NYSkies
Astronomy Inc |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
I
NYC EVENTS FOR SEPTEMBER 2017
----------------------------
John Pazmino
NYSkies Astronomy Inc
nyskies@nyskies.org
www.nyskies.org
The following astronomy activities in the commuting ring enclosing
New York City are operated by various organizations. A few cultural
items of special importance to City astronomers are also included.
Altho NYC Events confirms the listed items, they are subject to
change by their sponsors. Check with their contacts. Let the sponsor
know that you learned of its event thru NYC Events.
Frequently asked questions and explanation of NYC Events is at
'www.nyskies.org/nyc-faq.htm'.
You may ask for previous NYC Events thru 'nyskies@nyskies.org'
because only the current issue is in the website. It is replaced by
next month's issue.
For events which missed NYC Events, check the NYSkies Yahoogroup
forum. Join NYSkies by visiting 'www.nyskies.org/yahoo.htm' and
picking either the email or website option.
All hours are Eastern Daylight Savings Time (UT - 4h).
General notes
----------- /
'whole City' means the event has no specific or dedicated place.
It may be enjoyed from the whole NYSkies territory or at a number of
individual places. Celestial events are typicly 'whole City' events.
'all day' means the event is continuous or repeating during the
open hours of the host facility. Facilities may have limited hours per
day or days per week. Check with the event contacts.
'adv regn reqd',for 'advance registration required/requested'
means that the event requires or requests signing up before the event.
You must have your ticket in hand at the gate. There could be a
deadline some days before the event, after which no more signups are
accepted. Check with the event contact for specifics.
Prices cited are the 'rack rate'. You could qualify for discounts
As may be offered by the sponsor. Besides the base price there may be
noptional extra fees to consider.
Current Month calendar
--------------------
Plain dates are in current month;
-, previous month; +, next month.
Moon phase: .NM., .FQ), (FM), (LQ.
Sunset is noted for each Saturday
---------------------------------
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat sunset
------------------------------------------------
-27 -28 -.29) -30 -31 1 2 19:26
3 4 5 (6) 7 8 9 19:15
10 11 12 (13. 14 15 16 19:03
17 18 19 .20. 21 22 23 18:51
24 25 26 .27) 28 29 30 18:39
------------------------------------------------
Index of Events
-------------
* = NASA-JPL Night Sky Network affiliate
Date = entry in 'list of events' section
'0' = entry in 'ongoing and continuing events' section
'S/O',= entry in 'skipped, Sep/Oct resumption' section
'M/A' = entry in 'skipped, Mar/Apr resumption' secrion // '???' =
entry in 'skipped, uncertain resumption' seciton
------- -----------------------------------------------
BROOKLYN - BK
*Floyd Bennett Field - - - 22
Kings Theatre - - - - - 18
Secret Science Club - - - 0
CONNECTICUT - CT
*A S of Gtr Hartford - - - 20
Astro Soc of Greenwich - 17
*Astro Soc of New Haven - 26
Bowman Observatory - - - 6, 20
Connecticut Star Party - 22-24
*Litchfield Hills AAC mtg 8
*Litchfield Hills starvg - 22
*McCarthy Observatory - - 8
New Pond Farm - - - - - - ???
Stamford Observatory - - 1, 8, 15, 22, 29
*Van Vleck Obsy (ASGH) - - 16
Van Vleck Obsy (WU) - - - 6, 13, 20, 27
Western CT St Univ Obsy - S/O
*Westport Astro Soc mtg - 19
*Westport Astro Soc starvg 6, 13, 20, 27
-------------------------
Boothe Meml Astro Soc - 203-377-9933,
www.facebook.com/Boothe-Memorial-Astronomical-Society
LONG ISLAND - LI
*Amateur Observers Soc - - S/O
Amer Instt Aero & Astro - S/O
Astro Soc of Long Island 6, 13, 20, 27
Brookhaven National Lab - ???
Custer Institute - - - - - 2, 9, 16, 23, 30
Hofstra Univ Obsy - - - - S/O
Montauk Observatory - - - 15
SUNY Stony Brook - - - 1
*Susan Rose Observatory - 2, 9, 16, 23, 30
MANHATTAN - MH
*Amat Astro Assn starvwg - 0
*Amat Astro Assn lecture - S/O
Amer Musm Natl Hist - - 6
Ctr for Atmosp Ocean Std ???
Ctr for Science & Society S/O
Central Pk (Great Lawn) - 1,2,3,8,9,10,15,16,17,22,23,24,29,30
*Columbia Univ Obsy - - - S/O
Cornelia Street Cafe' - ???
Earth Institute - - - -- ???
Good Housekeeping lab - 8
Governors Island - - - - 1-25
Gullicar's Gate - - - - - 0
Instt Stud Ancnt World - 18, 21, 26
*Inwood Astronomy Project 2, 9, 16, 23, 30
Jupiter Joe Sidewk Astro 0
Labor Day - - - - - - - 4
Legionnaires's disease - 0
Milky Way autumn season - 1-Nov 30
Natl Musm of Mathematics 6
NY Academy of Sciences - ???
NYC-G2O - - - - - - - - - 17, 27
New York Univ Astro - - - 8, 15, 29
*NYSkies Astronomy Seminar 1, 15
Riverside Pk South (day) 24
SciCafe' - - - - - - - - 6
Science & the Arts - - - ???
Simons Foundation - - - - 6
Top of the Lawn - - - - - 1,2,3,8,9,10,15,16,17,22,23,24,29,30
Tribute in Light - - - - 11
TriState computer fair - 0
Urban Park Rangers - - - 0
Weekend Walks - - - - - - 1-Oct 31
Zika virus alet - - - - 0
-----------------
Ctr for Space Sci Edu - - info@nyccsse.org, www.nyccsse.org,
212-608-6164
Physics Club of NY - - - jdepalma@nyc.rr.com, www.sconyc-ny.org
NEW JERSEY - NJ
A A A of Princeton - - - S/O
A S of Toms Rv Area - - - ???
