These earthly godfathers of Heaven's lights, that give a name to every fixed star, have no more profit of their shining nights than those that walk and know not what they are.

— William Shakespeare

NJAG Monthly Meeting

By Kevin at Wed, 12/13/2023 - 2:52pm
Event Date: 
Repeats every month on the second Tuesday until Wed Jan 10 2024 except Tue Apr 09 2024.
Tue, 01/09/2024 - 8:00pm - 10:00pm

Monthly meeting of NJAG free & open to the public. Speakers and details TBA.

The Monthly meetings will be held at Montclair State University, in the Center for Environmental and Life Sciences or CELS Building, Room 110. This is located off the large lounge area at the back of the building. Room 110 is on your left. For direction to campus see: https://njastro.org/agx/content/montclair-state-university

 

 

MARCH MEETING - ECLIPSE!

Submitted by Kevin
on Fri, 02/16/2024 - 12:31pm

Solar EclipseThe presentation for the March meeting will be by Dr. Mary Lou West and NJAG Vice President Chris Mauro. Their presentation will be all about the upcoming solar eclipse!

You can also join us on Zoom:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZErd-2rrTwuGNBcAxuomHkr6ebM4sKBnKcG

FEBRUARY MEETING

Submitted by Kevin
on Tue, 02/13/2024 - 4:49pm

Tue Feb. 13 at 8 pm. Because of the recent snow storm, the February meeting of the North Jersey Astronomical Group (NJAG) will be by Zoom ONLY and will feature guest speaker Dr. Anna Ho from Cornell University (remotely) on “The Landscape of Stellar Death". She studies the high-energy astrophysics of supernovae using optical surveys, radio interferometry, and spectroscopy.

 

The presentation will be on Zoom. Here is the link to REGISTER for getting the actual link:

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcoceuvrjwoH90Bm2jhYhCOZccj8vCHWAre

 

January Meeting - Qualified Observer Course

Submitted by Kevin
on Thu, 01/04/2024 - 10:00am

PLEASE NOTE: Due to the impending storm, possible flooding and declared state of emergency, we are cancelling the in-person meeting at MSU and holding this seesion on Zoom instead.

To register for the meeting see: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0rf-uhrz8uG9Xljl0uDryh8IFSs_nFcxH5

The January meeting will feature a presentation by the NJAG Observation Committee Chair Mark Zdzdiarski who will give a Qualified Observer Course.

If you are planning to participate, PLEASE REMEMBER TO WATCH ALL THE VIDEOS  BEFOREHAND. More than once often helps, and perhaps taking notes would be a good idea as well. Remember, the in person part in January is PRACTICUM, and the LECTURE part is at home on your computer with these recordings beforehand to get the most out of your learning experience (flipped classroom style).

Those interested MUST watch the videos well in advance to get an understanding for the in person part. Otherwise it won't do much good.

Here are links to the materials:

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