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U P C O M I N G P U B L I C E V E N T S
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seven men with varied talents and unyielding resolve formed the New Jersey Astronomical Association - a not for profit corporation dedicated to bringing
astronomy to the general public. They devised and executed a plan to build an observatory, bringing the wonders of space to the people.
Today The Paul H. Robinson Observatory - which houses the largest telescope in
New Jersey open to the public - is located in Voorhees State Park
- stands as a monument to this effort. Our membership consists of people from all walks of
life who share a love of astronomy.
Does astronomy in New Jersey interest you or your family?
Stop by the Paul Robinson Observatory on any public evening and
see what one of our qualified observers can show you.
Click here for hours of operation.
Make pulling out a telescope one of your 12 labours this long weekend! M13 - located in the torso of the ancient hero Hercules - is over
head in the summer and easily viewable from telescopes or even binoculars. This globular cluster is a vast swarm of ancient stars that inhabit
the halo of our galaxy, outside of the main disk. Frequently one of the first objects found by curious sky gazers seeking celestials wonders
beyond normal human vision, M13 is a colossal home to over 100,000 stars and is over 12 billion years old.
Object Type: Globular Cluster
Constellation: Hercules
Distance: 20,000 light years
Magnitude: Brightest stars 11.9
Size: 150 light years in diameter.
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NASA tests most powerful booster rocket ever | |
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| 8/31 - |
Big Bear's Big New Eye | |
Among the world's professional observatories, the one in Big Bear, California, is unique.
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| 8/30 - |
Weird Crater on Mars is a Mystery | |
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| 8/29 - |
Watch Titan Occult a Binary Star System | |
Scott Kardel from the Palomar Observatory just posted something extremely cool on his Palomar Skies website.
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| 8/28 - |
Star Gazer' host Jack Horkheimer dies | |
Jack Horkheimer, Public Television's ``Star Gazer,'' died Friday afternoon of a respiratory ailment, according to a spokesman for the Miami Museum of Science and Space Transit Planetarium.
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| 8/27 - |
Galaxy + Galaxy = Black Hole | |
Astronomers believe they have discovered the origin of our universe's first super-massive black holes, which formed some 13 billion years ago.
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