Programs in 2007:
December 12, annual Winter Solstice Party, bring snacks and drinks!
November 14, "Making Magnificent Models of Spacecraft" by Mary Hiller, Assistant Manager of the Dreyfuss Planetarium at the Newark Museum
Sunday, November 4, 6 PM, Annual Dinner, at Neil and Joyce Goldstein's house. Our speaker will be Dr. Ed Jenkins of Princeton University who will speak on "The Local Bubble in the Interstellar Gas." Cost is $5 at the door.
Friday, October 19, Fall Stargazing at Riker Hill Art Park, 8-10 PM
October 10, "Asteroid 4 Vesta" by Al WEitzgall, AAI
September 12, "Astrophotography for the Beginner" by Dave Trapani, NJAG
On Friday, July 20, Summer Stargazing at Riker Hill Art Park 8:30-10:30 PM
Directions: Garden State Parkway exit 145 or NJ Turnpike exit 15W, Route 280 west,
exit 4 to Eisenhower Parkway south, go through the light, go across the railroad
tracks and up the hill. After half a mile turn left onto Beaufort Ave., bear right to continue on
Beaufort, turn left at the sign for "Riker Hill Art Park." At the stop sign go
straight. Bear right at the fork, park at the top of the hill.
Telescopes will be set up in the field on your right at the very top of the hill.
July 11, club members discussion and planning
June 13, Kevin Conod presented the latest 3D views of the sun from the STEREO spacecraft
May 9, Astronomy Projects by Montclair State U. students, including 1. Heights of Crater Rims on the Moon, Christopher Steingraber 2. Making a Moon Composite using GIMP, Nathaniel Frissell 3. Moon's Velocity, Kwang J. Bae 4. Recreating Galileo's Telescope, Sean Rodriguez 5. Puzzling Meteorites, Jonathan Norton 6. Cratering in Different Soils (slow motion video), Nick Malupis and Sean Rodriguez 7. Sunspots, Elizabeth Taylor 8. Solar Radio Bursts, Christine Vadovszki 9. Relationship Between the Radio Bursts from the Sun and Terrestrial Ionospheric Propagation, Nathaniel Frissell and Michael Papalos 10. Orbit of Titan from CCD images, Jonathan Norton and Ed Knesevitch
April 11, "New Horizons, the First Space Mission to Pluto" by Michael Dean Lewis, NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassador
March 14, "Bicycling on Other Worlds" by Lonny Buinis of Raritan Valley Community College
February 14, cancelled due to snow
January 17, "Astronomy Update 2007: Highlights from the American Astronomical Society meeting in Seattle in January" Kevin Conod and Mary Lou West
Programs in 2006:
December 13, Annual Winter Solstice Party, please bring finger foods or drinks!
November 8, "Irish Astronomy Through the Ages", Kevin Conod, Newark Museum's Dreyfuss Planetariun and NJAG
November 8, Transit of Mercury across the sun, 2-4 PM, in front of Richardson Hall at MSU AND ALSO at the Newark Museum!
Friday, October 13, 8 - 10 PM, Star Party at Riker Hill Art Park
Directions: Garden State Parkway exit 145 or NJ Turnpike exit 15W, Route 280 west,
exit 4 to Eisenhower Parkway south, go through the light, go across the railroad
tracks and up the hill. After half a mile turn left onto Beaufort Ave., bear right to continue on
Beaufort, turn left at the sign for "Riker Hill Art Park." At the stop sign go
straight. Bear right at the fork, park at the top of the hill.
Telescopes will be set up in the field on your right at the very top of the hill.
