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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: Monday, March 25, 2024
| Apr 5 | Formal Meeting at the Virtua Health and Wellness Center, Conference Ctr, Room 155A, Moorestown, NJ, 7:30 pm. Guests are welcome. |
| Apr 6 | Public Star Watch at Batsto, beginning at 7:30 pm EDT. This year, we'll be back to our traditional location on the south side of the entrance road. Check back here on the day of the event for the go/no-go weather call. |
| Apr 8 | New Moon at 2:21 pm EDT in Pisces. The Moon will totally eclipse the Sun along a path crossing much of the United States. In our Moorestown, NJ, area, we will have just a partial eclipse, about 0.90 magnitude. |
| Apr 10 | Public Star Watch at Historic Smithville Park in Easthampton, NJ, just outside of Mt Holly. It begins at 7:30 pm EDT. Note that this this Burlington County event requires a no-fee registration. Check back here on the day of the event for the go/no-go weather call. There's a weather backup date of April 11. |
| Apr 19 | Informal Meeting at the Virtua Health and Wellness Center, Conference Ctr, Room 155A, Moorestown, NJ, 7:30 pm. Guests are welcome. |
| Apr 20 | NEAF, the Northeast Astronomy Forum begins at Rockland Community College, Suffern, NY. Tickets. Directions. |
| Apr 23 | Full Moon at 7:49 pm EDT in eastern Virgo. |
Photo Spotlight Image posted 2.19.2024
Club member Bill Grimditch captured this image of Bode's Galaxy, or Messier 81, a beautiful "grand design" spiral galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major, the Great Bear. It was captured on February 7 & 9, 2024, from non-dark Willlingboro, NJ, using a ZWO ASI294MC camera and a Celestron Edge 9.25" Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope tracking on a Celestron CGX German equatorial mount, auto-guiding with PHD2 and an ASI174MM camera. Total exposure time was about 58 minutes (40.3 min on Feb 7 and 17.3 on Feb 9 before clouds interfered). It was stacked and processed with PixInsight, then slight final adjustments were made in Photoshop.
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