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The Sheep Hill Astronomy Club
The Sheep Hill Astronomical Association (SHAA) is located in the town of Boonton,
in Morris County, and was organized around the mid-1970s. It was formed when several dedicated
amateur astronomers decided to group together to build an observatory for their own and public use.
The result of their effort is Sheep Hill Observatory with its 16-foot dome housing a 16-inch
Newtonian equatorially mounted telescope.
SHAA meets monthly and are held in the Boonton Town Hall's Community Room on the first
Sunday of the month at 7:30 p.m. Each meeting begins with an astronomical presentation.
The club holds public observing nights where all interested parties are invited to visit
and view the evening skies at the Sheep Hill Observatory. The sessions are held the third Friday of
the month, 7:30 p.m. EST, and 8:30 p.m. DST, weather permitting.
Occasionally the observatory is made available for special viewing nights for local schools and scouting groups.
There are currently about thirty active members in the organization. SHAA is also a member of the
UACNJ and has access to the observatory at Jenny Jump State Forest near Hope, NJ.
UACNJ is not a club, but a consortium of a dozen and a half clubs, united to better
help support, coordinate, and communicate ideas between the over 1400 individuals
who make astronomy their hobby, in and around the state.
Our Observatory atop Sheep Hill in Boonton, NJ
The "Observatory"
is located at Latitude 40.92° North, Longitude 74.41° West, and 925 feet above sea level.
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