October 11, "A Fun Introduction to Gravity and Black Holes" by Ray Shapp, AAI, Night Sky Network
September 13, "Summer Observatory Visits (Calgary, Kitt Peak, Lowell, Meteor Crater, Christa McAuliffe)" by Mary Lou West, NJAG
July 21, 9-11 PM, Star Party featuring Jupiter and Saturn at Riker Hill Art Park in Livingston
July 12, "Terraforming Mars, and Teaching the Concept" by Nancy Pi-Sunyer, Montclair Kimberley Academy
Saturday, July 8, Club picnic at Picnic Area E at Van Saun Countyy Park in Paramus. (Route 4 between George Washington Bridge and Route 17, North on Forest, park is on the right in 1 mile.) Here is the park's layout.
June 14, Annual Astrophotography Contest, the winners .
May 18, Star Party at Bradford School, Montclair as part of their Science Fair.
Directions: Take Valley Road a half mile south of Montclair State
University. Turn west at the traffic light onto Mt. Hebron Road. The
school will be on your right in the next block. People with telescopes can park in the teachers'
lot beyond and behind the school, next to the playground.
May 10, Astronomy at Biosphere II, by Phil Yecko, MSU Mathematical Sciences Department. History of the structure in Arizona, observations of asteroids, variable stars, galaxies, and even an aurora.
April 28, 7:30, Star Party at Banyan School, Fairfield.
Directions from MSU: Route 46 West, past Rt 23, exit at Hollywood Ave. Go left on Hollywood for about 1.5 miles as it bends around. At St Thomas More Church (12 Hollywood Ave) turn left into the first driveway. The entrance to the school is directly a
head.
April 12, The Total Solar Eclipse of March 29, 2006, by Jim Piombino (NJAG)
Friday, March 17, Spring Star Gazing, 8-10 PM, Riker Hill Art Park in Livingston
Directions: Garden State Parkway exit 145 or NJ Turnpike exit 15W, Route 280 west,
exit 4 to Eisenhower Parkway south, go through the light, go across the railroad
tracks and up the hill. After half a mile turn left onto Beaufort Ave., bear right to continue on
Beaufort, turn left at the sign for "Riker Hill Art Park." At the stop sign go
straight. Bear right at the fork, park at the top of the hill.
Telescopes will be set up in the field on your right at the very top of the hill.
March 8, Solar Research at the Big Bear Solar Observatory, by Dr. Carsten Denker of NJIT. He will also describe the plans for NJIT's new solar telescope, to be the largest in the world.
February 8, Astronomy Update 2006, Kevin Conod (Newark Museum Planetarium and NJAG) and Mary Lou West (NJAG, MSU), a report on the latest developments from the American Astronomical Society meeting held in Washington, DC, in January.
January 18, (NOTE CHANGE OF DATE) "Narrow Band Imaging - The Dark Side of Photography" by Adrian Oradean (NJAG). He will describe how to make professional quality images of emission nebulae.
Programs in 2005:
December 14, Annual Winter Solstice Party, Please bring finger foods or drinks!
November 9, "Exploring Mars and the Search for Life" by Ken Kremer of AAAP.
October 12, "An Amateur's Inside Experience at Mount Palomar Observatory", Alan Midkiff, AAI. Alan suggests looking at the websites of Palomar Observatory, Fleet Center Tours , and Mount Wilson Observatory.
September 14, Galileo and His Daughter, NOVA video (aired 9/10/05), and discussion of summer observing
Friday, July 15, 9-11 PM, (rain date Saturday, July 16) Stargazing at Riker Hill Art Park. We will look at the Moon, Jupiter, and other wonders of the night sky.
July 13, The program will be a video presentation of "Total Eclipse: Solar Eclipses and Mysteries of the Corona."
June 8, Ed Carlos of Amateur Astronomers, Inc. He will give a presentation about the telescope restoration project he is working on. The late Roger Tuthill, a well-known amateur astronomer and telescope dealer, built a 20-inch portable telescope mounted on a trailer in 1964. On his passing in 2000, this telescope was donated to the UACNJ and is now at Sperry Observatory undergoing renovations. Ed Carlos will give us an update on this interesting project.
Friday, May 13, Annual Dinner at the Russian Hall in Little Falls, 7:30.
