2010 - 2011 Season | Speaker | Topic | |
September 14 | Joel Groves - Schlumberger Corporation | Oil Field Technology for NASA Missions | |
October 12 | Suzanne Staggs - Princeton University | Cosmology and the Microwave Background | |
November 9 | Jerry Lodriguss - astrophotographer | Secrets of DSLR Astrophotography | |
December 14 | Bob Vanderbei & J. Richard Gott - Princeton University | New Book - "Sizing Up The Universe" | |
January 11 -- 2011 | Snow Cancellation | . | |
February 8 | Fronefield Crawford III - Franklin & Marshall College | New Searches for Old Pulsars | |
March 8 | Tim Brandt - Princeton University | Type Ia Supernovae and the Search for Their Progenitors | |
April 12 | Michael Molnar | The Star Of Bethlehem | |
May 10 | Khee-Gan Lee - Princeton University | Quasars and the Lyman-alpha Forest: A Look into the Cosmic Boom town | |
June 14 | Bill Murrary - AAAP & State Planetarium | Meeting will be held at the State Planetarium in Trenton |
2007 - 2008 Season | Speaker | Topic |
September 11 | Scott Tremaine - Institute for Advanced Study | Massive Black Holes in the Universe |
October 9 | Arlin Crotts - Columbia University | Transient Lunar Phenomenon |
November 13 | Edward Belbruno - Princeton University | Using Chaos For Solar System Travel |
December 11 | Edwin Turner - Princeton University | Detecting Extrasolar Planets, Plants, and Beaches |
January 8 -- 2008 | Greg Olsen - GHO Ventures | Adventures Aboard the Int'l Space Station |
February 12 | Jerry Sellwood - Rutgers University | The Dark Side of the Universe |
March 11 | Orsola DeMarco - AMNH: Dept. of Astrophysics | Stellar Duets |
April 8 | Iro Tasitsiomi - Princeton University | Topics in Cosmology |
May 13 | David Hogg - NYU | Astrometry.Net |
June 14 | Member & Guest (only) Picnic and Observing Party | Simpson Observatory - Washington Crossing State Park |
2006 - 2007 Season | Speaker | Topic |
September 12 | John Church - AAAP | When Ireland was the Center of the Universe |
October 10 | Therese Kucera - NASA Goddard Spaceflight Center | The Sun as seen from SOHO and STEREO |
November 14 | Al Nagler - Televue | Giant Eyepieces that Swallow Spacecraft |
December 12 | Jim Bell - Cornell University | Postcards from Mars |
January 9 - 2007 | Jim Gunn - Princeton University | Cosmology--a 50-year Perspective |
February 13 | Robert Vanderbei - Princeton University | Backyard Astrophotography |
February 27 | Jonathan Lunine - University of Arizona | Methane Lakes & Methane Rain on Titan |
March 13 | Edgar Choueiri - Princeton University | Plasma Propulsion and the Exploration of Space |
March 30 | Fred Espenak - NASA Goddard Spaceflight Center | Predicting and Chasing Solar Eclipses |
April 10 | David Spergel - Princeton University | Atacama Cosmology Telescope |
May 8 | Guy J. Consolmagno - Vatican Observatory | God, Astronomy & the Search for Elegance |
June 12 | Tony Del Genio - NASA Goddard Inst. for Space Science | Cassini Mission to Saturn |
2005-2006 Season | Speaker | Topic |
September 13 | Stephen Gorevan - Honeybee Robotics | Mars Rovers: Drilling for Science |
October 11 | Craig Covault - Aviation Week and Space Technology Magazine | Adventures in Global Aerospace Coverage |
November 8 | Mario Livio - Johns Hopkins University ( BOOK SIGNING ! ) | Hubble's Top Ten Scientific Discoveries |
December 13 | Kimberly Weaver - NASA ( BOOK SIGNING ! ) | New Eyes on the Universe |
January 10 - 2006 | Peter Rona - Rutgers University | Volcanoes of the Deep Sea |
February 14 | Mary Lou West - Montclair State University | How Things Move in Space |
March 9 | Marc Rayman - JPL lecture in Friends Center 101 | DAWN & Deep Space 1 Missions |
March 14 | AAAP Members Night regular Peyton Hall meeting | Club Activities for 2006 |
April 11 | Robert Nemiroff - Michigan Technological University | Co - Author: Astronomy Picture of the Day |
May 9 | Michael A'Hearn - University of Maryland | Deep Impact: First Look Inside a Comet |
June 13 | Bill Murray - State Museum Planetarium Trenton | Hubble Vision meeting at Planetarium ! |
