Popping The Big Bang

**JOHN PAZMINO** · #**641** December 1st 06, 04:26 AM posted to sci.astro

NYC EVENTS FOR NOVEMBER 2006
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John Pazmino
NYSkies

[Part 1 of 2 parts]

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 may be included.
Altho NYC Events confirms the listed items, they are subject to
change by their sponsors. Check with their contacts. Let the sponsor
of an event you attend know that you learned of its event thru NYC
Events.
You may ask for the next NYC Events thru the NYSkies email
address, above, if you're not yet in the forum.
For events which missed NYC Events, check the NYSkies Yahoogroup
forum. Join NYSkies by sending email to 'nysky-subscribe @
yahoogroups.com'.
All hours are Eastern Standard Time.

Pleiades Occultation
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The final round of occultations of the Pleiades for 2006 comes on
Sunday 3 December in evening. This would be a capital chance for
promoting public appreciation of astronomy, like with the previous
occultations. The Moon this time is only a day before full! Her
dazzling disc may swamp out the stars. As at issue time there are no
planned Pleiades viewing sessions, but do ask at your local astronomy
center.

Yearend meetings
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Many astronomy clubs use their December meeting for a yearend
celebration. These are usually reserved for their own members and
guests. Where the meeting is obviously special, like shifted to a
restaurant or member's house, I omit it. Meetings at their usual
place are included but could include a yearend program. They may
require a reservation or fee. Before going to a December club meeting,
inquire at the contacts.
One astronomy group passing up yearend celebration in the favor of
an astronomy-based 'yearstart' meeting is NYSkies. Its January 4th
meeting in 2007 is Happy Perihelion Day! Yes, it's free and open to
the public, with details in the January 2007 NYC Events.

Index of events
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Dates for events; contact if no events
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BROOKLYN
Coney Island boardwalk - 10
Floyd Bennett Field - - - 8
Fort Greene Park - - - - 2, 17, 31
Proteus Gowanus gallery - 3

CONNECTICUT
A S of Gtr Hartford - - - 20
Astro Soc of Greenwich - 6, 12, 26
Astro Soc of New Haven - 26
Boothe Meml Astro Soc - - 1, 15
CT Tripoli Rocketry Assn 3
Hubblelicious World Tour 7
Mattituck Astro Soc - - - 21
Peabody Museum - - - - - 1-spring 2007
Stamford Observatory - - 1, 7, 8, 15, 22, 29
Wesleyan University - - - 2
Western CT St Univ - - - 2, 6, 7, 16
Westport Astro Soc - - - 6, 7, 13, 14, 19, 20, 21, 27, 28
Yale University - - - - - 28

LONG ISLAND
Amat Obsrs Soc - - - - - 3
Astro Soc of Long Is - - 6, 20
Brookhaven Natl Lab - - - www.bnl.gov, 631-344-8000
Caumsett St Histrcl Pk - 16
Cold Spg Hr Lab - - - events.cshl.edu/lectures.html, 516-367-8455
Custer Institute - - - - 2, 9, 16, 23, 30
Hubblelicious World Tour 5
Natl Space Soc-LISS - - - chapters.nss.org/ny/longisland,

Robert Moses St Pk - - - 15, 16, 22, 23
Science Club of Long Is - 20
SUNY Stony Brook - - - - 1
Vanderbilt Planetarium - 5, 13

MANHATTAN
92nd Street Y - - - - - - 6, 7
Adorama camera store - - 3
Amer Mus Natl Hist - - - 1-Aug 19, 6

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**JOHN PAZMINO** · #**642** December 1st 06, 04:26 AM posted to sci.astro

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Lwr Hudson Vy Challr Ctr 17
Mid-Hudson Astro Assn - - 19
Orange Co Astro Assn - - XX
Swinging Bridge dam - - - 1
Vassar College - - - - - 6
Ward Pound Ridge - - - - 16
Westchester Amat Astro - 1
Wilcox Park - - - - - - - 22

List of events
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XXX - XX Dec
DATE NOT SET; INQUIRE AT CONTACTS
20:00 - Chester - NY - clearsky starviewing
Orange Co Astro Assn, Deis Obsy. Free, cancelled for clouds.
www.ocastronomy.org, , 845-641-2672

XXX - XX Dec
20:00 - Central Park - MH - clearsky starviewing
OCCASIONAL SESSIONS; INQUIRE AT CONTACTS
Informal gathering of local astronomers on perimeter path
on north side of Great Lawn. Free, cancelled for clouds.

