Welcome to the Official Home Page of the West Jersey Astronomical Society (additionally known as the Willingboro Astronomical Society). Our club is in its 58^th 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.

President: Vice President: Secretary: Treasurer: Starwatch Director:

Bob Lill Frank Grupico Karen Hagerman Wade Evans Suzanne Leap

Much of the United Sates, and our own Southern New Jersey region, experienced a strong auroral display on the night of November 11, 2025. After spotting aurorae from her suburban home earlier in the evening under a light polluted sky, the Club's Starwatch Director, Suzanne Leap, headed to the darker skies of Wharton State Forest and captured these wonderful images of the aurorae with a Canon EOS 80D digital camera. They look towards the northeast and Ursa Major, the Great Bear, and Lynx, the Wild Cat. The Big Dipper asterism of Ursa Major in the upper picture (11:38 pm EST) is overwhelmed by the auroral glow, but the bowl is clearly visible at the bottom-left corner in the image below (11:28 pm).

Click here for the previous home page image.

The APOD Mirror site is no longer needed, the standard APOD site is again operational now that the shutdown is over.

 Sky & Telescope's This Week's Sky at a Glance, November 14 to 23, 2025.

Get the monthly Evening Sky Map.

Registration for the 2026 Winter Star Party is now open (posted here on Nov 3, 2025).

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.