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Welcome to the astronomy of New York
NYSkies is the support group for home
astronomy in the New York cosmopolitan area. This is
substantially the commuting ring around the City, out to
about 100 kilometers from the Empire State Building, plus
all of Long Island. We are incorporated in New York State
as 'NYSkies Astronomy Inc', a not-for-profit
organization.
NYSkies is not a club in the usual
sense, but a service and resource for other clubs and
individual astronomers. We do not recruit members, altho
our supporters are commonly referred to as such. We,
therefore, neither collect nor solicit dues. We receive
continual and generous donations, to which you are
graciously welcome to add.
www.nyskies.org
We inaugurated our website on 29
August 2007 and unveiled it on September 1st. General
inquiries are received at 'nyskies@nyskies.org'.
Please mind that we are at
'www.nyskies.org'. There can be other websites with
'.com', '.net', &c, not '.org'. They have absolutely
no relation to NYSkies Astronomy Inc.
NYSkies Astronomy Seminar
The NYSkies Astronomy Seminar is a round table free-form
discussion for current astronomy topics. They convene in
McBurney Hall, 125 West 14th Street, between 6th and 7th
Avenue, Manhattan.
Sessions are on the 1st and 3rd
Friday of every month, year round. They are free and open
to the public. They start at 6:30PM and wind down by
9:30PM.
There are no cancellations except by
overwhelming circumstance, like a transit strike or
storm evacuation.
A fuller description is HERE.
NYSkies Yahoogroup forum
NYSkies runs New York's free
public astronomy forum. Hosted by the Yahoogroups system,
it is the only open soapbox for New York astronomy.
You may join by clicking HERE
to open your email program. Just do 'send' without
entering subject or text. Any that you do enter is
ignored by Yahoogroups.
You may also join thru the Yahoogroups
website. If you already are in the Yahoogroups system,
for other discussion fora, click HERE.
In the logon screen, enter your Yahoogroups name and
password, then do 'join' to meld in the NYSkies forum. If
you not be a Yahoogroups registrant, go thru the signup
process as instructed by the logon screen.
NYC Events
NYC
Events is the definitive authoritative calendar of
astronomy and space activities in the New York region.
The current issue is HERE.
The next month's issue is posted, replacing the old
issue, near the end of each month. An explanation, with
answers to frequently asked questions, is HERE
RASC Observer's Handbook
THE NYSkies OFFER FOR THE
20223EDITION OF THE BSERVER'S HANDBOOK IS CANCELLED OFF
FOR THIS YEAR. LANGUID POST-VIRUS RECOVERY CLOSED OR
SEVERELY MPEDED SERVICES AND FACILITIES NEEDED FOR THE
OFFER.ASTRONOMERS MAY HAVE TO OBTAIN THE BOOK AT LIST
PRICE, SOME $45. PLUS SHIPPING. SOONEST THE VIRUS EPISODE
IS OVER, WE WILL PLAN THE OFFER FOR THE 20224 EDITION.
NYSkies once
again offers the RASC Observer's Handbook at deep
discount to astronomers in the US. The damage, of only
$22 per copy, including pack & post to you.
By getting your request to us early,
you will be the first to get the book soonest it is
delivered to us by RASC. You should have the Observer's
Handbook in your hand by late November. The coupon is HERE.
If you are from an astronomy club you
may consider filling your member requests thru NYSkies,
as explained HERE
for the current edition.
Starviewing in the City
NYSkies offers starviewng in Central
Park, Manhattan, TheCentral Park series is operated by a
colleague group Top of the Lawn on clear weekend
nights thruout the year. Details HERE.
The Floyd Bennett Field series is run
in conjunction with the National Park Service once per
month in the spring and fall. The current schedule is HERE.
Sessions at both sites are cancelled
for clouds.
NYSkies cooperates with
several astronnomy services in and around New York:
* City of Stars and Grand Central Terminal tours
* Globe at Night and Earth Hour. Details HERE.
* Inwood Astronomy Project. Details HERE
* Earth Day New York
* Northeast Astronomy Forum. Details HERE
* World Science Festival. Details HERE
* Night Sky Network. DetailsEHERE.
Articles by NYSkies supporters.
Browse, read, print them HERE
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