Fri - 1 Dec
all day - Times Square - MH - yearend public toilets
Since Nov 21 thru Dec 31. Within 1540 B'way & 46 St. 20
yearend season stalls, waiting lounge, photo stage, kiddie
room. Open 08h-23h daily, 08h-18h Dec 24 & 31, closed Dec
25. Free, ushered admission.
all day - Lower Manhattan stations - MH - station reconstruction
Every Sat & Sun. Indefinite duration. Many Lwr Manh subway
stations closed for major work at various hours. Check
posters and flyers for your routes. www.mta.info.
all day - New Brunswick - NJ -science exhibit
Since Sep 22 thru Dec 22. Alexander Library. 'John A
Roebling and his legacy' on his works and thoughts. Free.
732-932-7851, www.libraries.rugers.edu/rul/news
all day - Princeton - NJ - science exhibit
Princeton Univ, Friend Center. 'Art of science' images
produced thru or inspired by science, Free.
www.princeton.edu/artofscience/about.html
all day - Citicorp Center - MH - yearend train exhibit
Since Nov 25 thru 2007 Jan 5. First floor. Gigantic model of
raillines along Hudson Rv. Many gauges, animated scenery,
period railcars, day-night lighting, narration. Free.
all day - Amer Mus Natl Hist - MH - science exhibit
Thru 19 Aug 2007. Gallery 3. 'Gold' on geology, chemistry,
properties, application, value of gold. $21 timed tkt,
incl mus adm. www.amnh.org/programs, 212-769-5100
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.
http://www.ferc.gov/industries/hydro...y/swinging.asp
all day - New York University - MH - science exhibit
Thru Dec 2. Bobst Liby, 70 Wash'n Sq S. 'Images of Benjamin
Franklin' life and times for 300th anniv of Franklin. Free.
www.nyu.edu/publicaffairs, 212-998-8154.
all day - New Haven - CT - astronomy exhibit
Thru 6 May 2007. Yale Univ, Peabody Museum. 'Alien Earths'
on search for planets of other stars. $7 adm. 203.432.3188.
www.yale.edu/peabody,
all day - Newark - NJ - astronomy exhibit
Thru Dec 15. Newark Mus. 'Saturn, exploration of a celestial
wonder' about planet and missions, $7 mus adm.
www.newarkmuseum.org/planetarium, 976-596-6529
00:01 - whole City - MH - IRT service disruption
weekday nights and entire weekends. From 2006 March 18 thru
winter 2006-2007. IRT service disruptions for construction
of South Ferry station and Fulton St interchange. Study
flyers and posters for reroutes and suspensions.
www.mta.info.
14:00 - Columbia Univ - MH - ISCAP meeting
Inst for Strings, Cosmlgy, and Astropartcl Phys. Pupin Hall,
Rm 908. Discussion of cosmology and string theory. Free.
www.iscap.columbia.edu
14:30 - New York University - MH - astronomy lecture
Meyer Hall, 5th floor. Free. www.physics,nyu.edu/cgi-bin/astro
, 212-998-7706
16:15 - Columbia University - MH - astronomy lecture
Pupin Hall, Rm 1332. Free. 212-854-3278,
www.astro.columbia.edu/outreach,

17:30 - NY Acady of Sci - MH - science lecture
AT NEW NYAS OFFICES, 7WTC, 40TH FLOOR
'Physics of superheroes'. $20 adm + opt dinner, adv regn
reqd. www.nyas.org, 212-838-0230
19:30 - Stony Brook - LI - astronomy lecture

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SUNY Stony Brook, Earth & Spc Sci Hall. Indoor lecture,
clearsky starviewing. Free. www.ess.sunysb.edu/astro,
631-632-8100,
19:30 - Cranford - NJ - Amat Astro Inc meeting
Union Co Coll, Sperry Obsy. Indoor talk, clearsky
starviewing. Free. www.asterism.org,
20:00 - Stamford - CT - clearsky starviewing
Stamford Obsy. $3 adm, cancelled for clouds.
www.stamfordmuseum.org/astronomy.html,

20:00 - Stratford - CT - Boothe Meml Astro Soc mtg
Boothe Meml Pk, Obsy. Free. www.bmas.org,
20:00 - Yonkers - NY - Westchester A A meeting
Hudson Rv Mus, Andrus Plm. Free.
www.westchesterastronomers.org,

