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NYC EVENTS FOR SEPTENBER 2010 --------------------------- 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
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All hours are Eastern Daylight Savings Time.
Comet 103P/Hartley-2
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This comet comes to perihelion in late October for a favorable
return. it courses along the Milky Way in a night sky and in high
altitude. It's faint at start of September and brightens rapidly. It
may reach binocular range by month end. I put details and ephemeris
under September 1st.
With Hartley-2 in the evening sky, it may be a target for regular
starviewing session thruout the month. As at issue date there are no
specific comet watches. Some may be announced later in September if
the comet rises to binocular brilliance. These will be noted, as we
learn of them, in the NYSkies yahoogroup.
This return is a special treat because Hartley-2 is visited by
Deep Impact. After working at Tempel-1 in 2005 it was aimed toward
Hartley-2 for a rendezvous in early November. No darts this time, just
closeup imaging and sensing. Space fans now have a new object, other
than the Moon or planet, to show where a spaceprobe is at work.
Index of Events
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* = NASA-JPL Night Sky Network affiliate
Dates for events in main listing, else contact if no events
Events in recess have month of resumption with contact
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BROOKLYN - BK
*Floyd Bennett Field - - - 17
Illuscinations - - - - - 1-6
Pier 6 - - - - - - - - - (4, 5)-Oct 10
Secret Science Club - - - XX
CONNECTICUT - CT
*A S of Gtr Hartford - - - 15
Astro Soc of Greenwich - OCT - rbria@juno.com, www.seocom.com/asg,
203-896-6786-x338
*Astro Soc of New Haven - OCT - www.asnh.org, prez@asnh.org
*Bethany Observatory - - - 17
Boothe Meml Astro Soc - - 3, 17
Bowman Observatory - - - 14, 28
Connecticut Star Party - 10-12
Litchfield Hills AAC - - lmaac@hotmail.com,
www.fortunecity.com/victorian/twain/1206/id19.htm .
*Mattituck Astro Soc - - - 16
*McCarthy Observatory - - 11
Stamford Observatory - - 3, 10, 17, 24
*Van Vleck Obsy (ASGH) - - 18
Van Vleck Obsy (WU) - - - 8, 15, 22, 29
Western CT St Univ Obsy - 18, 25
*Westport Astro Soc - - - 1, 2, 8, 9, 15, 16, 21, 22, 23, 29, 30
LONG ISLAND - LI
*Amateur Observers Soc - - 12
Astro Soc of Long Island 1, 8, 15, 22, 29
Brookhaven Natinal Lab - 7, 14
Custer Institute - - - - 4, 11, 18, 25
Hofstra Univ Obsy - - - - 12
Innovative Stone Co - - - 0
Montauk Observatory - - - XX
National Space Soc-LISS - chapters.nss.org/ny/longisland,
trekker724@aol.com
*Robert Moses St Pk - - - www.aosny.org, suerose@optonline.net
SUNY Stony Brook - - - - 3
MANHATTAN - MH
92nd Street Y (Lex & 92) OCT - www.92y.org, 212-415-5500
Anat Astro Assn starvwg - 1
Amat Astro Assn lecture - OCT - richard_rosenberg@verison.net,
718-522-5014.
Amer Instt Architecture - 4, 18
Amer Musm Natl Hist - - - 1-Nov
Broadway-Nassau station - 1-2010 Sep
Cafe' Science - - - - - - 13
Ctr for Space Sci Edu - - info@nyccsse.org, www.nyccsse.org,
212-608-6164
Central Park - - - - - - 3-5, 10-12, 17-19, 26-28
City College Physics - - XX
*Columbia Univ Astro - - - 15, 22, 29
*Columbia Univ Obsy - - - 3, 17
comet 103P/Hartley-2 - - 1-Nov 30
Cornelia St Cafe' - - - - www.corneliastreetcafe.com, 212-989-9319
Ctr for Atmosp Ocean Std XX
CUNY Graduate Center - - 24
Goddard Inst for Spc Std 10
Good Housekeeping lab - - 10
Governors Island visits - (3, 4, 5)-Oct 10
Governors Island tours - 1, 2
Green Depot - - - - - - - 8
Hayden Planetarium - - - 20, 28
History of Science Soc - XX
Inittv for Theortcl Sci - XX
Instt Strings, Cosmology OCT - www.iscap.columbia.edu
*Inwood Astronomy Project 1, 4, 8, 11, 15, 18, 22, 25, 29
Labor Day - - - - - - - - 6
Lwr Manh-Bklyn DT subways 0
Madoff benches - - - - - 0
Madoff clawback - - - - - 0
Mid Manhattan Library - - 2, 13, 14, 15, 16, 21, 23, 27, 28
Milky Way fall season - - 1-Nov 30
National Space Soc-NYC - 3, 20
New Green City Fair - - - 29
New York Univ Astro - - - XX
NY Academy of Sciences - 23
*NYSkies Astronomy Seminar 3, 20
Physics Club of NY - - - 24
Race to End of Earth exhbt 1-Nov
Rockefeller University - 212-327-8000, www.rockefeller.edu,
pubinfo@rockefeller.edu
Sandy Hook ferry - - - - 1-4
SciCafe' - - - - - - - - 1
Science & the Arts - - - XX
Serving Science - - - - - XX
Shuttle/Intrepid campaign 1-indef
South Street Seaport - - 1-indef
Space Frontier Foundatn - 1, 8, 15, 22, 29
Strand Books - - - - - - 28
*Top of the Lawn - - - - - 3-5, 10-12, 17-19, 26-28
Tutankhamun exhibit - - - 1-2011 Jan 2
Urban Green Expo - - - - 29-30
Urban Park Rangers - - - 1
Water-on-the-go - - - - - 1-5
Weekend Walks - - - - - - 1-26
World Trade Center trial 0
NEW JERSEY - NJ
A A A of Princeton - - - 14
A S of Toms Rv Area - - - 10
*Amat Astro Inc meeting - 3, 10, 24
&Amat Astro Inc lecture - 17
Buehler-Columbia AAA - - 10, 17, 24
Dark Sky Observers - - - www.users.nac.net/gburke/club
Instt for Advd Study - - XX
Liberty Science Center - 1-indef
Montclair Telescope Club 973-948-5284, bischoff@garden.net,
users.erols.com/njastro/orgs/mtc.hrm
*Morris Musm Astro Soc - - 9
N W Jersey Amat Astro - - www.nwjaa.org, info@nwjaa.org
Natl Space Soc-NJN - chapters.nss.org/nj/njn, cpankanin@aol.com
*New Jersey Astro Assn - - 18, 25
North Jersey Astro Group 8
Ocean County College - - 18
Passaic Co Astro Assn www.users.nac.net/gburke/PCAA, 973-523-0024
