NOTA MAGIS BENE! The Seminars ends its meetings at St Paul's church in March 2010. Our lease for the meeting room runs out and it can not be renewed. 
    The Seminar begins in April at a new location, McBurney Hall, and new day, Fridays at 6:30PM thru 9:00PM. McBurney Hall is at 215 West 14th Street, between 6th and 7th Avenues, Manhattan.
    Please follow news about the Seminar thru the NYSkies yahoogroup, which you may join from link on the homepage.

    On 2005 March 17 NYSkies opened The NYSkies Astronomy Seminar. These meetings are informal discussions of current topics in astronomy. These may include space missions, show & tell, celestial events, travel and conference reports, and news of other astronomy activities in and around New York City.
    Since January 2008 the New York City chapter of the National Space Society meets jointly with NYSkies. It used to have its separate meetings but in late 2007 lost the use of meeting space. Seminar topics now accommodate astronomers and spacefarers of the City.
    Sessions are on the first and third Friday of each month from 6:30PM to 9:00PM. Future ones are:

2010
January 6 & 20       February 3 & 17       March 3 & 17       (Wed, St Paul's)
April 2 & 16            May 7 & 21              June 4 & 18             )
July 2 & 16             August 6 & 20           September 3 & 17   ) Fri, McBurney
October 1 & 15      November 5 & 19      December 3 & 17    )

    A reminder about each session is emailed to supporters of NYSkies. There are no cancellations, except for overwhelming circumstance like a transit strike or storm evacuation.
    The NYSkies Astronomy Seminar meets at McBurney Hall, 125 West 14th Street, Manhattan. It is next to 14th St, IND 6th Av (orange): 6th Av, BMT 14th St (gray); 14th St, PATH.. Nearby are the 14th St, IRT 7th Av (red), IND 8th Av (blue), BMT Broadway (yellow), and IRT Lexington Av (green). Buses in 14th St, 6th Av, and 7th Av pass close to McBurney Hall.
    The formation of The NYSkies Astronomy Seminar came from the growing desire of NYSkiers and other local astronomers to have a congenial climate in which to carry on their discussions of astronomy, to offer a more personal flavor to the Yahoogroups forum, and to give NYSkies more visibility as an urban astronomy support service.
    The NYSkies Astronomy Seminar is open to the public and is free of charge, there being no formal 'membership' in NYSkies in the usual sense. It is funded now by generous donations from many NYSkiers.
    The Seminar is usually a round table discussion on current astronomy topics. Attendees work from magazines, newspapers, websites, other astronomy meetings for source material.
    In the months between school semesters, the Seminar features a Summer Lecture Series, presented by area astronomers to explain their projects. This fills in the 'valley' when lectures elsewhere are on leave. During the school year, occasional special lectures are offered as the opportunity allows.
    The best and latest news about the Seminar is in the NYSkies Yahoogroup, where last minute announcements are posted.
    If you have an loose Friday on your astronomy calendar, hop a train or bus and ride to the stars with The NYSkies Astronomy Seminar.