ARTICLES BY JOHN PAZMINO - ASTRONOMY
This page has my astronomy and related sciences articles. My all-oter, cultural, articles are in a separate page HERE. ----------------------------- date title - swaxription----------- ------------------------------------------------ 2023 Feb 8 I SAW THE GREEN COMET - views of comet 2022-E3 (ZTF() 2022 Dec 8 A BLIP ON THE MOON - Moon-Mars near miss, 2022 Dec 7 2022 Aug 14 MARS OPPOSITIONS, 1950-2061 - table for both opposition and proximity 2022 May 16 YES, YES, NO - report on lunar eclipse of 2022 May 15-16 2021 Sep 19 SATURN RING CROSSINGS - Table of Saturn ring crossings, 1600s-2100s 2021 Jun 10 THE ONE-MINUTE ECLIPSEA - report on solar eclipse of 2021 June 10 2021 Jan 18 COMPARISON OF STAR ATLASES - specs and features of common star atlases 2020 Oct 29 HALLOWEEN FULL MOONS - Full Moons on/near Oct 31 in 19-22 centuries 2020 Oct 18 CRUX SEEN FROM NEW YORK CITY - How precession removed Crux from NYC sky 2020 Oct 4 ECLIPSES DURING RAMADAN - eclipse patterns and seasons in Ramadan 2020 Aug 23 TISSERAND PARAMETER - use for comet, asteroid, spaceprobe orbits 2020 Aug 20 SOLAR SYSTEM DATA - handy compact tables of solar system information 2020 Aug 14 ISLAMIC MOON AND ECLIPSES [Islamic calendar, First Crrescnt, eclipses 2020 Aug 14 JULIAN AND GREGORIAN CALENDARS - J-G cautions for astronomy software 2020 Jul 17 HORIZON ECLIPSES - with 26 May 2020 lunar and 10 June 2020 solar exlipses 2020 Jun 15 SOME MATHS FOR HOME ASTRONOMERS - explanation and guidance for maths operations 2020 Apr 14 FACTORS FOR FIRST CRESCENT [- atural factors influencing sight of First Crescent 2020 Feb 8 GRAVIY WAVES CREATED GOLD - Metzger lecture, 2020 Feb 5 2019 Nov 11 MY LAST TRANSIT OF MERCURY? - report of Mercury tranit, 2019 Nov 11 2019 Nov 9 FORMULAE FOR BINARY STARS - assorted useful formulae related to binary stars 2019 Oct 20 AAS andd S&T - Amer Astro Soc acquires Sky & Telescope 2019 Jan 22 AS COLD AS THE SHADOW ON THE MOON - report of 2019 Jan 20-21 lunar eclipse 2018 Sep 14 E=MC2 AT CON EDISON - Effect of Einstein and Carnot laws on Con Edison and astronomy 2018 Aug 3 The Milky Way's blackhole [calculating properties of MW's blackhole] 2018 Feb 22 Passover and spring equinox Passover-equinox relation in Jewish calendar] 2017 Dec 5 Supermoon [explanation of 'supermoon' events] 2017 Nov 15 The search for water and life on Mars [Wray lecture 2017 Nov 15] 2017 Aug 22 Southern Summer Eclipse [solar eclipse observation from South Carolina] 2017 Jul 28 Solar eclipse in New York, 2017 August 21 [observing the eclipse from NYC] 2017 Jul 24 Rainbows under Second Avenue [rainbow-colored splashes in 2nd Av line stations] 2017 Mar 27 VENUS IN MORNING AND EVENING [seeing Venus as both morning and evening star= 2017 Jan 13 lIFE OF STARS ON THE MAIN SEQUENCCE [MS functions derived from H-He burning] 2017 Jan 2 SIMULATION OF DELTA-T [Earth spindown, length of day, eclipse paths] 2016 Sep 4 Suspended Summer [lingering Summer Triangle in autumn] 2015 Dec 3 Inverse-Square law and magnitude formulae [astronomy uses of ISL] 2015 Nov 26 Thank you, Thanksgivig [Aldebaran occulttion, 2015 Nov 26] 2015 Nov 14 Forging the Moon [Wilding talk 2015 Nov 11 on forged Sidereus Nuncius] 2015 Sep 12 Total lunar eclipse, 27-28 September 2015 [info and timetable for eclipse in NYC] 2015 Aug 14 Why Does the Moon Skip Around? [Moon longitude and phase at annual events] 2015 Jul 15 Daylight on Pluto [Eath & Pluto ground lighting compared] 2015 Apr 21 A Long Time in Astronomy [Jupiter & Saturn years of astronomy service] 2014 Sep 13 Two eclipses in October 2014 [lunar on 8th, solar on 23rd] 2014 Aug 16 Occultation of Saturn, 2004 August 31 [daytime planet observing] 2014 Jul 11 Eclipse facts and concepts [background information for eclipses] 