Princeton Univ Obsy - - - 8
*Raritan Vy Commy Coll Plm www2.raritanval.edu/planetarium
Rutgers Univ Astro Collqm 8, 15, 22, 29
Rutgers Univ Astro Semnr 3, 10, 17, 24
*S*T*A*R - - - - - - - - - 2
Sandy Hook ferry - - - - 1-4
Schommer Observatory - - 9, 23
*Sheep Hill Astro Assn - - 5
*Sheep Hill Observatory - 17
Skyland Stargazers - - - skylandstargazers.tripod.com
*Utd Astro Clubs of NJ - - 4, 11, 18, 25
UACNJ Astro Symposium - - 24-26
Washington Xing St Pk - - 3, 10, 18, 24
QUEENS - QN Alley Pond Park - - - - - 11 Queens College Physics - 13, 20 Roosevelt Is tram closing 1-2010 Sep York College Observatory 15 REST OF WORLD Arunah Hill Days - - - - 3-6 STATEN ISLAND - SI College of Staten Is - - XX Great Kills Park - - - - 11 Staten Is Community TV - 13 THE BRONX - BX Lehman College - - - - - 29 UPSTATE - NY
Anthony Wayne Rec Area - 201-768-3298, www.rocklandastronomy.com,
webnaster@rocklandastronomy.com,
*Catskills Astro Club - - 4, 11
Lamont-Doherty Obsy - - - 10, 17
Lwr Hudson Vy Challgr Ctr 19
Mid-Hudson Astro Assn - - 21
Orange Co Astro Assn - www.ocastronomy.org, info@ocastronomy.org
*Rockland Astronomy Club - 201-768-3298, www.rocklandastronomy.com,
webnaster@rocklandastronomy.com,
Swinging Bridge dam - - - 0
Vassar Coll Obsy - - - - 1, 8, 15, 22, 29
Ward Pound Ridge - - - - 4
Westchester Amat Astro - 10
Wilcox Park - - - - - - - 3
Monthly Calendar
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Plain dates are in current month;
-, previous month; +, next month.
Moon phase: .NM., .FQ), (FM), (LQ.
Sunset is noted for each Saturday
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Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sunset
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-29 -30 -31 (1. 2 3 4 19:23
5 6 7 .8. 9 10 11 19:12
12 13 14 .15) 16 17 18 19:00
19 20 21 22 (23) 24 25 18:48
26 27 28 29 (30. +1 +2 18:36
General notes
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'whole City' means the event has no specific or dedicated place.
It may be enjoyed from everywhere in the 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. Some facilities may have limited
hours per day or days per week. Check with the contacts.
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
optional extra fees to consider.
List of events
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XXX 00 Sep - DATES NOT EST YET; INQUIRE AT CONTACT
11:00 - Princeton - NJ - Inst Advd Stud lecture
Princeton Univ, Bloomberg Hall, library. Free.
www.sns.ias.edu/astro/astrocal.php,
wserber@astro.princeton.edu
14:30 - New York University - MH - astronomy lecture
Meyer Hall, 5th fl. Various topics in astrophys and
relativity. Free. physics,nyu.edu, dgsphys@nyu.edu,
212-998-7706
15:30 - Courant Institute - MH - science lecture
Ctr for Atmosp & Ocean Studies. 251 Mercer St. Various
topics in geophysics and earth science. Free.
caos.cims.nyu.edu, shafer@cims.nyu.edu
16:00 - City College - MH - science lecture
Marshak Hall, Rm 418N. Various topics in physics and
astronomy. Free. www.sci.ccny.cuny.edu/physics/calendar,
physics@sci.ccny.cuny.edu, 212-650-6832
18:00 - Kouzan Restaurant - MH - Serving Science lecture
685 Amsterdam Av, 93/94 St. Supper/chat with City College
profs on sci topics. $10 fee, incl 1 drink, + own meal.
web.cuny.edu/research/Serving-Science-CUNY-Science-Cafe.html
18:00 - CUNY Graduate Center - MH - science lecture
Hist of Sci Soc. 'Evolutionary thought before Darwin'. Free.
gfh2104@columbia.edu,
18:30 - CUNY Graduate Center- MH - science show
Science & the arts. Free. web.gc.cuny.edu/sciart, 212-817-8215
18:30 - CUNY Graduate Center - MH - science lecture
Initiative for the Theoretical Sciences. Free, adv regn reqd,
its@gc.cuny.edu, web.gc.cuny.edu/its
19:00 - East Hampton - LI - astronomy lecture
Montauk Obsy, The Ross School. Indoor talk, clearsky
starviewing. Free. www.montaukobservatory.com
20:00 - Bell House - BK - Secret Science Club meeting
149 7 St, 2/3 Av. Lecture and music on various science
topics. Free. secretscienceclub.blogspot.com, 718-638-4400,
20:30 - Coll of Staten Is - SI - clearsky starviewing
Astrophys Obsy. Free, cancelled for clouds. 718-982-2818,
robbins@mail.csi.cuny.edu, supernova7.apsc.csi.cuny.edu
all 00 Sep
all day - US Federal Court House - MH - WTC criminal trial
Indefinite duration. Masterminds of 2001 Sep 11 attack on WTC
go on trial. No final decision yet for holding the trial in
New York. Expect massive rearrangement of daily routine within
1km radius of Foley Sq. Details in local news media.
all day - Lwr Manh-Bklyn DT - MH - subway reconstruction
Every Sat & Sun, indefinite duration. Many Lwr Manh and
Bklyn Downtown subways are under major work at various
hours. Check posters and flyers for your routes.
www.mta.info
all day - Central Park - NY - cultural exhibit
Indefinite duration. 67 St & 5 Av gate. Several park benches
donated years ago by swindler Bernard Madoff with his
nameplate on them. They are potential targets for his victims
to exert anger, possibly resulting in damage or destruction.
all day - whole City - MH - Madoff clawback
OBTAIN LEGAL ADVICE BEFORE RESPONDING TO THIS EVENT
Indefinite duration. US Bankruptcy Court is sending summonses
to investors who realized income from the Madoff swindle. The
court claims this income and orders its return. Details at
your legal advisor.
all day - Hauppauge - LI - cultural exhibit
COMPANY IS IN CHAP 11; FATE OF CORNERSTONE IS UNCERTAIN
Indefinite duration. Innovative Stone Company, show yard.