Annual astrophotography contest, door prizes.
The outstanding speaker was James A. Connor, Kean University, discussing his
new book "Kepler's Witch: An Astronomer's Discovery of Cosmic Order
Amid Religious War, Political Intrigue, and the Heresy Trial of His Mother."
$30 prepaid, $35 at the door.
Directions: Take Route 23, about
1 mile south of Willowbrook Shopping Mall, turn eastward off Rt. 23
at the 7-Eleven at Bradford Road, go another 2 blocks.
May 11, MSU students report on their astronomical research projects done this year. This will include Near-Earth Asteroids (Igor Vaksman and David Niechwiadowicz), Distribution of Chondrule Sizes in Meteorites (Taki Zaidi and Cesar Marino), Magnetism of Meteorites (Cesar Marino and Taki Zaidi), Visibility of Dangerous Comets as seen from Earth (Matthew David, David Burger, Cesar Marino) Chemical Abundances from Spectra of Bright Stars (Marie McCrary), Black Hole Companions: Are Their Orbital Speeds Relativistic? (Marcee Martinez and Taki Zaidi)
April 13 "Upcoming NASA Missions" by Kevin Conod, NJAG and the Newark Museum Plametarium Director
Friday, March 18, 2005, 8-11 PM, Star Gazing at Riker Hill Art Park in
Livingston. We will look at Saturn, the Moon, Jupiter, and other wonders of the night sky.
(Rain date will be Saturday, 3/19)
Directions: Garden State Parkway exit 145 or NJ Turnpike exit 15W, Route 280 west,
exit 4 to Eisenhower Parkway south, go through the light, go across the railroad
tracks and up the hill. After half a mile turn left onto Beaufort Ave., bear right to continue on
Beaufort, turn left at the sign for "Riker Hill Art Park." At the stop sign go
straight. Bear right at the fork, park at the top of the hill.
Telescopes will be set up in the field on your right at the very top of the hill.
March 9, PlanetQuest ToolKit activities for public starparties from the Night Sky Network of JPL, NASA, ASP (Neil Goldstein, NJAG)
February 9, a report on the January AAS meeting in San Diego (Mary Lou West), and club members' elections of officers.
January 12, Pictures of Mars, Saturn and Titan taken by spacecraft, by Kevin Conod, and club members' nominations of officers.
Programs in 2004:
December 8, Annual Solstice Party (a bit early): bring snacks to share!
November 10, Origins: the Big Bang, by Neil deGrasse Tyson (Videotape)
Wed., October 27, 2004, 8-11 PM, Lunar Eclipse Watch at Riker Hill Art Park in
Livingston
Directions: Garden State Parkway exit 145 or NJ Turnpike exit 15W, Route 280 west,
exit 4 to Eisenhower Parkway south, go through the light, go across the railroad
tracks and up the hill. After half a mile turn left onto Beaufort Ave., bear right to continue on
Beaufort, turn left at the sign for "Riker Hill Art Park." At the stop sign go
straight, bear right at the fork, park at the top of the hill.
Telescopes will be set up in the field on your right at the very top of the hill.
October 13, "Celestial Boundaries" and mythology, Mary Lou West, MSU art gallery in Life Hall, then star gazing for the public (cloudy)
September 8, "NASA Space Spinoffs: Bringing Space Technology to Earth," Laura Venner, Solar System Ambassador, American Museum of Natural History
August 11, Wednesday, 9-midnight, Perseid Meteor Watch, Riker Hill Art Park
Directions: Garden State Parkway exit 145 or NJ Turnpike exit 15W, Route 280 west,
exit 4 to Eisenhower Parkway south, go through the light, go across the railroad
tracks and up the hill, turn left onto Beaufort Ave., bear right to continue on
Beaufort, turn left at the sign for "Riker Hill Art Park." At the stop sign go
straight, bear right at the fork, park at the top of the hill.
