NOTA MAGIS BENE! The Seminars meet on the 1st and 3rd WEDNESDAY of the month, starting in April 2009. This is because of a change in operating schedule at our host. Until March 2009 the Seminar convened on Thursdays..

    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.
    Sessions are on the first and third Wednesdays of each month from 7:00PM to 9:00PM. Future ones are:

2009
January 1 & 15       February 5 & 19       March 5 & 19       (Thursdays)
April 1 & 15             May 6 & 20              June 3 & 17         (Wednesdays)
July 1 & 15              August 5 & 19          September 2 & 16 (Wednesdays)
October 7 & 21        November 4 & 18    December 2 & 16  (Wednesdays)

    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 St Paul's Lutheran Church, 315 West 22nd Street, just off 8th Avenue in Chelsea. It is next to 23rd St, IND 8th Av (blue) local stop. Nearby are the 23rd St local stations of the IRT 7th Av (red), IND 6th Av (orange), BMT Broadway (yellow), and PATH (H&M) lines. The church is a short walk from the 34th St and 14th St. express stations and Penn Station. Buses in 23rd and 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th Avs pass close to St Paul's Church.
    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 lecture series for 2009 summer is:

    June 17 - Dstry Saul, Columbia U, 'The accidental and amateur discovery of radio astronomy'

    July  1 - 'Remembering Apollo'. Audience show-&-tell of Apollo artifacts and memories, films of early Apollo flights.

    July 15 - Cameron Hummels, Columbia U. 'Will the world end in 2012?'

    August 19 - John Pazmino, NYSkies, 'The planispheric astrolabe'

    September 16 - TENTATIVE - 'Babylonian and Greek astronomy'

    The best and latest news about the Seminar is in the NYSkies Yahoogroup, where last minute announcements are posted.
    If you have an empty Wednesday on your astronomy calendar, hop a train or bus and ride to the stars with The NYSkies Astronomy Seminar.