Actual 20-ton granite inscribed block for Freedom Tower
(1 WTC) cornerstone, placed in tower's foundation on 4 July
2004. Removed for safekeeping until construction can resume.
Free. 631-273-4445, www.innovativestone.com,
info@innovativestone.com
all day - Swinging Bridge - NY - potential flood emergency
Indefinite duration. Flood alert on Mongaup & upper Delaware
rivers due to sinkhole in Swinging Bridge dam. Listen for
news and advice from local emergency management agencies.
www.ferc.gov/industries/hydropower/safety/swinging.asp
Wed 1 Sep
all day - South Street Seaport - MH - Bodies exhibit
CHILDREN SHOULD OBTAIN ADULT GUIDANCE FOR THIS EVENT!
Indefinite duration. 11 Fulton St. About 30 human cadavers,
some intact, some dissected and laid out for inspection of
organs. Specimina replaced with fresh ones from time to time.
$27.50 adm. www.bodiesny.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
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.
richard_rosenberg@verizon.net, 718-522-5014
all day - Discovery Exhibition Hall - MH - 'Tutankhamun' exhibit
Thru 2011 Jan 2. 226 W 44 St, B'way/8 Av. Return of fabulous
exhibit from 1970! Artifacts from the Boy King of ancient
Egypt, New interpretations and findings! $27.50 adm.
www.discoverytsx.com, 866-987-9692
all day - Amer Musm Natl Hist - MH - science exhibit
Thru Nov. 'Race to the end of the Earth' Antarctic
eploration by Scott and Amundsen. $24 tkt, incl Musm adm.
www.amnh.org/programs, 212-769-5100
all day - Roosevelt Is - QN - Roosevelt Is tram closing
Thru 2010 Sep. entire line and stations closed for rebuild.
Alternate service by subway, street bus, shuttle bus.
all day - Coney Island - BK - Illuscinations show
Thru Sep 6. Ringling Bros Barnum & Bailey Circus. Surf Av &
W 21 St. Classical tent with circus acts and performances.
$10-$50 adm. www.ringling.com, 800-745-3000.
all day - E 35 St Pier - MH - ferry to Sandy Hook
Thru Sep 4. Also Pier 11 (Wall St). Two runs/day, 30 min to
Sandy Hook, free bus loop to attractions. $40 RT tkt.
www.seastreak.com, 800-262-8743
all day - Sandy Hook - NJ - ferry from Manhattan
Thru Sep 4. Ferry pier. Two runs/day, 30 min from Manhattan
free bus loop to ferry pier. $40 RT tkt. www.seastreak.com,
800-262-8743
all day - whole City - MH - Water-on-the-go sipping fountains
Thu Sun 5 Sep. NYC DEP sets up portable sipping fountains at
various places. They are connected to fire hydrants to deliver
cold sparkling mountain rain water for refreshment. Free.
www.nyc.gov/html/dep
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NY | location | dates
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BK | Bklyn Bg Pk, Pier 6 | Sep 5
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MH | Times Sq, Broadway/43 St | Sep 1
MH | Madison Sq, Broadway/23 St | Sep 1
MH | Union Sq, 14 St/Broadway | Sep 2
MH | Mitchell Sq, Broadway/175 St | Sep 2
MH | Union Sq, 15 St/ Union Sq W | Sep 3, 4
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all day - whole City - MH - Weekend Walks cultural tours
Thru Sun 29 Sep. Various streets closed to motor traffic for
festivals, fairs, promenades. Hours and program vary with
location. www.nyc.gov/html/dot
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NY | location | dates
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BK | Bklyn Hts, Montague St | Sep 12, 19, 26
BK | Pratt Instt, Myrtle Av/Hall St | Sep 5, 12, 19, 26
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MH | Wash Hts, St Nicholas Av/182 St | Sep 12
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all day - Broadway-Nassau station - MH - station closure
Thru 2010 Sep. Every Sat & Sun. Broadway-Nassau station,
IND 8th Av, closed for building Fulton St Hub. All blue trains
skip it. Riders must do on-street transfer for other lines
connected to this station. www.mta.info
all day - Intrepid Museum - MH - Land the Shuttle in New York
Indefinite duration. Campaign to acquire one of the retired
Space Shuttles for the Intrepid Museum. Vehicle will be
showcased in pavilion next to Intrepid ship.
www.intrepidmuseum.org.
all day - Jersey City - NJ - astronomy cinema
Indefinite duration. Liberty Science Center. 'Hubble' IMAX
film. $22.75, incl musm adm. www.lsc.org, 201-200-1000
all day - whole City - MH comet 103P/Hartley-2
Thru Nov 30. Comet has favorable return, is in high sky at
night, brightens into binocular view by month end Deep Impact
spacecraft meets comet in early Nov. Elements & ephemeris:
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Orbital elements are taken from MPC 70362
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Epoch 2010 Oct. 11.0 TT = JDT 2455480.5
Peri T 2010 Oct. 28.2670 TT
Peri AU 1.058693 (2000.0)
M D M 0.1523112 Arg Peri 181.2025
S M A 3.472547 Asc Node 219.7600
Excenty 0.695125 Inclintn 13.6184
Period 6.47y
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Ephemeris
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Date 0h UT R A (2000) Decl Earth Sun Elong Mag
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2010 09 01 22 50 33.1 +37 53 22 0.3935 1.3120 133.6 8.8
2010 09 02 22 51 40.5 +38 24 02 0.3853 1.3044 133.5 8.7
2010 09 03 22 52 51.6 +38 54 58 0.3771 1.2970 133.3 8.6
2010 09 04 22 54 06.6 +39 26 10 0.3690 1.2896 133.2 8.5
2010 09 05 22 55 26.0 +39 57 38 0.3610 1.2822 133.1 8.4
2010 09 06 22 56 50.1 +40 29 23 0.3531 1.2750 132.9 8.3
2010 09 07 22 58 19.5 +41 01 26 0.3453 1.2678 132.7 8.3
2010 09 08 22 59 54.6 +41 33 46 0.3375 1.2606 132.6 8.2
2010 09 09 23 01 35.9 +42 06 26 0.3299 1.2536 132.4 8.1
2010 09 10 23 03 24.2 +42 39 24 0.3223 1.2467 132.2 8.0
2010 09 11 23 05 20.0 +43 12 42 0.3149 1.2398 132.0 7.9
2010 09 12 23 07 24.1 +43 46 21 0.3075 1.2330 131.8 7.8
2010 09 13 23 09 37.3 +44 20 22 0.3002 1.2263 131.6 7.7
2010 09 14 23 12 00.4 +44 54 44 0.2930 1.2197 131.4 7.6
2010 09 15 23 14 34.4 +45 29 28 0.2858 1.2132 131.2 7.5
2010 09 16 23 17 20.4 +46 04 34 0.2788 1.2068 131.0 7.4
2010 09 17 23 20 19.4 +46 40 03 0.2718 1.2004 130.7 7.3
2010 09 18 23 23 32.7 +47 15 53 0.2649 1.1942 130.5 7.2
2010 09 19 23 27 01.8 +47 52 03 0.2582 1.1881 130.3 7.1
2010 09 20 23 30 48.1 +48 28 32 0.2515 1.1821 130.1 7.0
2010 09 21 23 34 53.3 +49 05 18 0.2448 1.1762 129.9 6.9
2010 09 22 23 39 19.3 +49 42 17 0.2383 1.1704 129.7 6.8
2010 09 23 23 44 08.2 +50 19 24 0.2319 1.1648 129.5 6.7
2010 09 24 23 49 22.1 +50 56 34 0.2255 1.1592 129.3 6.5
2010 09 25 23 55 03.5 +51 33 39 0.2193 1.1538 129.1 6.4
2010 09 26 00 01 15.2 +52 10 29 0.2132 1.1485 128.9 6.3
2010 09 27 00 08 00.0 +52 46 51 0.2071 1.1433 128.7 6.2
2010 09 28 00 15 21.0 +53 22 30 0.2012 1.1383 128.5 6.1
2010 09 29 00 23 21.4 +53 57 07 0.1954 1.1333 128.3 6.0
2010 09 30 00 32 04.5 +54 30 17 0.1897 1.1285 128.1 5.9
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10:00 - Governors Island - MH - cultural tour - see Sep 1
Thru Sep 2.Boats leave Battery Marine Bldg at 10:00 and 13:00.