*Amat Astro Inc meeting - 1, 8, 22, 29
*Amat Astro Inc lecture - 15
Morris Musm Astro Soc - - 14
*New Jersey Astro Assn 2, 9, 16, 23, 30
No Jersey Astro Gp mtg - 13
No Jersey Astro Gp starvg S/O
Peyton Observarory - - - 13
Phillipsburg RR Museum - 9
Plasma Physics Lab - - - 1, 15
Rutgers Univ Astro Collqm 20, 27
Rutgers Univ Astro Semnr S/O
*S*T*A*R - - - - - - - - - 7
Schommer Observatory - - 14, 21
Sheep Hill Astro Assn - - 3
*Sheep Hill Observatory - 15
*Utd Astro Clubs of NJ - - 2, 9, 16, 23, 30
Washington Xing St Pk - - 1l 8l 15l 22l 29
---------------------------
Buehler-Columbia AAA - - www.bergen.edu/buehler,
ropstbaum@bergen.edu
Dark Sky Observers - - - www.users.nac.net/gburke/club
McDowell Obsy -mec.rst2.edu, 201-460-8300
Montclair Telescope Club 973-948-5284, bischoff@garden.net,
users.erols.com/njastro/orgs/mtc.hrm
Passaic Co Astro Assn www.users.nac.net/gburke/PCAA, 973-523-0024
*Raritan Vy Co Coll Plm - www2.raritanval.edu/planetarium
Skyland Stargazers - - - skylandstargazers.tripod.com
+ QUEENS - QN
Alley Pond Park - - - - - 16
York College Observatory S/O
REST OF WORLD
STATEN ISLAND - SI
Coll of Staten Is Obsy - S/O
Great Kills Park - - - - 23
Staten Is Community TV - 1, 8, 15, 22, 29
THE BRONX - BX
UPSTATE - NY
Lamont-Doherty Obsy - - - 22
Ramapo Challenger Ctr - - 17
Vassar Coll Obsy - - - - 6, 13, 20, 27
Ward Pound Ridge - - - - 16
Westchester Amat Astro - S/O
----------------------------
Mid-Hudson Astro Asson - www.midhudsonastro.org, 845-485-5669
===============================================================
Ongoing and continuing events
--------------------------
all day - whole City - MH - Zika virus warning
WARNING APPLIES TO OTHEER MOSQUITO HAZARS LIKE YELLOW FEVER,
LUYME'S DISEASE, MNLARIA, SARS.IN MAY 2017 NEW CASES ERUPTED
IN NEW YORK CITY ABD OTHER PARTS OF UNITED STATES AMONG
TRAVELLERS RETURNING FROM ZIKA-INFECTED AREAS.
Indefinite duration. US CDC warns of new mosquito-carried
Zika VIRUS from most of Central America, most Caribbean
islands, Mexico. Bite caught in these areas can be fatal if
not quickly and properly treated.Travellers should get medical
checkup soonest after return to US. Details at health care
provider or public health authorities.
all day - whole City - MH - Legionnaires's disease warning
Indefinite duration. NYC Dept of Health warns of new outbreak
of Legionnaires's disease on Manh. Caused by viruscarried thru
HVAC ducts. Victims suffer flu-like symptoms. Disease is
curble if treated in early phase, else it can be fatal.
Details at health care provider or public health authorities.
all day - whole City - MH - clearsky starviewing
VARIOUS PLACES, DATES, HOURS; INQUIRE AT CONTACT
Amat Astro Assn. Sessions convene in parks usually at dusk.
Occasional daytime sunviewing. Free. Cancelled for clouds.
president@aaa.org, 718-522-5014, www.aaa.org
all day - whole City - MH - clearsky starviewing
VARIOUS PLACES, DATES, HOURS; INQUIRE AT CONTACT
Jupiter Joe's Sidewalk Astronomy. Sessions convene in parks
usually at dusk. Occasional daytime sunviewing. Free. `
Cancelled for clouds. www.jupiterjoesastronomy.org,
jupiyerjoesastronomy@gmail.com
all day - Gullivaer's Gate - MH - cultural exhibit
indef duration. 216 W 44 St, 7/8 Av. Opened in mid April 2017
for preview. Miniature models of landmarks and important
structures from around the world. Rooms arranged by quarter of
world and for New York City. $36, timed ticket, adv regn reqd.
Optional cost for stereopint of visitor into figurine placed
at desired item in exhibit. www.gulliversgate.com.
all day - whole City - MH - cultural tours & lectures
VARIOUS PLACES, DATES, HOURS; INQUIRE AT CONTACT
Urban Park Rangers. Tours of parks, landmarks, nabes, hoods.
Lectures on history and culture of NYC. Program varies each
month. Free. www.nyc.gov/parks
10:00 - whole City - MH - Tri-State Computer Fair
VARIOUS LOCATIONS, GENERALLY ON SUNDAYS
Source of computer systems, software, components, accessories.
$7. www.tri-statefairs.com, 718-227-5586
20:00 - Bell House - BK - Secret Science Club meeting
OCCASIONAL SESSIONS; INQUIRE AT CONTACT
149 7 St, 2/3 Av. Lecture and music on various science
topics. Free. secretscienceclub.blogspot.com, 718-638-4400,
List of events
---------
Fri 1 Sep
all day - Governors Island - MH - cultural shows
Thru 25 Sep. Island is open on every daym 10h-20h weekdayss,
10h-19g weejebds.Walkand tour thru former military base and
new urban park. Shows vary each day or visit by foot or bike.
Ferries run every day 10h-17h from Battery Marine Terml, MH,
and on weekdays from Pier 6, BK. Island is free but
ferry fare is $2 RT. www.nps.gov/gois
www.governoreisland.com
all day - whole City - MH - Weekend Walks street fairs
VARIOUS LOCATIONS AND DATES; INQUIRE AT CONTACT
Thru Oct 31. NYC Dept of Transptn closes certain steets in
all boros on Saturdayss for street fairs. Stores and local
orgs offer ntertainment, discount sales, exhibits, food
service Free.
www.nyc.gov/html/dot/weekendwalks/html/home/home.shtml
10:00 - Princeton - NJ - science tour
Plasma Physics Lab. Walk thru history and culture of fproject
to capture energy from controled hydrogen fusion. Free, adv
regn reqd. Photo ID required for campus security.
www.pppl.gov/events
18:30 - McBurney House - MH - NYSkies Astronomy Seminar
DISCUSSION: HOW DID YOU EXPERIENCE THE GREAT AMERICAN ECLIPSE?