2014 Mar 3 Total lunar eclipse of 2014 April 15 [with Spica, Mars, Saturn] 2014 Feb 14 Wil Regulus blink? [Regulus-Erigone occultation, 2014Mar 20] 2014 Jan 20 Extraordinary Women [Grolier Club exhibit, Sep-Nov 2013] 2013 Oct 8 Tale of two eclipses [sunrise eclipses of 1959 and 2013] 2013 Sep 22 Special events at the United Nations [advice for attennding UN special events] 2013 Sep 5 New field for stars and city [UN's public sessions] 2013 Aug 1 The astronomy of Grand Central Terminal [2013 Jul INSAP tour of GCT'] 2013 Aug 1 Juice Box on Jupiter [Space Fest, 2013 Jul 25-27] 2013 Jul 13 Inspiration of Astronomical Phenomena [INSAP-8 conf, 2013 Jul 7-12] 2013 Jun 7 Chemistry for home astronomy [chemical behavior of atoms] 2013 May 24 WOMEN IN SPACE [UN panel on encouraging women for science careers] 2013 May 3 Graffias graze over New York on 2013 May 24 [view from NYSkies land] 2013 Apr 13 Women in space [UN celebration of Tereshkova-Gagarin flights] 2012 Sep 12 Beam height for 'Tribute in Light' [light beams honoring 9/11]/ 2012 Jul 18 Electric and magnetic fields 2/2 [magnetic pole, field, force] 2012 Jul 18 Electric and magnetic fields 1/2 [electric charge, field, force] 2012 Jun 24 Should you pay for astronomy? [charging fees for astronomy events] 2012 Jun 12 Distance to Sun by Venus transit [Venus parallax obtained from transits] 2012 Jun 7 Weather and the Venus Transit [cloudy weather against stargazing] 2012 May 100 More perfect universe [Sobel's Copernicus play 2012 May 7] 2012 Apr 29 2012 TRANSIT OF VENUIS IN NEW YORK [background and preparation for transit] 2012 Mar 17 To Mars via the Lower East Side [Center of Space Science Education] 2012 Feb 18 New months in the year [realigning months and names] 2012 Jan 27 SUN'S APPARENT MAGNIUDE FROM A STAR [simple form of distance modulus for Sun] 2012 Jan 23 GREATEST ILLUMNATED AREA OF VENUS [new observable parameter for Venus] 2012 Jahttp://www.nyskies.org/articles/pazmino/vnjup12.htmn 8 Geocentric calculation [Venus-Jupiter conjunction by Ptolemaeus method] 2011 Dec 12 Kepler's parallax of Mars [plotting Mars orbit by parallax] 2011 Aug 21 When Did I Get Home? [finding clock hour with star and astrolabe] 2011 Apr 10 Ancient Jewish science [astronomy in the Book of Enoch] 2011 Mar 15 A fabulous show, Porrima! [gamma Virginis 2005 periastron] 2010 Dec 18 Sidereal and synodic cycles [planetary motions and positions] 2010 Nov 14 A mathematician's journey [Neugebauer conf, 2010 Nov 12-13] 2010 Sep 10 Comet 103P/Hartley-2 [bright evening comet for New York] 2010 Jul 19 The Perseid meteor shower [2010 apparition] 2010 Apr 23 Earth Day in New York [astronomy exhibit in NYC's Earth Day] 2010 Feb 10 Did Homer describe an eclipse in The Odyssey? [Magnasco talk 2010 Feb 8] 2010 Jan 10 Astrophotography with simple digital cameras [RF, not SLR, models] 2010 Jan 4 Mars opposition of 2010 [observing by eye and binoculars] 2009 Nov 11 End of Pleiades occultations [current season ends in 2010] 2009 Nov 8 Astronomy on a Highway Overpass [AAVSO meeting, 2009 Nov 5-7] 2009 Oct 12 Observing double stars - topics for home astronomers 2009 Oct 9 Human artifacts on the Moon - landings and crashes 2009 Sep 19 Targets for skies over New York City - deep sky objects 2009 Aug 13 Operation of the astrolabe [use, function of mediaeval device 2009 Jul 21 Comet paths in the sky - geocentric track of comet thru sky 2009 Jul 5 Non-Messier object cross-reference - Hartmut Frommert's table 2009 Jul 5 Examples for spectral classes - tables of stars from Observer's Handbook catalog 2009 Jun 6 Stellar spectrometry - topics for home astronomy 2009 May 30 The planispheric astrolabe - Chandler talk 2009 May 22 2009 May 9 Blessing the Sun [Birkat Hachama, Jewish astronomy] 2009 Apr 27 Do I see omega