... Go to This section of the glossary . ... APHELION : The point in a planet's orbit where it is farthest from the sun. ... It melts at 83.95 K, and boils at 87.45 K. Many people don't realize that argon makes up a full 1% of our atmosphere, while carbon dioxide is only a fraction of a percent of our atmosphere. ... COMET: An object moving about the sun in an eccentric orbit and composed of materials which, on warming up near the sun, form a "tail" which always points away from the sun. ...

... Home Observing Spring Starfest in Woodlawn Cemetery, The Bronx . ... Spring Starfest in Woodlawn Cemetery, The Bronx . ... AAA In the News . ... The Amateur Astronomers Association of New York Sponsors March 19 Spring Starfest at Woodlawn Cemetery in The Bronx . The Event: On Saturday March 19, the Amateur Astronomers Association of New York (AAA), in conjunction with the Woodlawn Conservancy, will take a tour of our solar system and universe during its annual Spring Starfest in Woodlawn Cemetery. ...

Winer Observatory P.O. Box 797, Sonoita, Arizona 85637-0797, USA . ... Irvin M. Winer . ... Winer . ... The Irvin Marvin Winer Memorial Mobile Observatory, Inc. was named upon its incorporation in 1983 after Irvin M. Winer. The Winer Scientific Director, Mark Trueblood, met Irv at Wesleyan University in 1971, when Mark had just begun his graduate studies in physics and Irv had just completed his Ph.D. and was staying on as an assistant professor. ... 2013 Winer Observatory. ...

... The Instrument Rotator . ... Guiding . ... This manual discusses operation of the Telescope Control Computer (TCC) from a user's perspective. It is intended to help the programmer of the TCC graphical interface, and to serve as a basis for a user guide for that interface. ... This guide should be used in conjunction with the TCC Operator's Manual and TCC Commands Manual . ... After that you may specify the current instrument using SET INSTRUMENT and acquire a target using the TRACK command. ...

... Observatory . ... THE HISTORY OF AAAP . ... After introductory remarks by Robert Sanders, founder of the Association, it was moved that the name of the organization be Amateur Astronomers Association of Princeton. ... 2/72 First issue of Sidereal Times, so named by Editor Roxanne Tobin. ... 5/72 Election of officers: Norman Sperling, Director; John Church, Assist. ... Sidereal Times, John gives the following report: . ... Sidereal Times.) ... Amateur Astronomers Association of Princeton Т? 2015. ...

The panorama from the roof of the Natural Science Building was recorded on February 21, 2000. The 8 photographs on which this is based were taken on Fuji 400 with a Nikon F4 camera and a 35 mm Nikor. The prints were scanned and then processed and stitched with GIMP and Panorama Tools. This is a spherical projection, corrected for perspective, but not corrected for lens abberations. ... Last update: April 16, 2001 . ...

MAIN PAGE . ... Nova Cygni August 1975! ... 1975/76: Comet West! ... Dr. Richard West (4th from left) & AAL members visiting SES Betzdorf on occasion of our club's 25th anniversary - October 1996 . Comet West Information . ... It was the brightest comet visible from Earth since Comet West in 1976. ... 1997: Comet Hale-Bopp! ... Thus Comet Hale-Bopp never got closer to Earth than Earth gets to the Sun. ... Comet Hale-Bopp JPL Page . ... 1999: Total solar eclipse over Luxembourg! ...