Walk thru history and culture of former military base. Free.
212-825-3045, www.nps.gov/gois
18:00 - Whiskey Park - MH - Space Frontier Foundtn mtg
Central Pk S & 6 Av. Informal social for spacefaring fans.
Free, RSVP by 12:00. william.watson@spacefrontier.org,
www.spacefrontier.org,
19:00 - Amer Musm Natl Hist - MH - SciCafe' show
Hall of Ocean Life. Music, cash bar, social mixer with Amer
Musm Natl Hist staff. Free, be 21 or be gone, photo ID reqd.
212-769-5100, www.amnh.org/programs
20:00 - whole City - MH - fall Milky Way season
Thru Nov 30. Season for sighting Milky Way from within NYC.
Requires dark clear sky, thoro knowledge of normal luminous
graffiti. www.nyskies.org/articles/pazmino/milky-ny.htm.
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. www.inwoodastronomy.org,
917-529-2359, jasonskendall@gmail.com
20:00 - Westport - CT - clearsky starviewing
Westport Astro Soc. Rolnick Obsy. Free, cancelled for
clouds. www.was-ct.org, 203-227-0925
20:30 - Centerport - LI - Astro Soc of LI meeting
Vanderbilt Plm. Free. www.asliclub.org, info@asliclub.org
21:00 - Poughkeepsie - NY - clearsky starviewing
Vassar College, Observatory. Free, cancelled for clouds.
physicsandastronomy.vassar.edu/observatory .html,
845-437-7340
Thu 2 Sep
18:30 - Mid Manhattan Liby - MH - cultural lecture
'Ten architectural walks in Manhattan'. Free.
www.nypl.org/calendar/index.cfm,
20:00 - Lincroft - NJ - S*T*A*R meeting
Brookdale Commty Coll, Mommouth Museum. Free.
www.starastronomy.org, s-walters@comcast.net
20:00 - Westport - CT - clearsky starviewing - see Sep 1
Fri 3 Sep
10:00 - Governors Island - MH - cultural visits
Every Fri. Thru Oct 10. Every Saturday. Boats leave Battery
Marine Bldg 1/2-hr from 10:00. Return from 10:30. 10-min
ferries from/to Pier 6, BK. Free. 212-825-3045,
www.nps.gov/gois
11:00 - Pier 6 - BK - ferry to Governors island
Every Sun. Thru Oct 10. Foot of Atlantic Av in Bklyn Bg
Pk. Ferries run every 10 minutes. Free. 212-825-3045,
www.nps.gov/gois.
15:00 - Piscataway - NJ - astronomy lecture
Seminar series. Rutgers Univ, Serin 385E. Free. 732-445-3974,
www.physics.rutgers.edu/ast/seminar
17:00 - Cummington - MA - Arunah Hill Days starparty
Thru Mon 6 Sep. Arunah Hill Natr Sci Ctr. Talks, darkskies,
camping, tourism, recreation. Free, no frills + optl extras.
www.arunah.org, faits@comcast.net
18:30 - McBurney House - NYSkis Astronomy Seminar
PRESENTATION: THE STANDARD MODEL OF PARTICLE PHYSICS
Combined meeting with Natl Space Soc-NYC Chap
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,
212-273-5958
18:30 - McBurney House - MH - Natl Space Soc meeting
PRESENTATION: THE STANDARD MODEL OF PARTICLE PHYSICS
Combined meeting with NYSkies Astronomy Inc
125 W 14 St, 6/7 Av. Discussion of astronomy topics, show &
tell, skywatching reports, news of astro activity in NYSkies
territory. Free. chapters.nss.org/ny/nyc,
astrohal@webtv.net
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 - Wash'n Xing S P - NJ - clearsky starviewing
Amat Astro Assn of Princeton. Simpson Obsy. Free, cancelled
for clouds. www.princetonastronomy.org, 609-737-2575,
drexparker@aol.com
20:30 - Cranford - NJ - Amat Astro Inc meeting
Union Co Coll, Sperry Obsy. Indoor talk, clearsky
starviewing. Free. www.asterism.org
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 - Stratford - CT - Boothe Meml Astro Soc mtg
Boothe Meml Pk, Obsy. Free. www.bmas.org, info@bmas.org
20:00 - Wilcox Park - NY - clearsky starviewing
Mid Hudson Astro Assn. Free, cancelled for clouds
www.midhudsonastro.org. 845-485-5669, trankin@hvc.cc.com
20:00 - Stamford - CT - clearsky starviewing
Stamford Obsy. $3 adm, cancelled for clouds.
www.stamfordmuseum.org, cescovil@earthlink.net, 203-322-6537
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
Sat 4 Sep
10:00 - Governors Island - MH - cultural visits
Every Sat. Thru Oct 10. Boats leave Battery Marine Bldg 1/2-hr
from 10:00. Return from 10:30. 10-min ferries from/to Pier 6,
BK. Free. 212-825-3045,
www.nps.gov/gois
11:00 - Pier 6 - BK - ferry to Governors island
Every Sat. Thru Oct 10. Foot of Atlantic Av in Bklyn Bg
Pk. Ferries run every 10 minutes. Free. 212-825-3045,
www.nps.gov/gois.