125 W 14 St, 6/7 Av. Discussion of astronomy topics, show
& tell, skywatching reports, news of astro activity in NYSkies
territory. Free. nyskies@nyskies.org, www.nyskies.org
19:30 - Cranford - NJ - Amat Astro Inc meeting
nion Co Coll, Sperry Obsy. Indoor talk, clearsky
starviewing. Free. www.asterism.org, hfjacinto6@gmail.com
19:30 - Staten Is Community TV - SI - science show
100 Cable Way, Mariners Hr SI. 'Geology forum' Live audience,
seating at 19:30, on air at 20:00. Free. www.sictv.org,
718-727-1414
19:30 - Stony Brook - LI - astronomy lecture
SUNY Stony Brook, Earth & Spc Sci Hall. Indoor lecture,
clearsky starviewing. Free. www.ess.sunysb.edu/astro,
631-632-8100, slutterbie@notes.cc.sunysb.edu
20:00 - Central Park - MH - clearsky starviewing
PLUS OCCASIONAL EXTRA SESSIONS; INQUIRE AT CONTACT
Top of the Lawn. North path of Great Lawn. Free. Cancelled for
clouds. tags_p@yahoo.com, www.nyskies.org, nyskies@nyskies.org
20:00 - Stamford - CT - astronomy lecture
Stamford Obsy. $3. Indoor lecture, clearsky starviewing.
203-322-6537, www.stamfordmuseum.org, cescovil@earthlink.net
20;00 - Wash'n X'ing - NJ - clearsky starviewing
Amat Astro Assn of Princeton. Simpson Obsy. Free, cancelled
for clouds. www.princetonastronomy.org, 609-737-2575,
21:00 - whole City - MH - autumn Milky Way season
Thru Nov 30. Fallseason for sighting Milky Way from within
NYC. Requires dark clear sky and thoro knowledge of normal
luminous graffiti in sky. Milky Way is in high east sky at
about 02:00. www.nyskies.org/articles/pazmino
Sat 2 Sep
20:00 - Southold - LI - Custer Institute meeting
OCCASIONAL EXTRA EVENTS; INQUIRE AT CONTACT
Custer Instt. Indoor program, clearsky starviewing. $5-$15.
Varies with program. www.custerobservator
president@custerobservatory.org, 631-765-2626
20:00 - Jenny Jump St Forest - NJ - Utd A C of NJ mtg
UACNJ Obsy. Indoor talk, clearsky starviewing. Free.
www.uacnj.org
20:00 - Susan Rose Obsy - LI - clearsky starviewing
Amat Obsrs Soc. capus of Custer Institt. Sessions concurrent
with Custer's own events. Free, cancelled for clouds.
www.aosny.org, suerose@optonline.net
20:00 - Inwood Hill Park - MH - clearsky starviewing
OCCASIONAL EXTRA SESSIONS; INQUIRE AT CONTACT
Inwood Astronomy Project. Meet at park entrance, Seaman Av
& Isham St. Free. Cancelled for clouds. 917-529-2359
20:00 - Central Park - MH - clearsky starviewing - see Sep 1
20:30 - Voorhees St Pk - NJ - NJ Astro Assn meeting
NJAA-HQ, Robinson Obsy. Free. www.njaa.org, 908-368-8600
Sun 3 Sep
19:30 - Boonton - NJ - Sheep Hill Astro Assn meeting
Boonton Senior Ctr. Free. www.sheephillastro.org,
contacts@sheephillastro.org, wwestura@optonline.net
20:00 - Central Park - MH - clearsky starviewing - see Sep 1
Mon 4 Seo
all day - whole City - MH - Labor Day
Please check with event contact for session falling on this
day by rule or outdated schedule
Wed 6 Sep
16:00 - Natl Musm of Mathematics - MH - science show
Also 19;00. 'Mathematical Encounters'. Free, adv regn reqd.
212-542-0566, www.momath.org, info@momath.org
17:00 - Simons Foundation - MH - scinece lecture
160 5 Av & 21 St. 'From moonshine to black holes: Number thory
in mathematics and pjysics'. Free, adv regn reqd.
646-654-0066, ww.simonsfoundation.org
19:00 - Amer Musm Natl Hist - MH - SciCafe' show
Hall of Ocean Life or hall of planet Earth. Music, drinks,
chat with Museum scientists. Free, be 21 or be gone. GI photo
ID reqd. 212-769-5100, www.amnh.org/programs
20:00 - Greenwich - CT - clearsky starviewing
Astro Soc of Greenwich. Curtis Elem Schl, Bowman Obsy. Free.
Cancelled for clouds. rickbria@optonline.net, 203-415-6762. ,
astrogreenwich.org
20:00 - Centerport - LI - Astro Soc of LI meeting
Vanderbilt Plm. Free. asliastronomy@yahoo.com,
www.asliclub.org
20:00 - Middletown - CT - clearsky starviewing
Wesleyan U, Van Vleck Obsy. Free, cancelled for clouds.
860-685-3664, www.wesleyan.edu/astro/events
20:30 - Westport - CT - clearsky starviewing
Westport Astro Soc. Rolnick Obsy. Free. Cancelled for
clouds. www.was-ct.org, 203-227-0925
21:00 - Poughkeepsie - NY - clearsky starviewing
Vassar College, Observatory. Free. Cancelled for clouds.
physicsandastronomy.vassar.edu/observatory.html,
845-437-7340
Thu 7 Sep
20:00 - Lincroft - NJ - S*T*A*R meeting
Brookdale Commty Coll, Mommouth Museum. Free.
www.starastronomy.org, s-walters@comcast.net
Fri 8 Sep
10:00 - Good Housekeeping Resrch Instt - MH - science tour
Also 11:30. Hearst Tower, 57 St & 8 Av. Walk thru history and
science of product testing center of Good Housekeeping
magazine. Free, adv regn reqd. 212-649-5000,
ghritours@hearst.com
11:00 - New York University - MH - astronomy lecture
726 Broadway, Rm 940. Various topics in astrophys and
relativity. Free. Have GI photo ID for campus security.