Centauri? [seeing NGC5128 & 5139 from NYC] 2009 Jan 2 Jupiter Neptune triple conjunction [May, Jul, Dec 2009] 2008 Dec 21 Moon-Jupiter-Venus conventions [planet conjunctions 2008 Dec 15 Forgotten Stars [Manilius conf 2008 Oct 24-25 2008 Nov 15 That is one long eclipse! [epsilon Aurigae] 2008 Sep 7 Ecliptic cyclorama [astronomy features in horoscope 'wheel' chart[ 2008 Aug 31 Table of asteroid groups [classes and families of minor planets] 2008 Aug 31 Decanates [Greek and Egyptian stars] 2008 May 27 Striking water and striking out - Hayd Plm's Phoenix show] 2008 Mar 10 GLOBE at Night 2008 telcon - luminous graffiti in NYC 2008 Feb 16 How high can you jump on the Moon? [lab exercise to measure jump heights] 2008 Jan 5 Will Mars get gonged? [asteroid 2007-WD5 collision] 2007 Dec 11 Sun's selenographic colongitude [lunar lat-lon coords, phases, libration] 2007 Dec 8 Astrology for astronomers? [using astrology principles for astronomy functions' 2007 Dec 8 What's my qibla? [direction to face Mecca] 2007 Oct 23 Strange lights on the Moon [Crotts talks in 2007] 2007 Sep 23 Moon's void of course [astrology feature] 2007 Sep 9 In the shadow of the Moon [movie review] 2007 Jun 13 Greener greater New York [greening the City for 2030] 2007 Apr 15 The Pioneer anomaly [Isaac Asimov debate, March 2007] 2007 Feb 8 Is that a planet on my image?!?! [epsilon Eridani] 2006 Nov 12 Chandra and Fulton Street [AAVSO meeting 2006 Oct 26-28] 2006 Oct 28 Sunshine at Ground Zero [Wedge of Light at WTC site] 2006 Sep 19 New trends in astrodynamics [AstroCon-3 2206] 2006 Mar 10 Oh!, Cincinnati [theft of Cincinnati Observatory lens] 2006 Mar 8 L, l, 1 Carinae [star designation] 2006 Jan 26 Saturn ring crossings [tilt of rings and edge-on events[ 2006 Jan 16 How often is that star occulted? [rule-of-19, occultation sesons] 2005 Dec 26 International law of outer space [Lieber talk, 15 Dec 2005] 2005 Dec 24 Roving Mars [Squyres talk 2005 Dec 13] 2005 Nov 27 AAVSO Conference, october 2005 [Part 1 of 4] 2005 Nov 27 AAVSO Conference, october 2005 [Part 2 of 4] 2005 Nov 27 AAVSO Conference, october 2005 [Part 3 of 4] 2005 Nov 27 AAVSO Conference, october 2005 [Part 4 of 4] 2005 Oct 19 Babylonian moons [fixing full and new Moon] 2005 Oct 15 Station at the center of the universe [Grand Central] 2005 Oct 9 Happy 70th birthday [Hayden Planetarium] 2005 Aug 2 The leap second [keeping atomic time and Earth rotation in synch] 2005 Apr 3 America's future in space [Allies in Space 2005 April] 2005 Mar 28 They're closing in!! [gamma Virginis] 2004 Oct 16 American urban Star Fest 2004 [AUSF in Central Pk, 2004 Oct 9] 2004 Jul 27 High Attrition Rate [substantial drop out rate in home astronomy] 2004 Jun 11 Venus on the Sun [transit 2004 Jun 8] 2004 Apr 7 Moon, Mars, and beyond [Tyson talk 2004 Mar 13] 2003 Dec 3 Marsapalooza! [coming landing of Mars rovers] 2003 Oct 17 Welcome back, Hermes [asteroid recovery] 2003 Aug 3 Outline of 18th century astronomy [invention, discovery, theory] 2003 Jun 11 Disc parameters for Mars [observing the planet] 2003 Jun 5 Oppositions of Mars [1900-2035] 2003 May 24 The Stonehenge effect in New York City [history, theory, advice to watch Manhattanhenge] 2003 May 23 Observing the aurora in New York [theory, features, advice] 2002 Nov 2 Seeing the Milky Way from New York [chances, preparation, seasons, advice] 2002 Oct 27 American Urban Star Fest [stars from Central Park, Manhattan] 2002 Sep 27 Are these stars looking back at us? [table of bright planetary stars and exoplanets] 2002 Jul 25 AAVSO convention in Hawaii [July 2002] 2002 May 1 Satellite observing [viewing artificial Earth satellites] 2002 Mar 17 What is a Kreutz comet? [sungrazing comets, SOHO discoveries] 2001 Nov 19 The Leonids did roar! [meteor storm of 2001] 2001 Nov 6 