July 14, "Saturn: Lord of the Rings", Kevin Conod, Dreyfuss Planetarium and NJAG
June 9, Members' discussion of the transit of Venus, and highlights of the recent American Astronomical Society meeting in Denver.
June 8, 5:30 - 7:30 AM at Eagle Rock Reservation 9/11 memorial lookout, Transit of Venus (last seen 122 years ago)
May 12, Posters by MSU astronomy students on their individual observing projects.
April 14, Derek Yoost, "Meteorites 101"
March 19, 7:30, NJAG Annual Dinner at the Russian Hall in Little Falls.
Mike McClare, Senior producer, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center will speak on
"Red Moon" about the Soviet space program.
Annual astrophotography contest, door prizes.
$30 prepaid, $35 at the door.
Directions: Take Route 23, about
1 mile south of Willowbrook Shopping Mall, turn eastward off Rt. 23
at the 7-Eleven at Bradford Road, go another 2 blocks.
March 10, Laura Venner will give a presentation on "The Cassini Mission to Saturn." She is a Solar System Ambassador.
February 11, "Cosmic Questions" by Mary Lou West (NJAG)
January 14, New card game "Cosmic Journeys" from NASA, presented by Kevin Conod
Programs in 2003:
December 10, Annual Winter Solstice Party, bring finger foods or beverages!
November 12, Joe Marzullo demonstrated MaximDL software for taking and blinking CCD images of asteroids.
Saturday, November 8, 6-9 PM, Lunar eclipse, Riker Hill Art Park
October 8, videotape about the universe narrated by Tom Selleck. Then we will observe a minimum of Algol (an eclipsing binary star pair), weather permitting.
Saturday, October 4, Star party for South Orange Middle School (Kevin), (cancelled by clouds)
September 10, Discussion of summer observations (mostly Mars) and projects for the coming academic year (eclipsing binary stars, variable stars in M15, asteroid rotations, and orbits of the moons of Jupiter).
Friday, August 22, and Saturday August 23, Mars Watch, 9 PM - midnight, Riker Hill Art Park
Wednesday, July 9, "The Coming Mars Encounter," Mary Lou West, MSU
June 21, Observing session at Pleasant Acres Campground. Solar, then stellar observing (Gene Faulkner) (Clouded out, but fun inside anyway)
Wednesday, June 11, "The Terrestrial Planet Finder Mission," Robert Vanderbei, Princeton University. You can check out his amazing astrophotography webpage at http://www.princeton.edu/~rvdb/images
Saturday, June 7, 9 PM, Star Party, South Orange Middle School (Kevin Conod)
Thursday, May 15 (rain date is May 16 but without the eclipse!), Lunar Eclipse and Planet Watch at Riker Hill Art Park in Livingston, 9 PM - 12 midnight (Both nights were clouded out!)
Wednesday, May 14, "Space is Really REALLY Big - Humor in Astronomy," Lonny Buinis of Raritan Valley Community College
Saturday, April 26, Star party at Jenny Jump, 8PM
Wednesday, April 9, "Hunting for X-Ray Pulsars", Jeremy Carlo, Columbia University
Friday, March 14, 7:30, NJAG Annual Banquet at the Russian Hall in Little Falls.
Kitty Ferguson will speak on "Tycho and Kepler: The
Unlikely Partnership That Forever Changed Our Understanding of the Heavens."
Astrophotography contest, door prizes.
$30 prepaid, $35 at the door.
Directions: Take Route 23, about
1 mile south of Willowbrook Shopping Mall, turn eastward off Rt. 23
at the 7-Eleven at Bradford Road, go another 2 blocks
Wednesday, March 12, "Imaging Galaxies Near Manhattan: How You can Use a CCD to Overcome Light Pollution," Jim Burnell, Rockland Astronomy Club
Friday, March 7 (rain date is March 8), Planet Watch at Riker Hill Art Park in Livingston, 8-10 PM
March 5, Wednesday, 8 PM. "The Elegant Universe" Brian Greene, Columbia U., Memorial Auditorium MSU, free tickets through ML West or $10 at the door.