19:30 - Torrington - CT - Litchfield Hills Amat Astro Club mtg
Central Congregational Church. Free.lhaacsec@gmail.com
lhastro.org
19:30 - Cranford - NJ - Amat Astro Inc meeting - see Sep 1
19:30 - Staten Is Community TV - SI - science show - see Sep 1
20;00 - Wash'n X'ing - NJ - clearsky starviewing - see Sep 1
20:00 - Stamford - CT - astronomy lecture - see Sep 1
20:00 - Central Park - MH - clearsky starviewing - see Sep 1
20:00 - New Milford - CT - astronomy lecture
MEETS ON FRIDAY, NOT SATURDAY
McCarthy Obsy, New Miford HS. Indoor lecture, clearsky
starviewing. Free. www.mccarthyobservatory.org, 860-354-1595,
contact@mccarthyobservatory.org
Sat 9 Sep
08:30 - Phillipsburg - NJ - cultural tour
Elec RR Assn. Walk and ride thru history and culture of
northern NJ steam railroads and trolleyss. Departs from near
PoA bus depot, Manh. $79, incl meals, adv regn reqd.
www.erausa.org,trips@erausa.org
20:00 - Southold - LI - Custer Institute meeting - see Sep 2
20:00 - Inwood Hill Park - MH - clearsky starviewing - see Sep 2
20:00 - Jenny Jump St Forest - NJ - Utd A C of NJ mtg - see Sep 2
20:00 - Susan Rose Obsy - LI - clearsky starviewing - see Sep 2
20:00 - Central Park - MH - clearsky starviewing - see Sep 1
20:30 - Voorhees St Pk - NJ - NJ Astro Assn meeting - see Sep 2
Sun 10 sep
20:00 - Central Park - MH - clearsky starviewing - see Sep 1
Wed 13 Sep
19:30 - whole City - MH - Tribute in Light memorial
World Trade Center. Two parallel blue beams shine dusk to
dawn to honor victims of 2001 World Trade Center collapse.
Beams approximate floor plan of Twin Towers and can reach
tens of kilometers high. Geometry determines height of beam
top as observed from all over NYSkies. Details in local news
media.. www.nyskies.org/articles/pazmino/trib-lt.htm
20:00 - Princeton - NJ - clearsky starviewing
Princeton Univ, Peyton Hall. Free. Cancelled for clouds
www.astro.princeton.edu/observatory/publicobserving.php,//,
jeg@astro.princeton.edu, lee@astro.princeton.edu
20:00 - Upper Montclair - NJ - No Jersey Astro Gp meeting
Montclair St Univ, Richardson Hall, Room 232. Free.
njastro.org, 973-655-7266
20:00 - Middletown - CT - clearsky starviewing - see Sep 6
20:00 - Centerport - LI - Astro Soc of LI meeting - see Sep 6
20:30 - Westport - CT - clearsky starviewing - see Sep 6
21:00 - Poughkeepsie - NY - clearsky starviewing - see Sep 6
Thu 14 Sep
19:30 - Morristown - NJ - Morris Museum Astro Soc meeting
Morris Museum. Free. 973-386-1848, 973-386-1848,,
www.mmastrosociety.org, info@morrismusem.org,
ckkrish@gmail.com
20:30 - Piscataway - NJ - clearsky starviewing
Rutgers Univ, Schommer Obsy. Free. Cancelled for clouds.
732-205-0020, www.physics.rutgers.edu/ast/ast-serin.html
pryor@physics.rutgers.edu
Fri 15 Swp
10:00 - Princeton - NJ - science tour - see Sep 1
11:00 - New York University - MH - astronomy lecture - see Sep 8
18:30 - McBurney House - MH - NYSkies Astronomy Seminar
DISCUSSION: STARS OF THE NEW YORK AUTUMN NIGHT
125 W 14 St, 6/7 Av. Discussion of astronomy topics, show
& tell, skywatching reports, news of astro activity in NYSkies
territory. Free. nyskies@nyskies.org, www.nyskies.org
19:00 -Sag Harbor - LI - astronomy lecture
Montauk Obsy,Noeth Fork Natl Hist Musm. Indoor talk,
19:30 - Staten Is Community TV - SI - science show - see Sep 1
clearsky starviewing. Free. www.montaukobservatory.com
20:00 - Cranford - NJ - Amat Astro Inc lecture
Union Co Coll, Smith Audm. Indoor talk, clearsky
starviewing. Free. www.asterism.org
20:30 - Boonton - NJ - clearsky starviewing
Sheep Hill Astro Assn Obsy, Free. Cancelled for
clouds. sheephillastro.otg, contacts@sheephillastro.org,
wwestura@optonline.net
20:00 - Stamford - CT - astronomy lecture - see Sep 1
20:00 - Central Park - MH - clearsky starviewing - see Sep 1
20;00 - Wash'n X'ing - NJ - clearsky starviewing - see Sep 1
Sat 16 Sep
13:00 - Jenny Jump St Forest - NJ - astronomy show
Utd A C of NJ, UACNJ Obsy. talks, demos, exhibits, clearsky
sunviewing, clearsky starviewing. Free.
www.uacnj.org
19:30 - Alley Pond Park - QN - clearsky starviewing
Alley Pond Enviro Ctr. $14 at door. Cancelled for clouds.
www.alleypond.com, info@alleypond.com, 718-229-4000
20:00 - Middletown - CT - clearsky starviewing
Astro Soc of Gtr Hartford, Wesleyan U, Van Vleck Obsy. Free.
Cancelled for clouds. www.asgh.org, 860-872-9069,
pparkers@cs.com
20:00 - Ward Pound Ridge - NY - clearsky starviewing
Westchester Amat Astro. Meadows Picnic Area. Free. Cancelled
for clouds. waa-president@westchesterastronomers.org
www.westchesterastronomers.org,
20:00 - Inwood Hill Park - MH - clearsky starviewing - see Sep 2
20:00 - Southold - LI - Custer Institute meeting - see Sep 2
20:00 - Central Park - MH - clearsky starviewing - see Sep 1
20:00 - Susan Rose Obsy - LI - clearsky starviewing - see Sep 2
20:30 - Voorhees St Pk - NJ - NJ Astro Assn meeting - see Sep 2
Sun 17 Sep
12:00 - High Bridge Park - MH - cultural tour
NYC-H2O. Walk thru history and culture of former aqueduct over
harlem River. $32.49, adv regn reeqd. www.nych2o.org,
matt@nych2o.org
14:00 - Airmont - NY - science show
Ramapo Challenger Ctr, 225 Rt 29. Multimedia
imulation of space missions. $20. wwwlhvcc.com,
director@lhvcc.com, 845-257-3416.
