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Jakes Branch Star Party for tonight June 10th 9pm-11pm is still on! Come on out to see us!Check for updates at astra-nj...
06/10/2023

Jakes Branch Star Party for tonight June 10th 9pm-11pm is still on! Come on out to see us!
Check for updates at astra-nj.com

11/15/2019

Astronomy? Skywatching? Daily sky sights for the unaided eye, binoculars, and telescopes, from Sky & Telescope magazine.

11/08/2019

Journey back in time to explore how the first stargazers experienced the sky above. Your guide is Nashira, a friendly time traveler who has visited Earth man...

A small stack of eight photos of the Pleiades. Each shot that was merged into the stack was 90 seconds from Canon D80 (U...
10/26/2019

A small stack of eight photos of the Pleiades. Each shot that was merged into the stack was 90 seconds from Canon D80 (Unmodded) Samyang 135mm lens f:2.8

Went to Jake's Branch this morning and measured the height of the trees from our observing location. According to my mea...
10/26/2019

Went to Jake's Branch this morning and measured the height of the trees from our observing location. According to my measurements the tree line is 5° to 7° degrees above the horizon using a bubble level as the horizon.
Even though the transit starts in the morning, the Sun will be nice and high in the sky for observing the Mercury transit. 😁🔭🌞

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Toms River, NJ
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ASTRA's monthly meetings are held on the second Friday of each month (except for August) starting at 7:00 pm at the Ocean County College Robert J. Novins Planetarium classroom in bld. #13 Use the OCC parking lot #2, go up the ramp/steps and go to the left into the Planetarium bld. #13. OCC Campus Map: https://www.ocean.edu/content/public/about/campus-map.html We also hold several observing events “star parties” throughout the year off campus so check our events calendar for locations and dates.