Saturday, March 1, Field trip to Fels Planetarium in the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia. $10. The show is "Wonders of the Universe" at 12:15. Carpooling at 9:15 at the Montclair Heights train station on Normal Avenue. We need to leave at 9:30.
February 12, "Astronomy Update 2003", Mary Lou West, MSU
January 8, club members' nomination of officers, plan for trip to Fels Planetarium, discussion of equipment
Programs in 2002:
December 11, 2002, Annual Winter Solstice Party, bring finger foods or beverages!
November 18, 2002, Monday, 9 PM - midnight, Meteor Watch at Riker Hill Park in Livingston
(Directions: Garden State Parkway exit 145 or NJ Turnpike exit 15W, Route 280 west, exit 4 to Eisenhower Parkway south, go through the light, go across the railroad tracks and up the hill, turn left onto Beaufort Ave., bear right to continue on Beaufort, turn left at the sign for "Riker Hill Art Park." At the stop sign go straight, bear right at the fork, park at the top of the hill.)
November 13, 2002, "Ancient Cosmologies", Linda Zimmerman
October 9, 2002, "Sundials", Jim Piombino, NJAG
September 18 (not September 11), 2002, "Calendars", Joe Molnar, Morris Museum Astronomical Society
September 7, 2002, Star Party at Pleasant Acres, Gene Faulkner
August 12, 2002, Monday, 9 PM - midnight, Perseid Meteor Watch at Riker Hill Art Park
July 10, 2002, "A Look at Mercury, Venus, and Mars", Grace Casalino, NJAG
June 12, 2002, "Death by Asteroid: The History and Evidence for Mass Extinctions", Dr. Irving K. Robbins, Director of the Astrophysical Observatory at the College of Staten Island
May 8, 2002, Viewing planetary alignment, Hands-on-Astrophysics of Variable Stars, Mary Lou West
April 18, 2002, 8-11 PM SkyWatch at Riker Hill Art Park in Livingston
April 10, 2002, "Under Arizona Skies with a 20 Inch Telescope", Kevid Conod, Dreyfuss Planetarium, Newark Museum
Club Star Party at Jenny Jump, 7:30, For directions see www.webari.com/njparks/pages/jjmap.htm
March 22, 2002, Friday, 7:30, Annual Dinner, "Ancient Coins and their Astronomical Symbols: A Clue to the Star of Bethlehem Enigma", Michael Molnar, Rutgers University. Annual Astrophotography Contest.The dinner will be at the Russian Hall restaurant in Little Falls. $30 each pre-paid by April 8 or $35 at the door. (Take Route 23, about 1 mile south of Willowbrook Shopping Mall, turn eastward off Rt. 23 at the 7-Eleven at Bradford Road, go another 2 blocks)
March 13, 2002, interactive demonstration of spectra and atomic levels
February 13, 2002, "Astronomy News 2002", Dr. Mary Lou West, Montclair State University, and annual election of club officers
January 9, 2002, Members discussion of equipment
Programs in 2001:
December 12, 2001, Solstice party, please bring finger foods, snacks and beverages!
November 17, 2001, Saturday, Leonid Meteor Watch at Riker Hill Art Park in Livingston, 9 PM - midnight
(Directions: Garden State Parkway exit 145 or NJ Turnpike exit 15W, Route 280 west, exit 4 to Eisenhower Parkway south, go through the light, go across the railroad tracks and up the hill, turn left onto Beaufort Ave., bear right to continue on Beaufort, turn left at the sign for Riker Hill Art Park, at the stop sign go straight, bear right at the fork, park at the top of the hill.)