15:30 - Greenwich - CT - Astro Soc of Greenwich meeting
Greenwich Public Library. Free with musm adm.
rickbria@optonline.net, 203-415-6762, astrogreenwich.org
20:00 - Central Park - MH - clearsky starviewing - see Sep 1
Mon 18 Sep
18:00 - Inst Stud Anc World - MH - cultural lecture
15 E 84 St, 5/Madison Av. Exhibition lecture 'Weeks, months,
yeats in Greek and Roman calendars' with 'Time and Cosomos'
showw.. Free, adv regn reqd. isaw..nyu.edu isaw@nyu.edu,
212-992-7842
20:00 - Kings Theatre - BK - astronomy show
1027 fLATBUSH aVM cHURCH/tILDEN aV. lIVE DIALOG ON ASTRONOMY,
PHYSICS, BIOLOGY, OTHER SCIENCES WTIH nEIL tYSON. $35-$55, ADV
REGN REQD. WWW.KINGSTHEATRE.COM
tue 19 Sep
20:00 - Westport - CT - Westport Astro Soc meeting
Rolnick Obsy. Free. www.was-ct.org, 203-227-0925
Wed 20 Sep
16:30 - Piscataway - NJ - astronomy lecture
Colloquium series. Rutgers Univ, Busch Campus, Astro & Phys
Lectr Hall. Free. www.physics.rutgers.edu/colloquium,
732-445-3974
19:30 - Middletown - CT - Astro Soc of Gtr Hartford meeting
Wesleyan Univ, Van Vleck Obsy. Free. www.asgh.org,
860-872-9069, pparkerrs@cs.com
20:00 - Greenwich - CT - clearsky starviewing - see Sep 6
20:00 - Centerport - LI - Astro Soc of LI meeting - see Sep 6
20:00 - Middletown - CT - clearsky starviewing - see Sep 6
20:30 - Westport - CT - clearsky starviewing - see Sep 6
21:00 - Poughkeepsie - NY - clearsky starviewing - see Sep 6
Thu 21 Sep
18:00 - Inst Stud Anc World - MH - cultural lecture - see Sep 18
20:30 - Piscataway - NJ - clearsky starviewing - see Sep 21
Fri 22 Sep
15:00 - Palisades - NY - science lecture
Lamont-Doherty Earth Obsy, Monell Audm. Various topics in
geophysics and earth science. Free, 845-365-8634,
www.ldeo.columbia.edu, suzana@ldeo.columbia.edu,
16:00 - Goshen - CT - Connecticut Star Party
Thru Sun 24 Sep. Astro Soc of New Haven. Strang Camp. Dark
skies, talks, demos, camping, food service, lodging, tourism.
$24 + extras. www.asnh.org
19:30 - Cranford - NJ - Amat Astro Inc meeting - see Sep 1
19:30 - Staten Is Community TV - SI - science show - see Sep 1
20:00 - Floyd Bennett Field - BK - clearsky starviewing
Community Garden. NYSKies & Natl Park Svc. Free. Cancelled
for clouds. www.nyskies.org, stephenlieber@nyc.rr.com,
nyskies@nyskies.org
20:00 - Stamford - CT - astronomy lecture - see Sep 1
20;00 - Wash'n X'ing - NJ - clearsky starviewing - see Sep 1
20:00 - Central Park - MH - clearsky starviewing - see Sep 1
20:30 - Litchfield - CT - Litchfield Hills A A C lecture
White Meml Consrvn Ctr. Free. Indoor lecture, clearsky
starviewing. lhaac.shutterfly.com, lhaacsec@gmail.com
lhastro.org
Sat 23 Sep
20:00 - Great Kills Pk - SI - clearsky starviewing
Natl Pk Svc. Enter at Hylan Bv to playground; Free. Cancelled
for clouds. www.nps.gov/gate, 718-987-6790 n
20:00 - Southold - LI - Custer Institute meeting - see Sep 2
20:00 - Inwood Hill Park - MH - clearsky starviewing - see Sep 2
20:00 - Jenny Jump St Forest - NJ - Utd A C of NJ mtg - see Sep 2
20:00 - Central Park - MH - clearsky starviewing - see Sep 1
20:00 - Susan Rose Obsy - LI - clearsky starviewing - see Sep 2
20:30 - Voorhees St Pk - NJ - NJ Astro Assn meeting - see Sep 2
Sun 24 Sep
12;00 - Riverside Pk South - MH - clearsky sunviewing
NYC Dept of Parks. Pier 1 in park. Free, cancelled for clouds.
www.nyc.gov/parks.org/event/astronomy
20:00 - Central Park - MH - clearsky starviewing - see Sep 1
Tue 26 Sep
18:00 - Inst Stud Anc World - MH - cultural lecture - see Sep 18
19:00 - New Haven - CT - Astro Soc of New Haven meeting
Yale Univ, Leitner Family Obsy. Indoor talk, clearsky
starviewing. Free. www.asnh.org, prez@asnh.org
Wed 27 Sep
16:30 - Piscataway - NJ - astronomy lecture - see Sep 20
18:30 - City Hall Park - MH - cultural tour
NYC-H2O. Walk thru history and culture of early NYC water
supply system. $32.49, adv regn reeqd. www.nych2o.org,
matt@nych2o.org
20:00 - Middletown - CT - clearsky starviewing - see Sep 6
20:00 - Centerport - LI - Astro Soc of LI meeting - see Sep 6
20:30 - Westport - CT - clearsky starviewing - see Sep 6
21:00 - Poughkeepsie - NY - clearsky starviewing - see Sep 6
Fri 29 Sep
11:00 - New York University - MH - astronomy lecture - see Sep 8
19:30 - Staten Is Community TV - SI - science show - see Sep 1
19:30 - Cranford - NJ - Amat Astro Inc meeting - see Sep 1
20;00 - Wash'n X'ing - NJ - clearsky starviewing - see Sep 1
20:00 - Stamford - CT - astronomy lecture - see Sep 1
20:00 - Central Park - MH - clearsky starviewing - see Sep 1
Sat 30 Sep
20:00 - Southold - LI - Custer Institute meeting - see Sep 2
20:00 - Susan Rose Obsy - LI - clearsky starviewing - see Sep 2
20:00 - Central Park - MH - clearsky starviewing - see Sep 1
20:00 - Inwood Hill Park - MH - clearsky starviewing - see Sep 2
20:00 - Jenny Jump St Forest - NJ - Utd A C of NJ mtg - see Sep 2
20:30 - Voorhees St Pk - NJ - NJ Astro Assn meeting - see Sep 2
vents Skipped This Month
-----------------------
EVENT MAY RESUME AT DIFFERENT PLACE OR HOUR; INQUIRE AT CONTACT
--------------------------------------------------------------
[S/O] SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER reSUMPTION OF ACTIVITY
--------------------------------------
13:15 - Uniondale - LI - Amat Obsrs Soc meeting.