14:00 - Chelsea Piers - NH - cultural tour
Amer Instt of Architecture. Departure dock given with
tickting. Yacht ride around Manhattan with narrated culture
and hisotryy of island's notable structures. $75 tktl adv regn
reqd. 212-358-6126, enemens@aiany.org, aiany.org
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 - Liberty - NY - clearsky starviewing
Catskills Astro Club. Walnut Mountain Pk. Free, cancelled
for clouds. www.catskillsastro.org, kocis@verizon.net.
20:00 - Southold - LI - Custer Instt meeting
OCCASIONAL EXTRA EVENTS; INQUIRE AT CONTACT
Custer Instt. Indoor program, clearsky starviewing. $5-$15
adm, varies with program. www.custerobservatory.org,
CusterDonna@yahoo.com, 631-765-2626
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, Sun 8 Aug
20:00 - Central Park - MH - clearsky starviewing - see Sep 3
20:00 - Inwood Hill Park - MH - clearsky starviewing - see Sep 1
Sun 5 Sep
10:00 - Governors Island - MH - cultural visits
Every Sun. Thru Oct 10. Boats leave Battery Marine Bldg 1/2-hr
from 10:00. Return from 10:30. 10-min ferries from/to Pier 6,
BK. Free. 212-825-3045, www.nps.gov/gois
11:00 - Pier 6 - BK - ferry to Governors island
Every Sun. Thru Oct 10. Foot of Atlantic Av in Bklyn Bg
Pk. Ferries run every 10 minutes. Free. 212-825-3045,
www.nps.gov/gois.
19:30 - Boonton - NJ - Sheep Hill Astro Assn meeting
Boonton Town Hall. Free. www.uacnj.org/clubs/shaa.htm,
ajmonka@att.net
20:00 - Central Park - MH - clearsky starviewing - see Sep 3
Mon 6 Sep
all day - whole City - Labor Day
Please check with event contact for session falling on this
day by rule or outdated schedule.
Tue 7 Sep
15:30 - Upton - LI - astronomy lecture
Brookhaven Natl Lab, Bldg 510. 'Comprehensive miltumessenger
satronomy with gravitational waves'. Free, have GI photo ID
for campus security. www.bnl.gov, 631-344-8000
Wed 8 Sep
16:45 - Piscataway - NJ - astronomy lecture
Colloquium series. Rutgers Univ, Busch Campus, Phys Lectr
Hall. Free. www.physics.rutgers.edu/colloquium, 732-445-3974,
18:00 - Whiskey Park - MH - Space Frontier Foundtn mtg - see Sep 1
18:00 - Green Depot - MH - science workshop
222 Bowery & Spring St. 'Alternate energy in NYC' solar
and wind power from rooftops. Free, adv regn reqd.
www.lesecologycenter.org, info@lesecologycenter.org,
212-277-4022
20:00 - Middletown - CT - clearsky starviewing
Wesleyan U, Van Vleck Obsy. Free, cancelled for clouds.
860-685-3664, www.wesleyan.edu/astro/events
20:00 - Upper Montclair - NJ - No Jersey Astro Gp meeting
Montclair St Univ, Richardson Hall, Room 232. Free.
njastro.org, 973-655-7266, mwest@pegasus.montclair.edu
20:00 - Westport - CT - clearsky starviewing - see Sep 1
20:00 - Inwood Hill Park - MH - clearsky starviewing - see Sep 1
20:30 - Centerport - LI - Astro Soc of LI meeting - see Sepp 1
21:00 - Poughkeepsie - NY - clearsky starviewing - see Sep 1
21:00 - Princeton - NJ - clearsky starviewing
Princeton Univ, Peyton Hall. Free, cancelled for clouds
www.astro.princeton.edu/events.htm,
wserber@astro.princeton.edu
Thu 9 Sep
19:30 - Morristown - NJ - Morris Museum Astro Soc meeting
Morris Museum. Free. 973-386-1848, tedbarker-JDCO@att.net,
www.morrismuseum.org/static/education/astronomical.html
20:00 - Westport - CT - clearsky starviewing - see Sep 1
21:00 - 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 13 Aug
Fri 10 Sep
10:00 - Good Housekeeping Resrch Instt - MH - science tour
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 - Goddard Instt Spc Stud - MH - science lecture
Various topics in geophysics and earth science. Free,
adv regn reqd, else no entry. Have GI photo ID for campus
security. www.giss.nasa.gov, 212-678-5540,
pformosa@giss.nasa.gov
15:00 - Piscataway - NJ - astronomy lecture - see Sep 3
15:30 - 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,
18:00 - Ashford - CT - Connecticut Star Party
Thru Sun 12 Sep. Astro Soc of New Haven. Webster Scout
Reservation. Darkskies, talks, demops, lodging, camping, food
service, tourism, prizes. $20 + optional extras. www.asnh.org,
treasurer@asnh.org
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
20:00 - Pleasantville - NY - Westchester Amat Astro meeting
Pace Univ, Miller Hall, Free. www.westchesterastronomers.org,
waa-president@westchesterastronomers.org
20:00 - Central Park - MH - clearsky starviewing - see Sep 3
20:00 - Wash'n Xing S P - NJ - clearsky starviewing - see Sep 3
20:00 - Stamford - CT - clearsky starviewing - see Sep 3
20:30 - Cranford - NJ - Amat Astro Inc meeting - see Sep 3
20:30 - Paramus - NJ - Buehler-Columbia AAA lecture
NOW MEETS ON FRIDAYS, NOT SATURDAY
Bergen Commty Coll, Buehler Obsy. Free.
www.bergen.edu/buehler, ropstbaum@bergen.edu.
Sat 11 Sep
19:30 - Alley Pond Park - QN - astronomy lecture
Alley Pond Enviro Ctr. Indoor lecture, clearsky starviewing.
$10 fee. www.alleypond.com, info@alleypond.com, 718-229-4000
20:00 - Central Park - MH - clearsky starviewing - see Sep 3
20:00 - Liberty - NY - clearsky starviewing - see Sep 4
20:00 - Southold - LI - Custer Instt meeting - see Sep 4
20:00 - Inwood Hill Park - MH - clearsky starviewing - see Sep 1
20:00 - Jenny Jump St Forest - NJ - Utd A C of NJ mtg - see Sep 4
20:00 - Great Kills Pk - SI - clearsky starviewing
Natl Pk Svc. Enter at Hylan Bv, follow right-curve road for
~1,500m, turn right into small parking lot. Free, cancelled
for clouds. www.nps.gov/gate, 718-987-6790
20:00 - New Milford - CT - astronomy lecture
McCarthy Obsy, New Miford HS. Indoor lecture, clearsky
starviewing. Free. www.mccarthyobservatory.org,
860-354-1595, contact@mccarthyobservatory.org,
Sun 12 Sep
13:15 - Uniondale - LI - Amat Obsrs Soc meeting
Nassau Commty Coll, Bdg F, Room 123. Free. www.aosny.org,
suerose@optonline.net
19:00 - Hempstead - LI - clearsky starviewing
Hofstra University, Chem-Phys Bdg, Rm 117. Free, cancelled
for clouds. 516-463-2759, www.hofstra.edu/Academics,
observatory@hofstra.edu Mon 14 Dec
20:00 - Central Park - MH - clearsky starviewing - see Sep 3
Mon 13 Sep
12:00 - Queens College - QN - science lecture
Physics Conf Rm,SB-B326. Various topics in physics and
astronomy. Free. www.physics.qc.edu/colloq.php, 718-997-3350
18:30 - Mid Manhattan Liby - MH - cultural lecture
'American passage: the history of Ellis Island'. Free.