November 14, 2001, "SALT - the Southern African Large Telescope project", Dr. Ted Williams, Rutger University
October 10, 2001, Designing the new MSU astronomical observatory, Mary Lou West
September 12, 2001, "The Ups and Downs of the Telescope Business", Anthony Pisano, Pisano Opticians, Montclair
August 11, 2001, Saturday, Perseid Meteor Watch at Riker Hill Art Park in Livingston, 9-11 PM
July 11, 2001, "Solar and Stellar Variability", Alex Eichler, Johnathan Fuentes, and Stephan Ilnyckyj, Montclair High School students
June 13, 2001, "Trials, Tribulations, and Humor of the new planetarium and 4 million visitors", Gloria Villalobos, Hayden Planetarium, NYC
May 9, 2001, "Optical Telescopes: Past, Present, and Future", Ernie Rossi, Amateur Astronomers, Inc.
April 11, 2001, "Optical SETI", Dr. Edward Groth, Princeton University
March 23, 2001, Friday, 7:30 PM, Annual Dinner at the Russan Hall in Little Falls, Astrophotography Contest, and door prizes. Dr. Charles Liu of AMNH and Columbia U. will speak about "Black Holes." $25 each pre-paid or $30 at the door. (Route 23, about 1 mile south of Willowbrook Shopping Mall, turn eastward off Rt. 23 at the 7-Eleven at Bradford Road, go another 2 blocks)
March 17, 2001, Saturday, Planet Watch at Riker Hill Art Park in Livingston
March 14, 2001, "Archaeoastronomy", Dr. Karl Hricko, Kean University
February 21, 2001, (note change of date to avoid Valentine's Day), "Astronomy Update" from AAS meeting in San Diego in January, Mary Lou West, and annual election of officers
January 10, 2001, Club members' discussion of the partial solar eclipse on Christmas day
Programs in 2000:
December 13, 2000, Winter Solstice Party, bring snacks and beverages!
November 8, 2000, "Telescopes: From Hubble to Homemade", Walter Windish
October 18, 2000, (Note change of date!), "Astrophotography with Standard and Telephoto Lenses", Bruce Gundlach, NJAA, High Bridge
September 13, 2000, "The History of Astronomy", Victor Belanger, AAAP, Princeton
July 12, BBQ picnic at the West's house, 109 Montclair Ave. in Montclair. Bring some food to share! (salads, munchies, desserts would be great)
June 14, 2000, "Life IN Europa", Lonny Buinis, Raritan Valley Community College
May 10, 2000, "The Sun", Tom Massey, Rockland Astronomy Club
April 12, 2000, "And Know the Place for the First Time: NASA's Mars Global Surveyor", Alan P. Witzgall, NJAA and AAI, High Bridge and Cranford
March 24, 2000, Friday, Annual Banquet, "The FUSE Spacecraft", Alice Berman, $25/person, at The Russian Hall in Little Falls (Route 23, about 1 mile south of Willowbrook Shopping Mall, turn eastward off Rt. 23 at the 7-Eleven at Bradford Road, go another 2 blocks)
March 8, 2000, "The Future of the Sun", Dr. Wil Van der Veen, Columbia University, NYC
February 9, 2000, "William Herschel", Jim Piombino, and annual election of officers
January 12, 2000, Discussion of officers and programs for 2000
Programs in 1999:
December 8, 1999, (snow date December 9), Annual Winter Solstice Party (Bring finger food!)
November 17,1999, (raindate 18), Leonids Watch, 8-11 PM, Riker Hill Art Park, Livingston (Directions: Garden State Parkway exit 145 or NJ Turnpike exit 15W, Route 280 west, exit 4 to Eisenhower Parkway south, go through the light, go across the railroad tracks and up the hill, turn left onto Beaufort Ave., bear right to continue on Beaufort, turn left at the sign for Riker Hill Art Park, at the stop sign go straight, bear right at the fork, park at the top of the hill.)
