
version.
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