The Official Publication of the Amateur Astronomers Association of Princeton Director John Miller (609) 252-1223 jmiller@princetonastronomy.org Assistant Director John Church (609) 799-0723 j.church@mindspring.com Treasurer Program Chairman Michael Mitrano Ludy D'Angelo 609-737-6518 (609) 882-9336 ... @aol.com Editors Bryan Hubbard and Ira Polans (732)-469-7698 and (609)448-8644 editors@princetonastronomy.org Volume 36 From the Director June ... The meeting started at 8 PM. ...

... Book Review Intelligent Life in the Universe: From Common Origins to the Future of Humanity, by Peter Ulmschneider. ... The book has three sections: "Planets," "Life," and "Intelligence." ... This book is entitled Intelligent Life in the Universe so the issue of what intelligence is and how to assess the likelihood of intelligent life elsewhere in the universe is the issue. ... Ulmschneider is definitely in this intelligence-is-a-convergenttrait-of-evolution corner. ... Ulmschneider writes, " . ...

... Journal of the Amateur Astronomers Association of New York February 2016 V olume 65 Number 2; ISSN 0146-7662 An Astronomical Year for Astrophotography AAA LECTURE SERIES By Rafael Ferreira "2015 was one amazing year for astronomy photography. ... Some Best of APOD 2015 (cont'd on Page 4) NYC Company Leads in Space Tech: Honeybee Robotics on Mars OUT OF THIS WORLD By Stanley Fertig "It's OK to touch it," said John Abrashkin, Director of Business Development at Honeybee Robotics. ...