November 10, 1999, "The New Hayden Planetarium: Sights, Sounds and Science", Dr. Charles Liu, Columbia U. and American Museum of Natural History
October 19, 1999, (raindate 20) Project Astro Star Party, Westbrook Middle School, Paramus, Dennis Barlow (Directions: Route 4, Route 17 north, right on Ridgewood Ave., left on Roosevelt Blvd., left into school grounds)
October 13, 1999, "Adventures at Solar Eclipses ('97 in Carribean, '99 in Bavaria)", Maja Britton
October 2,3, 1999, Fieldtrip to the Catskills with the Geo-club
September 11, 1999, Stargazing at Pleasant Acres Campgrounds, Gene Faulkner
September 8, 1999, "What I did on my summer vacation" (Eclipse, Stellafane,...)
August 25, 1999, Stargazing at the Iris Gardens (Joe Marzullo)
August 18, 1999, Stargazing at the Iris Gardens (John Miksits)
August 11, 1999, total solar eclipse from Sandy Hook at dawn, CLOUDY
August 4, 1999, Stargazing at the Iris Gardens (Gene Faulkner)
July 20, 1999, Celebrate the 30th anniversary of Armstrong and Aldrin's Moon landing at the Iris Gardens, 8:30 (Ruth and Dennis Koenig) Raindate is July 21.
July 14, 1999, Dennis Barlow, "Chemistry in the Cosmos"
July 7, 1999, Stargazing at the Iris Gardens (John Miksits)
June 30, 1999, Stargazing at the Iris Gardens (Joe Marzullo and Gene Faulkner)
June 26, 1999, trip to Jenny Jump Observatory (From Route 80 W, Exit 12 (Route 521-Hope) south for 1.2 miles. At Hope turn left at the trafic light. Then take the first right turn onto Great Meadows-Hope Road.After 2.4 miles turn left onto Far View Road. After 1.2 miles turn right into the observatory entrance (just before the sign for Jenny Jump State Forest).
June 23, 1999, Stargazing at the Iris Gardens (Ruth and Dennis Koenig)
June 9, 1999, Kevin Conod, "Cartoon Astronomy-Laugh at the Cosmos"
May 12, 1999, Demonstrations of spectroscope, filar micrometer; Jackie, AAAS conference on science, religion, philosphy
April 30, 1999, Annual Dinner and Astrophotography Contest, Russian Hall, Fred Hess, "Under Southern Skies"
April 21, 1999, Stargazing for Preschoolers, Jewish Community Center, 760 Northfield Ave, W.O., 7:30-9
April 14, 1999, Vic Palm, "Project Astro in Elementary School"
March 24, 1999, CANCELLED due to clouds, Stargazing for Preschoolers, Jewish Community Center, 760 Northfield Ave, W.O., 6:30-8, has been rescheduled for April 21
March 19, 1999, Planet Watch, Riker Hill Art Park, Livingston, 7-9 PM
March 10, 1999, videotape "Universe" with William Shatner
February 10, 1999, Mary Lou West, "Discovery of Extrasolar Planets"
January 13, 1999, Star Atlases
Programs in 1998:
December 19, 1998, Saturday, Constellation Workshop at the Dreyfuss Planetarium at the Newark Museum
December 9, 1998, Annual winter solstice celebration (snow date December 10)
November 21, 1998, Saturday, Constellation Workshop at the Dreyfuss Planetarium at the Newark Museum
November 17, 1998, Tuesday, Meteor Watch at the Montclair Iris Gardens, 8-10 PM (cloudy)
November 11,1998, David Alexander, Dan Zauber, and Cathy Sullivan, Restoring the observatory at Columbia High School
October 17, 1998, PlanetWatch, Riker Hill Art Park, 8-10 PM
October 14, 1998, Gordon Bond, Drawing the Sky
September 12, 1998, Observing at Pleasant Acres Campground (dark sky), 8-10 PM
September 9, 1998, John Miksits, Double Stars
August 11, 1998, Meteor Watch at Riker Hill Art Park, 8-10 PM