www.nypl.org/calendar/index.cfm,
17:30 - PicNic Cafe' - MH - Cafe' Science lecture
2665 Broadway & 101 St. Supper/chat with Columbia Univ
profs on sci topics. $10 fee, incl 1 drink, + own meal.
212-222-8222, alumni.columbia.edu/learn/s3_6.html,
cafescience@columbia.edu
19:30 - Staten Island Community TV - SI - science show
100 Cable Way, Mariners Hr SI. Live audience, televised on
SI cable. Free. www.sictv.org, 718-727-1414
Tue 14 Sep
16:00 - Upton - LI - science lecture
Brookhaven Natl Lab, Berkner Hall. 'Science ducation from
kindergarten through college'. Free, have GI photo ID
for campus security. www.bnl.gov, 631-344-8000
18:30 - Mid Manhattan Liby - MH - cultural lecture
'The battle for Gotham, New York in the shadow of Robert
Moses'. Free. www.nypl.org/calendar/index.cfm,
20:00 - Princeton - NJ - Amat Astro Assn of Princeton meeting
Princeton U, Peyton Hall. Free. www.princetonastronomy.org,
609-737-2575, drexparker@aol.com
21:00 - Greenwich - CT - clearsky starviewing
Astro Soc of Greenwich. Julian Curtis Elem Schl, Bowman
Obsy. Free, cancelled for clouds. rbria@juno.com,
www.seocom.com/asg, 203-896-6786-x338
Wed 15 Sep
16:15 - Columbia Univ - MH - astronomy lecture
Pupin Hall, Rm 1332. Free. www.astro.columbia.edu/outreach,
212-854-3278, outreach-admin@astro.columbia.edu
16:45 - Piscataway - NJ - astronomy lecture - see Sep 8
18:00 - Whiskey Park - MH - Space Frontier Foundtn mtg - see Sep 1
18:30 - Mid Manhattan Liby - MH - cultural lecture
'The women buried in Manhattan's Jewish graveyards'. Free.
www.nypl.org/calendar/index.cfm,
19:30 - New Britain - CT - Astro Soc of Gtr Hartford meeting
Centl Conn St Uv, Copernicus Plm. Free, www.asgh.org,
860-872-9069, pparkerrs@cs.com
20:00 - Inwood Hill Park - MH - clearsky starviewing - see Sep 1
20:00 - Westport - CT - clearsky starviewing - see Sep 1
20:00 - Middletown - CT - clearsky starviewing - see Sep 8
20:30 - Centerport - LI - Astro Soc of LI meeting - aww Awp 1
20:30 - York College - QN - astronomy lecture
Core Acadmc Bdg, Rm AC2E01. Indoor lecture, clearsky
starviewing. Free. 718-262-2082, paglione@york.cuny.edu
www.york.cuny.edu/centers-institutes/observatory.
21:00 - Poughkeepsie - NY - clearsky starviewing - see Sep 1
Thu 16 Sep
18:30 - Mid Manhattan Liby - MH - cultural lecture
'Rubble: unearthing the history of demolition'. Free.
www.nypl.org/calendar/index.cfm,
19:00 - Waterbury - CT - Mattituck Astro Soc meeting
Naugatuck Vy Commty Coll, Ekstrom Hall. Free.
mastransit.org, btbrick@mastransit.org
20:00 - Westport - CT - clearsky starviewing - see Sep 1
Fri 17 Sep
15:00 - Piscataway - NJ - astronomy lecture - see Sep 3
15:30 - Palisades - NY - science lecture - see Sep 10
18:30 - McBurney House - NYSkies Astronomy Seminar
PRESENTATION: NEW YORK'S WATER TOWER OBSERVATORY
Combined meeting with Natl Space Soc-NYC Chap
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,
212-273-5958
18:30 - McBurney House - MH - Natl Space Soc meeting
PRESENTATION: NEW YORK'S WATER TOWER OBSERVATORY
Combined meeting with NYSkies Astronomy Inc
125 W 14 St, 6/7 Av. Discussion of astronomy topics, show &
tell, skywatching reports, news of astro activity in NYSkies
territory. Free. chapters.nss.org/ny/nyc,
astrohal@webtv.net
19:00 - Bethany - CT - clearsky starviewing
Astro Soc of New Haven. Yale Univ, Bethany Obsy. Free,
cancelled for clouds. www.asnh.org, prez@asnh.org
20:00 - Floyd Bennett Field - BK - clearsky starviewing
Natl Park Svc. Model airplane flying field. Free, cancelled
for clouds. www.nyskies.org, stephenlieber@nyc.rr.com,
nyskies@nyskies.org
20:00 - Cranford - NJ - Amat Astro Inc lecture
Union Co Coll, Smith Audm. Indoor talk, clearsky
starviewing. Free. www.asterism.org
20:00 - Central Park - MH - clearsky starviewing - see Sep 3
20:00 - Stratford - CT - Boothe Meml Astro Soc mtg - see Sep 3
20:00 - Wash'n Xing S P - NJ - clearsky starviewing - see Sep 3
20:00 - Stamford - CT - clearsky starviewing - see Sep 3
20:00 - Columbia University - MH - astronomy lecture - see Sep 3
20:30 - Paramus - NJ - Buehler-Columbia AAA lecture - see Sep 10
20:30 - Boonton - NJ - clearsky starviewing
Sheep Hill Astro Assn Obsy, Free, cancelled for
clouds. www.uacnj.org/clubs/shaa.htm, ajmonka@att.net
Sat 18 Sep
14:00 - Chelsea Piers - NH - cultural tour - see Sep 4
19:00 - Danbury - CT - astronomy lecture
Westn Conn St Uv, Obsy/Plm. Indoor planetarium show,
clearsky starviewing. Free. www.wcsu.edu/starwatch,
203-837-8671, dawsond@wcsu.edu
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,
pparkerrs@cs.com
20:00 - Toms River - NJ - clearsky starviewing
Ocean County College, Novis Plm. 'Fall star watch'. Free,
cancelled for clouds. www.ocean.edu/campus/planetarium,
732-255-0343
20:00 - Central Park - MH - clearsky starviewing - see Sep 3
20:00 - Inwood Hill Park - MH - clearsky starviewing - see Sep 1
20:00 - Jenny Jump St Forest - NJ - Utd A C of NJ mtg - see Sep 4
20:00 - Southold - LI - Custer Instt meeting - see Sep 4
20:30 - Voorhees St Pk - NJ - NJ Astro Assn meeting
NJAA-HQ, Robinson Obsy. Free, indoor lecture, clearsky
starviewing. www.njaa.org, 908-368-8600 the extra ones from a
Sun 19 Sep
14:00 - Airmont - NY - science show
Lwr Hudson Vy Challenger Ctr, 225 Rt 29. Multimedia
simulation of space missions. $20 adm. www.lhvcc.com,
director@lhvcc.com, 845-257-3416.