2004-2005 Season | Speaker | Topic |
September 14 | Edward Witten - IAS | String Theory |
October 12, | George Bunk - Lockheed Martin | Working on the ISS and Shuttle |
November 9 | Michael Strauss - Princeton University | Most Distant Quasars Known |
December 14 | Michael Carr | CCD Imaging Hardware |
January 11 - 2005 | Robert Vanderbei - Princeton University | Search for Terrestial Planets |
February 8 | Ken Kremer - The Planetary Society | Exploring Mars |
March 8 | Michael J. Laine - LiftPort Group | Space Elevator |
April 12 | Charles Liu - CUNY & Hayden Planetarium | Hubble Treasury Project |
May 10 | Members Night | Field Equipment and Imaging |
June 14 | Don Monticello - Plasma Physics Lab | StarQuest |
2003-2004 Season | Speaker | Topic |
September 9 | Roger Gordon - Author | Observing Mars |
October 14, | Bohdan Paczynski - Princeton University | Project OGLE |
November 11 | Jerry Lodriguss - Author | Astrophotography |
December 9 | Michael S. Mahoney - Princeton University | Christian Huygens: Clocking Longitude |
January 13 - 2004 | Gillian R. Knapp - Princeton University | Brown Dwarfs - Finding & Identifying Properties |
February 10 | Dale E. Gary - New Jersey Institute of Technology | New Developments: Solar Radio Science |
March 9 | Louis Lanzerotti - New Jersey Institute of Technology | The Ulysses Spacecraft |
April 13 | Doug Braun - AAAP | Design and Construction of a 10" Dobsonian |
May 11 | Ernst de Haas - Princeton University | How A Little Math Helped The Apollo 13 Astronauts Survive |
June 8 | Bill Murray - AAAP | NJ State Museum & Planetarium |
2002-2003 Season | Speaker | Topic |
September 10 | Bartosz Pindor - Princeton University | Gravitational Lensing |
October 8, | David Nice - Princeton University | The Green Bank Telescope |
November 12 |
Freeman Dyson - Institute for Advanced Study |
A New Way to Look for Life in Cold Places |
December 10 | Paul Steinhardt - Princeton University | Cyclic Model of the Universe |
January 14 | Anthony Aguirre - Institute for Advanced Study | Critical Study of MOND |
February 11 | George Dyson - Author BOOK SIGNING ! | Project Orion |
March 11 | Bill Murray | A Plumb Line To The Sun |
April 8 | Robert Gendler - Astro. Society of Hartford | Astroimaging |
May 13 | David N. Spergel - Princeton University | WMAP Results |
June 10 | Bill Murray | NJ State Museum Planetarium |
2001-2002 Season | Speaker | Topic |
September 11 | CANCELLED | * * * * |
October 9, | J. Richard Gott - Princeton University | Time Travel in Einstein's Universe |
November 13 | Xiao Hui Fan - Institute of Advanced Study | High-Redshift Quasars |
December 11 | Carlton Pryor - Rutgers University | Globular Clusters & Adaptive Optics |
January 8 | Philip R. Goode - NJIT | Viewing from Big Bear Solar Observatory |
February 12 | Charles L. Joseph - Rutgers University | The VIRGO Project |
March 12 | Orsola DeMarco - American Museum of Natural History | Reborn Stars - Stellar Evolution in Earth Time |
April 9 | J. Anthony Tyson - Bell Labs, Lucent | The Dark Matter Telescope |
May 14 | Bill Murray - AAAP | Contemporary Astrophotography |
June 11 | William Murray - NJ State Museum Planetarium | Celestial Sensations |
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October 10 | Bohdan Paczynski - Princeton University | Sky Search for New Variable Stars |
November 14 | Russell Hulse - Princeton Plasma Physics Lab | Pulsar Research |
December 12 | Norman Jarosik - Princeton University | Modernizing the 36" at Fitz-Randolph |
January 9 | Edward Groth - Princeton University | The OSETI Project |
February 13 | Neta Bahcall - Princeton University | Will The Universe Expand Forever? |
March 13 | Jack Gelfand - Princeton University | The Flying Dobsonians |
April 10 | Sara Seager - Institute for Advanced Study | Extrasolar Planetary Systems |
May 8 | Lyman Page - Princeton University | Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation |
June 12 | William Murray - NJ State Museum Planetarium | From Ursa Major to the Southern Cross |