August 1, 1998, Star Party at Camp Nyoda, Oak Ridge, 8-10 PM
June 10, 1998, Observing (clouded out), constructing star clocks (nocturnals)
May 30, 1998, Astronomy Day Star Party at Riker Hill Art Park in Livingston
May 23, 1998, Club outing to the Dreyfuss Planetarium at the Newark Museum to see "Stars of Jade" (Chinese astronomy)
May 13 1998, Amy Gallagher, Hayden Planetarium, the Moon (activities)
May 2, 1998, Astronomy Day Star Party at Riker Hill Art Park in Livingston, cloudy
April 8, 1998, Jackie Perkins and Dennis Barlow, report on Dr. Jill Tarter's talk at Princeton University on SETI. Mary Lou West, tides and tidal friction
March 20, 1998, Annual Dinner, Dr. Karl Hricko, Kean College, The Quasar/Galaxy Connection
March 11, 1998, Light Pollution video, the club's 10" telescope, nicely refurbished by Jim Coughlin
February 26, 1998, partial solar eclipse, Newark Planetarium and Richardson Hall at Montclair State U.
February 11, 1998, Gene Faulkner, Telescope Accessories
February 2, 1998, "Telescopes and Astronomical Objects" at Lincrest Elementary School in Fair Lawn
January 31, 1998, Star gazing with families at the Jewish Community Center in West Orange
January 14, 1998, Mary Lou West, recent American Astronomical meeting in Washington, DC
In 1997 our programs were:
February 12, 1997, Dr. C. Tad Pryor, Rutgers U., Stellar Evolution in Globular Clusters
March 12, 1997, Jose Merzeau, Rutgers U., History of Astronomy
March 14, 1997, Annual Dinner, Dr. Karen Magee-Sauer, Rowan College, Comets
April 9, 1997, Dr. Stan Piatek, NJIT, Dwarf Galaxies: More Mass than Light
April 12, 1997, Comet Watch at Riker Hill Art Park (cloudy)
April 19, 1997, Astronomy-in-Montclair Day (Anne Anderson, Middlesex County College, "Comets", solar telescopes, children's astronomy activities, astrophotographs, CCD images, Michael Miller, Glenfield Planetarium, "Making as comet from dry ice", astronomy on the Internet.)
May 14, 1997, Dr. Michael Richmond, Princeton U., The Sloan Digital Sky Survey
June 11, 1997, Observing the Moon
June 20, 1997, Skygazing at Skylands Manor after the Dixieland Concert (cloudy)
July 9, 1997, astrophotos by club members
July 12, 1997, 8-11 PM, Mars Watch at Riker Hill Art Park
September 10, 1997, Lonny Buinis, Getting Started in Astronomy is Easy!
September 26-28, 1997, SJAC Star Party at Belleplain State Forest in Cape May County (4 club members attended and had a great time at a dark sky site)
October 4, 1997, 7:30-9 PM, Planet Watch at Riker Hill Art Park
October 8, 1997, "Comet Odyssey" video, Comet Hyakutake time-lapse movie and the adventures of the Canadian amateurs in making it.
November 12, 1997, Barry Malpas, Spectroscopy for the Amateur Astronomer
December 10, 1997, annual Winter Solstice Party
In 1996 our programs were:
August 11, 1996, Observing in the Iris Gardens
September 7, 1996, Talk and observing at Pleasant Acres Campgrounds
September 11, 1996, Member reports of summer activities
September 26, 1996, Lunar Eclipse, at MSU and at Riker Hill Park
October 4, 1996, Observing at the Elks Club in Clifton
October 9, 1996, Mars meteorite video
October 19, 1996, Saturn and Jupiter Watch, Riker Hill Park
November 13, 1996, Dr. David Lambert, Possible Fossils in a Martian Meteorite
December 11, 1996, Winter Solstice celebration
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