Hofstra Univ, Berliner Hall. Free. www.aosny.org,
suerose@optonline.net
13:30 - Piscataway - NJ - astronomy lecture
Seminar series. Rutgers Univ, Serin 401. Free. 732-445-3974,
www.physics.rutgers.edu/ast/seminar
18:00 -CUNY Graduate Center - MH - Ctr for Sci & Soc lecture
385 Fifth Av. 'Early modernb science intertwine An
Iberoamerican perspective'.. Free, adv regn reqd, Free,
limited seating. 212-854-7211,
scienceandsociety.columbia.edu
18:15 - Amer Musm Natl Hist - MH - Amat Astro Assn lecture
Kaufmann Theater. Free, no musm adm fee. 718-522-5014,
president@aaa.org, www.aaa.org
18:30 - East Meadow - LI - Amer Instt Aero & Astro lecture
Spumante Restaurant. Various topics in
aeronautics and astronautics. Free, optional $5 pizza-soda.
516-458-8593, davidparis@optonline.net
19:30 - Princeton - NJ - Amat Astro Assn of Princeton meeting
Princeton U, Peyton Hall. Free. www.princetonastronomy.org,
609-737-2575, info@princetonastronomy.org
19:30 - Pleasantville - NY - Westchester Amat Astro meeting
Pace Univ, Miller Hall, Free. www.westchesterastronomers.org,
waa-president@westchesterastronomers.org
info@princetonastronomy.org º
20:00 - Danbury - CT - astronomy lecture
Westn Conn St Uv, Obsy/Plm. Indoor planetarium show,
clearsky starviewing. Free. www.wcsu.edu/starwatch,
20:00 - Columbia University - MH - astronomy lecture
Pupin Hall, signs to lecture room. Indoor lecture, clearsky
starviewing. Free. outreach-admin@astro.columbia.edu,
www.astro.columbia.edu/outreach, 212-854-3278
20:00 - Uniondale - LI - clearsky starviewing
Hofstra University,Berliner Bdg, Rm 117. Free,
adv regn reqd. Cancelled for clouds. 516-463-2759,
www.hofstra.edu/Academics, observatory@hofstra.edu
20:00 - Upper Montclair - NJ - clearsky starviewing
No Jersey Astro Gp. Montclair St Univ, Richardson Hall.
Free, cancelled for clouds. njastro.org, 973-655-7266,
20:30 - Coll of Staten Is - SI - clearsky starviewing
Astrophys Obsy. Free, cancelled for clouds. 718-982-2818,
csivc.csi.cuny.edu/supernove7/files/home.html,
robbins@mail.csi.cuny.edu,
20:30 - York College - QN - astronomy lecture .
Core Academic Bdg, Rm AC-2E01. Indoor lecture, clearsky
starviewing. Free, adv regn reqd. 718-262-2082,
www.york.cuny.edu/centers-institutes/observatory,
tpaglione@york.cuny.edu
--------------------------------------
[???] UNCERTAIN RESUMPTION OF ACTIVITY
--------------------------------------
10:00 - Upton - LI - Summer Sundays science show
Brookhaven Natl Lab. Visit several BNL facilities with demos
and talks, Four Sundays, each with different activities. Free,
have GI photo ID for campus security. 631-344-2651,
www.bnl.gov/physics/evnts,
15:30 - Courant Institute - MH - science lecture
Ctr for Atmosp & Ocean Studies. Weaver Hall, 251 Mercer
St. Various topics in geophysics and earth science. Free.
caos.cims.nyu.edu, shafer@cims.nyu.edu
18:00 - Cornelia St Cafe' - MH - Entertaining Science show
29 Cornelia St & W 4 St, Play & music on various
science themes. $10 + one drink min.
www.corneliastreetcafe.com, 212-989-9319
18:00 - Earth Institute - MH - science lecture
Columbnia Univ, Lerner Hall, Arledge Audm.. Sea level rise: `
Causes, impacts and options for solutions'. Free, adv regn
reqd. ei.columbia.edu
18:30 - CUNY Graduate Center - MH - Science and the Arts show
'TNo, No, Nobel' on women who missedthe Nobel Prize for
their work. Free. 212-817-7521, bschwartz@gc.cuny.edu,
scienceandarts@scienceandarts.pmailus.com,
19:00 - Toms River - NJ - Astro Soc of Toms Rv Area meeting
Ocean Co Coll, Student Ctr, Solar Lounge. Free.
www.astra-nj.org, 732-255-0343, webmaster@astra-nj.org
19:00 - NY Academy of Sciences - MH - astronomy lecture
'The unification of physics: The ques for a Theory of
Everything'. $15, adv regn reqd. wwww.nyas.org, 212-298-8600
20:30 - West Reading - CT - clearsky starviewingh
New Pond Farm, obseratory. $10, adv regn reqd. , cancelled for
clouds. www.newpondfarm.org, 203-938-2117,
info@newpondfarm.org
General News
----------
I opened a new section 'Eclipse news', below, for items about the
Great American Eclipse. They were at first placed in 'City news' and
'Sky news' in the early compilation of this NYC Events.
Many astronomy events that normally resume in September were not
posted at issue time. I suspect that the event crews are still on
their way home from the Great American Eclipse and couldn't fire up
their fall 2017 activities. I left these events in the 'S/O' section.
