Astronomy

[Tgeorge]

Anybody do any star watching in the Pines at night? Do they have star parties there?

 

[46er]

Anybody do any star watching in the Pines at night? Do they have star parties there?

They have had them in the past at Batsto. Best places to check are local astonomy clubs.

A link to ASTRA, the club HQ'ed at Ocean County College.

http://nightsky.jpl.nasa.gov/event-list.cfm?INCLUDERN=12&MONTH=all&Club_ID=288&YEAR=all

And one a bit further south;

http://www.sjac.us/

 

[Tgeorge]

They have had them in the past at Batsto. Best places to check are local astonomy clubs.

A link to ASTRA, the club HQ'ed at Ocean County College.

http://nightsky.jpl.nasa.gov/event-list.cfm?INCLUDERN=12&MONTH=all&Club_ID=288&YEAR=all

And one a bit further south;

http://www.sjac.us/

Thank you. I figured the skies would have less light pollution there than in the northern part.

 

[Sarra]

Anybody do any star watching in the Pines at night? Do they have star parties there?

Did you look for the solar flares the other night?

 

[oji]

The Willingboro astronomy club does some star parties at Franklin Parker Preserve.

 

[46er]

Thank you. I figured the skies would have less light pollution there than in the northern part.

Check these links for dark sky locations. The plains and Wharton have some of the best in the state. The Lyrids meteor shower is April 16-26.

http://www.astronomyforum.net/astronomy-locations/usa/

http://www.jshine.net/astronomy/dar...4.3664465848406&lng=-73.9079475402832&zoom=13

 

[Tgeorge]

Did you look for the solar flares the other night?

No. Didn't know they were visible.

 

[Tgeorge]

Check these links for dark sky locations. The plains and Wharton have some of the best in the state. The Lyrids meteor shower is April 16-26.

http://www.astronomyforum.net/astronomy-locations/usa/

http://www.jshine.net/astronomy/dar...4.3664465848406&lng=-73.9079475402832&zoom=13[/quote

To all:

Thanks for that information.Anybody going to the Rockland Community College Astronomy show the next weekend?

Thinking about a Maksutov Newtonian from Explorer Scientific.

 

[c1nj]

They meet regularly at Belleplain State Forest.

 

[dogg57]

http://www.courierpostonline.com/article/20130504/NEWS01/305040024/Searching-stars-South-Jersey
“If you’ve never traveled to Arizona, New Mexico or Colorado, you don’t even know what the night sky looks like,” says John Moore of Laurel Springs, the geo-science director at Palmyra Cove. “Viewing it from the midst of the Pinelands in South Jersey is the best you can do here.”