From the Outreach Chair
Posted by brandoniswrite on March 20, 2012
by David Letcher, Outreach Chair We have two star parties this month. The first one is Friday, March 16 at Hopewell Elementary School and the second one is Wednesday, March 26 at Stuart Country Day School. This second party has a rain date of Friday, March 30. Sunset is around 7 p.m. +/- so we [...]
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Skydiver Baumgartner Takes Test Jump from 21,000 Meters
Posted by brandoniswrite on March 16, 2012
Felix Baumgartner as he prepares to jump from over 21,000 meters on March 15, 2012. Credit: Red Bull Stratos Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner took a practice jump today, (March 15, 2012) to help him prepare for his leap from the edge of space later this year where he hopes to not only break the sound [...]
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From the Program Chair
Posted by brandoniswrite on March 11, 2012
Ken Levy, Program Chair Many thanks to Dr. Paul Steinhardt for our February lecture, “Inflationary Cosmology on Trial”. March heralds the beginning of spring with another not to miss lecture by Dr. Mark Trodden, “Modern Cosmology and the Building Blocks of the Universe”. No two ways about it – the universe is really, really big! [...]
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NASA’s Chandra Finds Fastest Wind From Stellar-Mass Black Hole
Posted by brandoniswrite on March 10, 2012
Astronomers using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory have clocked the fastest wind yet discovered blowing off a disk around a stellar-mass black hole. This result has important implications for understanding how this type of black hole behaves. The record-breaking wind is moving about 20 million mph, or about 3 percent of the speed of light. This [...]
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From the Director
Posted by brandoniswrite on March 9, 2012
by Ludovico D’Angelo, Director AAA March starts our process for establishing a nominations committee to help choose those within the club who will serve on the next Board of Trustees of the AAAP. If you are interested in leading this committee, or are considering a position on the Board, please let the current Board know. [...]
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Minuteman III ICBM launches from Vandenberg, AFB
Posted by brandoniswrite on March 8, 2012
Minuteman III lifts-off from the California coastline today. (USAF)A Minuteman III missile with an unarmed re-entry vehicle was launched on a test flight this morning from Vandenberg, AFB in California.Fog and low visibility combined with a communication link issue delayed the planned night time lift-off into the early dawn giving spectators along the coastline a [...]
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Get Your Site Analysis Report from Search Engine Genie
Posted by brandoniswrite on March 3, 2012
The one best start that you can give yourself on knowing how to make your website get the attention it deserves is by knowing how much Search Engine Friendly it is? You know that your website is good enough to win business when customers visit but, you are left clue less about the reasons for [...]
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From the Outreach Chair
Posted by brandoniswrite on February 22, 2012
by David Letcher, Outreach Chair So far this 2012 season has seen us scheduled for three star parties. January 26th was to be our first of the season at Antheil School in Ewing, NJ, but very cloudy weather put a damper on that one. The next one was a very successful but chilly evening at [...]
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NASA’s Cassini deliver Holiday treat from Saturn
Posted by brandoniswrite on February 19, 2012
The satellite conjunctions in which one moon pass in facade of or behind one more. Cassini scientists regularly create these explanations to study the ever-changing orbit of the planet’s moons. But even in these routine images, the Saturnian system shines. A few of Saturn’s stark, airless, icy moons appear to dangle next to the orange [...]
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From the Program Chair
Posted by brandoniswrite on February 18, 2012
Ken Levy, Program Chair AAAP Enjoys Dr. Shara’s Talk Credit: Ken Levy Many thanks to Dr. Michael Shara who provided a fascinating talk on the structure and evolution of novae and supernovae as well as a focus on his current exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History, Beyond Planet Earth: The Future of Space [...]
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