Amateur Astronomy at Rutgers

• New Jersey amateur astronomer organizations (most hold public observing sessions with telescopes as large as or larger than ours):

• Amateur Astronomers, Inc. has their Sperry Observatory on the campus of Union County College in Cranford open to the public most Friday nights. Union County College, 1033 Springfield Ave., Cranford, NJ; phone: 908-276-STAR
• New Jersey Astronomical Association Paul H. Robinson Observatory, Voorhees State Park, High Bridge, NJ; voice: 908-638-8500
• John W. H. Simpson Observatory, operated by the Amateur Astronomer's Association of Princeton (AAAP), is open to the public every clear Friday night. Washington Crossing State Park, NJ; phone: 609-737-2575.
• United Astronomy Clubs of New Jersey, Inc. An umbrella organization for New Jersey amateur astronomy clubs. Their home page has links to those of many clubs.

 

Revised November 20, 2001.