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President: Vice President: Secretary: Treasurer: |
Bob Lill Frank Grupico 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 58th 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: |
Bob Lill Frank Grupico Suzanne Leap Wade Evans |
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Announcements Last Update: Saturday, March 08, 2025
| Mar 9 | Daylight Saving Time begins, 2 am EST becomes 3 am EDT ("Spring ahead, Fall back"). |
| Mar 14 | Full Moon at 2:55 am EDT in eastern Leo, On the night of March 13-14, there will be a total lunar eclipse visible in our area. See more here and here. |
| Mar 20 | Equinox at 5:01 am EDT, the Vernal (Spring) Equinox for the Northern Hemisphere. |
| Mar 21 | Informal Meeting at the Virtua Health and Wellness Center, Conference Ctr, Room 155A, Moorestown, NJ, 7:30 pm. Guests are welcome. |
| Mar 22 | Public Star Watch at Batsto, beginning at 7:30 pm. This will be the first one for 2025, so plan to be there! Be sure to check back here on the afternoon of the event for the go/no-go weather call. No registration required. |
| Mar 26 | Public Star Watch at Historic Smithville Park in Easthampton, NJ (near Mt Holly), beginning at 7:30 pm. A no-fee registration is required. Be sure to check back here on the afternoon of the event for the go/no-go weather call. |
| Mar 29 | New Moon at 6:58 am EST in Pisces. There will be a partial solar eclipse ending shortly after sunrise in our area. |
| Apr 4 | Formal Meeting at the Virtua Health and Wellness Center, Conference Ctr, Room 155A, Moorestown, NJ, 7:30 pm. Guests are welcome. |
| Apr 5 | NEAF, the Northeast Astronomy Forum, begins at Suffern, NY. Continues on April 6. |
Photo Spotlight Image posted 1.24.2025
Club member John McDaniel captured this image of the Crab Nebula from his home in Voorhees, NJ, on the evening of January 20, 2025. Considerable detail is evident, despite the suburban light pollution. This supernova remnant's most common catalog designation is M1, the first entry on Charles Messier's well-known list of deep-sky objects that weren't comets. John used an 8 inch Celestron Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope and a ZWO ASI2600 digital astro-camera, riding a ZWO AM5 equatorial mount. This image is from a stack of 90 frames at 120 seconds apiece, or 180 minutes total exposure. Click the picture for a larger version.
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