20:00 - Central Park - MH - clearsky starviewing - see Sep 3
Mon 20 Sep
12:00 - Queens College - QN - science lecture - see Sep 13
19:30 - Hayden Planetarium - MH - astronomy lecture
'How it ends' fate of Earth and universe. $15 adm.
212-769-5100, www.amnh.org/programs
Tue 21 Sep
18:30 - Mid Manhattan Liby - MH - cultural lecture
'New York noire: life in New York can be murder'. Free.
www.nypl.org/calendar/index.cfm,
19:30 - New Paltz - NY - Mid Hudson Astro Assn meeting
SUNY New Paltz, Coykendall Audm. Free. 845-485-5669,
www.midhudsonastro.org, trankin@hvc.rr.com
20:00 - Westport - CT - Westport Astro Soc meeting
Rolnick Obsy. Free. www.was-ct.org, 203-227-0925
Wed 22 Sep
16:15 - Columbia Univ - MH - astronomy lecture - see Sep 15
16:45 - Piscataway - NJ - astronomy lecture - see Sep 8
18:00 - Whiskey Park - MH - Space Frontier Foundtn mtg - see Sep 1
20:00 - Inwood Hill Park - MH - clearsky starviewing - see Sep 1
20:00 - Middletown - CT - clearsky starviewing - see Sep 8
20:00 - Westport - CT - clearsky starviewing - see Sep 1
20:30 - Centerport - LI - Astro Soc of LI meeting - aww Awp 1
21:00 - Poughkeepsie - NY - clearsky starviewing - see Sep 1
Thu 23 Sep
18:00 - NY Academy of Sci - MH - science lecture
7 WTC. 'Get past the past: climate change adaptation in &
around NYC'. $20 adm. www.nyas.org, 212-838-0230.
18:30 - Mid Manhattan Liby - MH - cultural lecture
'97 Orchard Street: an edible history of five immigrant
families in one New York tenement'. Free.
www.nypl.org/calendar/index.cfm,
20:00 - Westport - CT - clearsky starviewing - see Sep 1
21:00 - Piscataway - NJ - clearsky starviewing - see Sep 9
Fri 24 Sep
09:00 - CUNY Grad Ctr - MH - science conference
'Inspiring women scientists' improving, expanding, and
encouraging science careers for females. Free, adv regn reqd.
212-817-7927, iwsforum@gc.cuny.edu.
15:00 - Piscataway - NJ - astronomy lecture - see Sep 3
19:00 - Jenny Jump St Forest - NH - UACNJ AStronomy Symposium
Thru Sun 26 Sep. United Astro Clubs of NJ. talks, demos,
darkskies, food service, lodging, exhibits. $35 fee, adv regn
reqd. www.uacnj.org
19:15 - New York University - MH - Physics Club of NY meeting
Silver Ctr, Rm 207. Jointly with Chemistry Teacher's Club.
Free, have GI photo ID for campus security..
jdepalma@nyc.rr.com, www.sconyc-ny.org
20:00 - Central Park - MH - clearsky starviewing - see Sep 3
20:00 - Wash'n Xing S P - NJ - clearsky starviewing - see Sep 3
20:00 - Stamford - CT - clearsky starviewing - see Sep 3
20:30 - Paramus - NJ - Buehler-Columbia AAA lecture - see Sep 10
20:30 - Cranford - NJ - Amat Astro Inc meeting - see Sep 3
Sat 25 Sep
19:00 - Danbury - CT - astronomy lecture - see Sep 18
20:00 - Central Park - MH - clearsky starviewing - see Sep 3
20:00 - Jenny Jump St Forest - NJ - Utd A C of NJ mtg - see Sep 4
20:00 - Inwood Hill Park - MH - clearsky starviewing - see Sep 1
20:00 - Southold - LI - Custer Instt meeting - see Sep 4
20:30 - Voorhees St Pk - NJ - NJ Astro Assn meeting
Sun 26 Sep
20:00 - Central Park - MH - clearsky starviewing - see Sep 3
Mon 27 Sep
18:30 - Mid Manhattan Liby - MH - cultural lecture
'The Greater New York sports chronology'. Free.
www.nypl.org/calendar/index.cfm,
Tue 28 Sep
18:30 - Mid Manhattan Liby - MH - cultural lecture
'The Flatiron: the New York landmark and the City that arose
with it'. Free. www.nypl.org/calendar/index.cfm,
19:00 - Strand Books - MH - science lecture
828 Broadway & 12 St. Proofiness: the dark arts of
mathematical deception' book singing. Free. strandbooks.com
19:30 - Hayden Planetarium - MH - astronomy lecture
'Fall skies'. $15 adm. 212-769-5100, www.amnh.org/programs
21:00 - Greenwich - CT - clearsky starviewing - see Sep 14
Wed 29 Sep
all day - Union Square - MH - New Green City Fair
14th St side. Exhibits, performers, crafts, take-aways
for Earth-friendly life in the City. free. eee.greenyc.org
all day - Metropolitan Pavilion - MH - Urban Green Expo
Thru Thu 30 Sep. 125 W 18 St. Exhibits, demos, talks for
planet-friendly construction and property management. $25 2-
day tkt, exhibit floor + optl extras. www.urbangreenexpo.com,
16:00 - Lehman College - BX - science lecture
Leonard Lief Library. 'Nonsense on stilts: how to tell science
from bunk'. Free. rebecca.arzola@lehamn.cuny.edu, 718-960-8831
16:15 - Columbia Univ - MH - astronomy lecture - see Sep 15
16:45 - Piscataway - NJ - astronomy lecture - see Sep 8
18:00 - Whiskey Park - MH - Space Frontier Foundtn mtg - see Sep 1
20:00 - Inwood Hill Park - MH - clearsky starviewing - see Sep 1
20:00 - Middletown - CT - clearsky starviewing - see Sep 8
20:00 - Westport - CT - clearsky starviewing - see Sep 1
20:30 - Centerport - LI - Astro Soc of LI meeting - aww Awp 1
21:00 - Poughkeepsie - NY - clearsky starviewing - see Sep 1
Thu 30 Sep
20:00 - Westport - CT - clearsky starviewing - see Sep 1
General news
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September is when events off-duty in the summer come back to life.