Sat - 2 Dec
11:00 - Central Park - MH - winter survival workshop
Urban Park Rangers. Belvedere Castle. Coping with winter
conditions for outdoor work. Free. www.nyc.gov/parks
11:00 - Inwood Hill Pk - MH - science tour
Urban Park Rangers. Inwood Hill Natr Ctr. Walk thru geology
and topography of park and surrounds. Free.
www.nyc.gov/parks
13:00 - Ft Greene Pk - BK - cultural tour
Also Sat 9, 16, 30 Dec. Urban Pk Rangers. Ft Greene Vstr
Ctr. Walk thru history and culture of park and surrounds.
Free. www.nyc.gov/parks
13:00 - Sony Wonder Lab - MH- science workshop
'Digital animation' to image, process, show sinple
animations; save on DVD to keep. $5. 212-833-8100,
www.sonywondertechlab.com/attend/events.shtml
14:00 - Ft Totten - QN - cultural tour
Also Sat 9, 16, 30 Dec. Urban Park Rangers. Fort entrance
on Cross Is Py. Walk thru history and culture of fort and
surrounds. Free. www.nyc.gov/parks
15:30 - New York Univ - MH - Natl Space Soc-NYC meeting
Silver Hall, 32 Waverly Pl. Free, bring photo ID for campus
secuirty. chapters,nss.org/ny/nyc, ,
17:00 - Danbury - CT - astronomy lecture
Western CT St Uv, Obsy/Plm. Indoor talk, clearsky
starviewing. Free. www.wcsu.ctstateu.edu/starwatch,
203-837-8671,
20:00 - Middletown - CT - clearsky starviewing
Wesleyan U, Van Vleck Obsy. Free, cancelled for clouds.
www.astro.wesleyan.edu, www.asgh.org, 860-872-9069,
Thu - 2 Nov
20:00 - Paramus - NJ - Buehler-Columbia A A A lecture
Bergen Commty Coll, Buehler Obsy. Free.
www.bergen.edu/buehler, .
20:00 - Southold - LI - Custer Inst meeting
Custer Inst. Free. www.custerobservatory.org,

Sun - 3 Dec
10:00 - Adorama camera store - MH - Celestron Day
42 W 18 St, 5/6 Av. Demos, talks, exhibit of Celestron
scopes & gadgets. Free. 800-223-2500:x2261, www.adorama.com
12:00 - Bethany - CT - CT Tripoli Rocketry Assn meeting
Bethany Town Hall. Free. www.ctra-narconn.org, 860-583-1690
13:00 - Van Briesen Park - SI - cultural tour
Urban Park Rangers. Parking lot, Bay & School Sts. Walk thru
history and culture of fort and surrounds. Free.
www.nyc.gov/parks
13:00 - Ft Totten - QN - cultural tour
Also Sun 10, 17, 31 Dec. Urban Park Rangers. Fort entrance
on Cross Is Py. Walk thru history and culture of fort and
surrounds. Free. www.nyc.gov/parks
13:15 - Uniondale - LI - Amat Obsrs Soc meeting
Nassau Commty Coll, Bdg F, Room 123. Free. www.aosny.org,

18:00 - Proteus Gowanus gallery - BK - cultural lecture
543 Union St & Nevins St. 'Libraries and danger' on factors
that can damag, destroy libraries. $5 adm. 718-243-1572,
www.proteusgowanus.com/docs/workshop.html.
18:00 - Cornelia St Cafe' - MH - Entertaining Science show
29 Cornelia St nr W 4 St, 'I forgot to learn to forget' on
memory and recall. $10 adm. www.corneliastreetcafe.com,
212-989-9319
19:00 - Mars 2112 restaurant - MH - Hubblelicious World Tour
FEE & PROGRAM NOT SET; INQUIRE AT CONTACTS
B'way & 51 St. Preview 'Saving Hubble' film, Hubble images
exhibit. space-age art & music. www.savinghubble.com,
, 718-664-4948.
19:30 - Boonton - NJ - Sheep Hill Astro Assn meeting
Boonton Town Hall. Free. www.uacnj.org/clubs/shaa.htm,

19:30 - whole City - MH - Pleiades occultations

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**JOHN PAZMINO** · #**644** December 1st 06, 04:26 AM posted to sci.astro