AAVSO 2001 fall meeting in Somerville 2001 Nov 4 The other dark sky [light pollution in New York] 2001 Oct 25 Hohmann orbits - space flight trajectories 2001 Oct 3 The Lagrange points [libration, equilibrium, L points] 2001 Aug 2 Planetary synodic cycles - interaction of Earth and planet orbita; motion 2001 Aug 1 The cardboard diffraction micrometer [double stars] 2001 Aug 1 Halo minor and parhelia [atmospheric optics] 2001 May 26 Sky orientation 2000 Oct 28 The promise for starry eyes [light pollution in New York] 2000 Jul 1 Bump, bump, bump, bang! [Hayden Planetarium show] 2000 Jul 1 Lopsided sunrises? [sun's diurnal motion] 2000 May 10 Photoessay of the Hayden Planetarium [00-09 of 60]] 2000 May 10 Photoessay of the Hayden Planetarium [10-19 of 60] 2000 May 10 Photoessay of the Hayden Planetarium [20-29 of 60] 2000 May 10 Photoessay of the Hayden Planetarium [30-39 of 60] 2000 May 10 Photoessay of the Hayden Planetarium [40-49 of 60] 2000 May 10 Photoessay of the Hayden Planetarium [50-59 of 60] 2000 Apr 1 A star on the move [gamma Virginis] 1999 Dec 18 Leonids storm the planet! [1999 meteor shower] 1999 Nov 30 From the Bronx to Buzzard's Bay [AAVSO fall 1999] 1999 Oct 31 The therapeutic stars [Monefiore Children's Hospital] 1998 Nov 1 New York's new Hayden Planetarium 1998 Aug 1 New Lighting for New England [NELPAG conference 1998 Jul 5] 1998 Mar 17 Great comets in history [table and definition of 'great comet'] 1997 Mar 11 Observations of comet Hale-Bopp 1995-O1 [from New York & Brooklyn] 1996 Nov 1 MASTER ROSTER OF COMETS [building a comet database, finding new comet activity] 1996 Oct 7 Closing the gap! [electric trains to Boston, light pollution] 1996 Oct 3 THE INTRNATINAL DARKSKY SHRINTE [K-Mart's Penn Plaza store on Manhattan] 1996 May 1 Brief comet Hyakutake reports [comet 1996-B2 in New York] 1996 Mar 29 Yuji Hyakutake, discoverer of the great comet of 1996] 1995 Sep 1 General news about comet Hale-Bopp 1995-O1 1995 Jun 1 DARK SKY FOR NEW YORK CITY [light abatement projects in NYC] 1994 Dec 1 Manhattan can go by GPS [proof that GPS works] 1994 Oct 15 4th magnitude - light pollution on Manhattan 1994 Sep 1 Jupiter and Shoemaker-Levy-9 [- omet-Jupiter collision in 1994 July] 1994 Mar 1 New cluster in Puppis - Arline Caldwell's star cluster 1994 Jan 1 What an eclipse! - unar eclipse of 1993 Nov 28 1993 Oct 30 WHY ARE OUR SKIWS SO DARK? - factors mitigating light pollution on Manhattan 1993 May 1 George Lovi -- 1939-1993 - obituary for Brooklyn astronomer 1992 Jun 1 Earth's new dustdeck - Pinatubo volcano eruption 1992 Feb 1 ABCs and PQRs of CCDs - early CCD imaging systtems 1991 Dec 1 SMITHSONIAN GETS POWEE-OF-TEN - exhibit of Awad model of universe y at SI 1991 Apr 1 The new Instrument Shop - telescope making in New York 1991 Jan 1 The Brooklyn College Observatory - active urban college cobservatory 1989 Jan 1 Starname abbreviations - proposed 3-letter symbols for stars] 1988 Jul 30 TAKE THE 'A' TRAIN TO THE STARS - IAU conference, 1988 Jul 27-30 1988 Jun 1 The Awad Power-of-10 Model - scale model of universe 1987 Aug 1 Antique astronomy books - ollecting old books and maps 1987 Jun 1 Supernova 1987A in Large Magellanic Cloud 1986 Sep 1 Amateur astronomers and the Hubble Space Telescope - HST open for amateur astronomer projects 1984 Mar 1 The emancipation of the urban astrophotographer- starfield photos with new 1000 ASA film 1981 Mar 1 The spectacularity of deep sky objects - rating DSO by combo of size and magnitude 1979 Oct 1 Ahnighito and The Woman move to Museum - Hayden Planetarium meteorite 1979 Sep 1 Dewey Decimals in outer space - location codes for solar system objects 1977 Nov 1 A new star cluster in Camelopardus? - Pazmino's Cluster = = = = = = = = = = =========================================