At the same time it's also a month when some operators don't have
their fall schedule ready in time for NYC Events. You'll see a few
events in that horrible 'XXX' box at the top of the event listing.
Because NYC Evnets is a routine evidence for clubs to show their
public services, it can be a kick in the teeth to see their events in
that 'XXX' section. Yet it happen. I jsut have to use what's in hand
by issue date.
Earth Institute apparently no longer hosts events applicable for
us astronomers. Soonest any such events are announced, you'll see them
in a future NYC events or in the NYSkies yahoogroup.
Andrus Planetarium, Hudson Rv Museum, may have ended its free
Friday night planetarium show. It was sponsored by Fuji USA.
New Jersey Astro Assn has two session in September, the 18th and
25th. Former is an extra for the Jupiter opposition.
Hayden Planetarium shuffled its offerings. There is no Virtual
Universe or Trip to the Moon for September and Celestial Highlights is
replaced by a full lecture. Details to you as I get them.
Tripol Rocketry Assn leaves NYC Events. It apparently changed to a
nonpublic group. Its website requires a login before viewing it.
The Center for Disease Control during August announced that the
Swine Flu epidemic is over. There is no more significant chance of
getting this disease. NYC Dept of Health called off the Swine Flu
alert in late July, allowing me to drop it from the August NYC Events.
Science & the City, a colleague calendar of science activity,
revived in August. It was bumpy during late spring thru summer with
thin listings and, horrors!, no NYSkies Seminar entries. It since
filled out with more events and, yes, our Seminars.
The Bodies exhibit at South Street Seaport is now a permanent
fixture. It seems that China has no problem finding replacement
specimina to maintain the show for the indefinite future. It has
new contacts, noted under September 1st.
My SpaceWalk column attracts good attention for its coverage of
astronomy topics of value for space fans. This space & astronomy
column was previously carried only by the National Space Society's New
York City Chapter. It's still there but now is also in the NYSkies
website at 'www.nyskies.org/sw.htm'.
Event news
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The NYSkies Astronomy Seminar on August 6 highlighted the Perseid
meteor shower. We examined comet orbits, meteor streams, radiants,
velocity vectors, atmosphere and gravity effects. We discussed the
Leonids and Halley's comet. In the handouts were descriptions of the
Perseids and starcharts.
The Seminar on August 20 took us on a sail thru the solar system.
Dr Greg Matloff gave a history of solar sailing from principles
discovered in the 19th century. He described the Japan IKAROS mission
and earlier failed tries by NASA and Planetary Society. Handouts were
a report from IKAROS that it achieved positive sunlight thrust and
copies of the Pazmino article on solar sailing.
NYC Transit during August 2010 fixed most of the new route signs
at our station, 14th St & 6th Av. They show the correct trains but
there are still a few mixed up signs. Hurry, they'll soon be replaced.
Summer Streets ran on the same 11 kilometers of Manhattan street
as last year. They were closed to motor traffic so you could walk
around (while looking out for bicycles!) to inspect the City from
viewpoints not feasible normally. The three session, August 7, 14, 21,
were packed with visitors, locals and tourists, under summer skies.
Satellite 'summer streets', called Weekend Walks, are still staged
here and there all over the City. The 'Water-on-the-go' sipping
fountains are still in operation, also. Both began in July and
continue into September. See their schedule under September 1st.
It's official! New York City baked under the second longest
hottest summer on record. From 2010 June thru August we melted under
THIRTY-ONE days of temperatures over 32C! These were, to be honest,
relieved by brief runs of cooler, drier, more seasonal air.
August 26th was the centennial of Mother Theresa's birth. There
was a tiff in July when the Empire State Building refused to honor her
with crown lighting like it does for other famous people or events. In
place, many of us wore blue-&-white, her outfit's colors, and at night
we placed a shielded lamp in our windows at home.
On August 27th Mars was the same as ever. In fact he was hardly
visible at all thru haze and cloud low in west in twilight. No, sorry,
he did not look as big as the Moon. That huge white shining thing, so
round and bright, was the real Moon.
Mid Manhattan Library has a boatload of lectures about City
culture. Some are light-hearted, even humorous. Others may call for a
crate of facial tissues. I note for remote readers who visit our
Hamlet-on-Hudson that these cultural talks, and tours, help build our
astronomers into the greatest and best astronomers in the country.
Several starparties run in September. Arunah Hill Days is on
September 3-6. Connecticut Star Party runs September 10-12. The UACNJ
Symposium is on September 24-26. See details under these dates.
The Seminar of September 3 features the Standard Model of particle
physics and that on the 20th covers the new water-tank observatory
planned for various locations around Manhattan.
Please, I'm asked again an again to remind, leave the Madoff
benches in Central Park alone. I appreciate that many readers really
have it in for the fellow and want to vent their anger against the
benches. So far, there seems to be only minor damage but they are
frequently messy from human and pet toilet functions.
Sky news
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Most of August was one lousy month for skywatching. It may also be
about the hottest August on record for the City with about 11 days of
over-32C temperature. The sky was blanketed in haze and humidity. Only
once in a while did the air cool and dry off.
We lost the Perseids to cloud and haze during the days of the
maximum. On Friday-Saturday the 13-14 the sky cleared enough to catch
the decline from maximum. Observers reported seeing a pleasing number
of meteors, some 10 per hour.
Most of the usual celestial targets were visible on the drier
nights. The continuing round of appulses among Venus, Mars, Saturn was
followed, with gaps from haze, cloud, rain.
September 1st opens the annual fall season of Milky Way sighting
from within the City. Please know your sky and local illuminations. We
lose sightings mostly from adverse weather, clouds and haze, moonlight.
On the dark nights from some parts of the City the brighter Milk Way
sections may be spotted.
2010 sees the best return yet for comet 103P/Hartley-2, when it
may attain bare-eye visibility from the City. This round of the comet
puts it close to Earth in night hours at high altitude. Remember how
we lost views of McNaught in June? It was a dawn twilight comet at low
altitude in horizon haze. Elements and ephemeris under September 1st.
Jupiter is in the night sky in September 2010, coming to
opposition with Uranus a little north of him. Belts on the south
hemisphere are weak or absent while those in the north seem denser.
Observers with really large scopes may try to see the moons of Uranus.
Last update on 31 August, 2010 |
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