Inquire at the event contact for latest news.
Mid-Manhattan Library leaves NYC Events to begin a top-to-bottom
rebuild. As at issue time none of its wonderful lectures are shifted
to an other branch. More in 'City News'.
Astro Soc of Greenwich now meets in Greenwich Public Library. it
previously convened at Bruce Museum. Sessions are still on Sunday
afternoons.
Boothe Meml Astro Soc cleaned up its Facebook page and posted pix
from August 21 solar eclipse. Club notes that it has no upcoming
events. I moved club to 'under the line' in COnnecticut with contact.
McCarthy Obsy posts a Friday date, the 8th, for its 'Second
Saturday' lecture. This may be a typo but do inquire at contact.
McCarthy listed its August lecture for Friday the 11th, but I don't
know how it was resolved.
NYC Events welcomes new band of stargazers, Jupiter Joe's Sidewalk
Astronomy. It started in early 2017 and conducts irregular sessions,
mostly on Manhattan. See 'Ongoing and continuing events'.
Institute for Advanced Study leaves NYC Events. It apparently no
longer offers astrophysics seminars, only ones for mathematics.
Center for Atmosphere and Ocean Studies moves into the '???'
section. It notes there are no lectures for fall 2017.
Cornelia Street Cafe's web went completely blank with no
content. I moved Cormelia to th '???' section.
City News
-------
Mid-Manhattan Library closed doors on 2017 August 1 for a complete
rebuild of its aging house. At 5th Av and 40th St, diagonal from the
Main Library, it was the nation's busiest circulation library with a
myriad of visitors and about 6,000 transactions per day. Some
operations are moved to the Main Library nut its cultural lectures are
syspended. Mid-Manhattan reopens in winter 2019-2020.
By mid-laer August 2017 all Radio Shack stores on Manhattan, and
likely thruout the coutnry, are closed. RRS went bankrupt in May 2017
with plan to close certain stores. As court case progressed RS ended
up closing essentially all stores.
On 2017 August 16 ~13h EDST a stun grenade accidently detonated
in 26 Federal Pz building, Foley Sq MH. The blast injured an FBI agent
who was handling grenade in basement work area. A stun grenade sends
out a blinding flash and deafening moise to disorient and distract
target people. There is no explosive but the local heat can ignite
nearby flammables and burn neaby people.
Amtrak's rebuilding at Penn Station is on track to finish by 31
August 2017. Normal train service should resume during the Labor Day
weekend. A;tho the 'Summer of Hell' may be over, residual work in the
depot continues at night and weekends into October 2017.
Stun grenades, like the one detonated on 16 August 2017 in 26
Federal Pz and also called flash-bang grenades, are openly sold at
eBay andd Amazon! Priices are typicly $15-$25 and qunatity per
putchase may be limited.
Summer Streets for 2017 was a mixed show from August's erratic
weather. Augst 5th was partly cloudy but cool and breezy, good for
outdoor activity. August 12 was rained out. The final run on Aug 18
was partly cloudy, hot, humid.
NYSkies Astronomy Seminar on 4 August 2017 explored the Perseid
meteor shower and the comet-meteor relation. The 2017 Perseids peak
was predawn of August 12th. We learned how in the early 1800s the
strange iron stones occasionally found in the ground were traced to
falls from the sky. Meost mteorites are made of stone but these are
mixed in with ordinary terrestrial stones. Iron meteorites are easier
to find, being dense, magnetic, dark. In 1799 we triangulated falling
stars from the Leonid shower and found they were tens of kilometers
above Earth. In the 1830s we discovered that there is a substantial
increase in shooting stars in August while other months had roughly
equal lesser numbers. In 1833 the Leomids sent down a storm of
shooting stars, all falling from Leo, in mid November. In other years
before and after the Leonids offered only a few meteors. Meteor
showers, all two of them, were known as the August and November
meteors. By 1840 we found that these August meteors fell from Perseus
and were in time called the Perseids. Yhe November shower from leo
became the leonids. As more showers were recognized they were named
for their months, then by the canstellation they radiate from. The
name is the constellation's patronumic, an offspring or derivative of
the constellation. In a meteor shower the upstream path of the meteors
headed into deep space above the known atmosphere. In the 1860s two
comets were discovered, Swift-Tuttle and Tempel-Tuttle. They were
periodic comets with a couple tens of year cycle. The orbit of S-T
almost coincided with the path of the Perseid meteors; T-T, Leonids.
Meteors of a shower are debris spilled from the comet nto its orbit.
Earth intercepted these meteors, pulling them to fall as shooting
stars. Many more meteor-comet links were found by 1900. Meteor
watching was a large part of home astronomy until 1970s, when general
social evolution shifted astronomers from the tediumm of this program.
Today almost all home meteor watching is a casual pasttime. And almost
all of it is only for the Perseids. In the 1990s with supercomputers
and astrodynamics software we modelsed comets more precisely. We
learned that meteors seen in a given yer's shower did not spill from
the parent comet at its last pweihelion. They are ejected several
rounds ago and travel in a thread or string near the comet's orbit. If
we hit one we get the shower, else not. This accounts for the erratic
performance of the Leonids with no strong shower in 1900 and 1933. The
comet's thrads missed us. The Perseid meteors are more evenly sprad
along the orbit, making a reliable shower every year. One factor to
mid with meteor observing is the loacation and phase of the Moon. A
large Moon will mask the fainter falling stars while in other years
there is no Moon around. This effect is the crude 'Rule-of-three',
applcable to any annual event, even those on Earth. The Perseids open
the observing season for Pazmino's Cluster, that sits a few degrees
from the radiant in Camelopardalis. I discoveed it in 1977 to become
the one and only showcase feature of the constellaton. Takeaways were
starcharts of Perseus for the meteor showr, diagram of S-T comet and
meteor stream, perspective effect of radiant, drift of raiant on sky,
charts of Moon-Perseids for 'Rule-pf-three', article and chart for
Pazmino's Cluster.
A dead Central Park tree branch fell on Ann Goldman, Midtown MH,
on 2017 Aug 15 ~10:00hEDST. She was near the W 62 St gate with her 3
children, one an infant, when the limb hit her on the head and back.
Two children wre in a double-stroller; the infant. a cuddle pack.
Witnesses started to free her until park workers with chain saws cut
up the branch. All four victims were hospitalized and then relased
after treatment.
NYSkiers Steve Kaye and John Pazmino took part in educator
development workshops at Intrepid Museum. The events were part of
Space & Science Fest, 2017 August 3-6. In one session they learned
about difficulties tin studying ionosphere and new ways to overcome
them with specially designed gliders and balloonns, and miniature
electronics. They in an other session played with marshmellow-sized
robots by drawing color-coded tracks for them to navigate along. The
two also examined the 'Dtones' exhibit and heard a couple short NASA
talks.
On 2017 August 22 the Village Voice advised that it is ending its
print edition. It continues its web edition. VV was founded in 1955 by
Norman Mailer &a as the first major alternative-lifestyle newspaper.
In this century the VV steadily shrank in content and lost much of its
classified ads to webs and social media.
NYSkies Astronomy Seminar on Friday 18 Augst 2017 was weakly
attended due to mmembers already on their way to the Great American
Eclipse and to heavy afternoon rain. The session was an open loor for
assorted astronomy problems and questions. Carrie Ho supplied snack
packets. One curious topic was treatment of various eye conditions,
like cataracts, contact lenses, and gloucoma. Some members have
relatives with these conditions. The meeting wuapped up at ~20:30 EDST
for an early start home. The net Seminar, September 1, is an eclipse
roundup from all who observed the eclipse, in totality or pertial
atras.
KMart, owned by Sears, bean closing stores nationwide in spring
2017. Closings in NYSkies are so far mostly in New Jersey and Long
Island. KMart may go bankrupt under continuing revenue declines but
hopes it can hold on o its falgship Manhattan outlets on Astor Place
and Penn Plaa.
Eclipse News
----------
Some astronomers traveling by air to the 2017 August 21 eclipse
got a shock at airport security. Travelers from certain states were
advised that starting 22 January 2018 their state driver license is no
longer valid ID for air travel!. US DHS cited 9 states for being too
lax to verify personal parameters noted on driver license. Out-of-spec
states are Kentucky, Maine, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Oklahoma,
Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Washington. State must revise license
process and issue new compliant driver licenses.. Situation comes from
2005 Real-ID Act requiring positive verification of parameters noted
on ID documents presented at airports. Law was disenforced until now.
August 2017 was frustrating for eclipse chasers to exercise their
plans. Yet the weather in NYSkies was about the same all along the
eclipse path east of the Appalachian Mountains, where many of us went
for the totality. Those who practiced their routines under the various
weather conditions here were far better able to deal with them under
the eclipsed Sun.
Some eclipse photographers were hit by unexpected glitch in
autofocus cameras. Cameras performed normally in pretotality partial
phases. Soonest the Sun was completely covered by the Moon the
autofocus mechanism lost control! Tim Timmons in Columbia SC reported
that his shutter was locked because the his camera couldn't find a
focus. Steve Kaye near St Louis MO saw his camera slew in and out of
focus for about half a minute before it settled at infinity. This
behavior could not be simulated in rehearsals before the eclipse.
Astronomers returning from the Great American Eclipse were
irritated and angered by the lousy weather forecasts along the
totality band. Predictions for rain, cloud, thunderstorms persuaded
many to divert from their original target site to others in a mad
scramble along congested roads. The dire forecasts were often
completely wrong, with clear sky over the original site, presenting a
clear view of eclipse if they stayed put.
Joe Rao, Amat Obsrs Soc and NYSkies, caught a boo-boo about the
next total eclipse in South Carolina. I mentioned in a NYSkies
Yahoogroup post that it is in 2079, taken from otherwise good eclipse
commentary on local TB in Columbia SC. Joe showed that it misses South
Carolina because it starts at sunrise in New Jersey. he notes the next
SX eclipse is in 2052, skimming the Atlantic coast over Charleston.
Some astronomers in NYSkies tried to see First Crescent on Tuesday
22 August 2017, after seeing the eclipse on the 21st. Sky was mostly
cloudy, interfering with viewing the thin crescent Moon.
In early to mid August 2017 an upswell began in announced public
eclipse viewing in NYSkies. Apparently they were last-minute
arrangements cobbled from staff thinned out by astronomers away at the
totality zone. Some were mentioned in general newspapers with articles
about the eclipse. Others popped up on astronomy center webs.
Sue Rose ((IIRC), Amat Obsrs Soc, noted a set of NY Times articles
for the August solar eclipse in an early August edition. At the time
the material was only in print form. Now it's in the NY Times web at
www.nytimes.com/news-event/solar-eclipse-2017
This the table of contents that in the newspaper had page numbers for
each piece. Here the entries are links to the online articles.
A way to reduce accidently looking into the Sun with eclipse
glasses is an eclipse mask. From a paper dinner plate cut out a window
1/3 down from the top edge that's a little smaller than the front
panel of the eclipse glasses. Cut off the temple bars and securely
tape the panel into the window, being sure no open space allows
sunlight to leak thru. The cut from the center of the plate, near the
nose notch of the glasses, a triangle about 6-7cm on a side. The
entire plate is held against the face with the triangle resting on the
nose and eyes looking thru the glasses. This mask covers the whole
face, with lower chance of getting raw sunlight into the eyes. The
white space on the plate may be decorated to taste.
Sky news
------
August 2017 was a typical summer month, with the rays of Sirius
and Sun combining at sunrise for extra heat. Most days were hazy,
humid, with intermittent rain. Interspersed among the torrid days were
days with autumn-like cool breeze and clear dark nights.
The Perseid meteor shower was clouded or rained out over NYSkies.
The peak hours were predawn of August 12th, over a full deck of
clouds. Even if clear, the large gibbous Moon was a major suppression
of the meteor count, specially for observers in gray-sky lands.
Jupiter is leaving us in twilight as evening star.Saturn sets in
late night. Soon the will be no bright planets for evening observing.
The rainbows under Second Avenue are still bright and colorful.
NYC Transit advised John Pazmino in early August that the phenomenon
was referred to the agency's 'station design department for study. To
see them go to 72/2, 86/2, 96/2 stations and look at the 'Blood-&-
bones' strip along the outer wall.