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Nearly-full Moon covers Pleiades. Readers 100-110Km N of
City see graze of Alcyone. Alcyone = 25, eta Tauri, Asterope
= 21 Tauri, Celaeno = 16 Tauri, Electra = 17 Tauri, Maia =
20 Tauri, Taygeta = 19 Tauri. Timetable for New York:
------------------------------------------------------------
EST event alt-az remarks
----- ----------------- ------ -------------------------
15:07 Moon rise 0 59 99% illum, 160d E elong
16:28 Sun set 12 71 Moon in twilight
17:33 nautical twilight 24 79 full night for NYC
20:10 Electra ingress 53 104 dark limb 67d from N cusp
20:21 Celaeno ingress 55 106 dark limb 31d from N cusp
20:51 Maia ingress 60 114 dark limb 37d from N cusp
20:59 Taygeta ingress 62 116 bright limb 8d from N cusp
21:21 Electra egress 65 125 bright limb 51d from S cusp
21:24 Celaeno egress 66 126 bright limb 87d from S cusp
21:27 Taygeta egress 66 127 bright limb 54d from N cusp
21:29 Asterope ingress 66 127 bright limb 17d from N cusp
21:47 Asterope egress 69 135 bright limb 45d from N cusp
21:58 Alcyone near miss 70 141 dark limb 31d from S cusp
22:00 Maia egress 70 143 bright limb 81d from S cusp
22:53 Moon transit 74 180 99% illum, 163d E elong
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Mon - 4 Dec
18:00 - Cosmic Cantina restaurant - MH - Hubblelicious World Tour
FEE & PROGRAM NOT SET; INQUIRE AT CONTACTS
Also 21:00. 3 Av & 13 St. Preview 'Saving Hubble' film,
Hubble images exhibit. space-age art & music. 718-664-4948,
www.savinghubble.com, ,
19:00 - Columbia University - MH - science lecture
Earth Inst. Schl of Journlsm, 3th fl. 'The mystery of love'
movie on biological basis of affection. Free.
, www.earthinstitute.columbia.edu,
19:30 - Mariners Harbor - SI - live audience science show
SI Commty TV, 100 Cable Way, Studio 2. Free.
www.sictv.org, 718-727-1414

Tue - 5 Dec
19:00 - Centerport - LI - Hubblelicious World Tour
FEE & PROGRAM NOT SET; INQUIRE AT CONTACTS
Vanderbilt Plm. Preview 'Saving Hubble' film, Hubble images
exhibit. space-age art & music. www.savinghubble.com,
, 718-664-4948.
18:30 - Hayden Plm - MH - Virtual Universe
Live skyshow of computer graphics and astro databases.
$12 adm. 212-769-5100, www.amnh.org/programs
19:30 - Fleetville - PA - Lackawanna Astro Soc meeting
Keystone Coll, Cupillari Obsy. Free. ,.
members.aol.com/sabiajohn/LAS.html Wed - 8 Nov
19:30 - Rialto Restaurant - MH - science lecture
265 Elizabeth St & Prince St. 'Cafe' scientifique'
discussion on various science topics. Free + own meal.
www.sciencecafenyc.org,

Wed - 6 Dec
13:00 - Danbury - CT - clearsky sunviewing
Western CT St Uv, Midtown Campus, New Science Bdg. Free,
Free, cancelled for clouds, 203-837-8671,
www.wcsu.ctstateu.edu/starwatch,
14:00 - Palisades - NY - science lecture
Lamont-Doherty Earth Obsy. Geochemy Bdg. '... eastern
Mediterrenean ...' hydrology & geology. Free. 845-365-8634,
www.ldeo.columbia.edu,
15:30 - Courant Institute - MH - science lecture
251 Mercer St. 'Moisture effects on mid-latitude atmospheric
circulation'. Free. caos.cims.nyu.edu,
16:45 - Piscataway - NJ - science lecture
Rutgers Univ, Physics Lecture Hall. Free. 732-445-3974,
www.physics.rutgers.edu/colloquium
17:30 - Sci Ind Biz Liby - MH - cultural lecture
'Internal combustion' on use of oil as fuel. Free.
212-592-7000, www.nypl.org/research/sibl
19:00 - Amer Mus of Natl Hist - MH - science tour
Kaufmann Thtr. '21st century challenges in mining gold'. $15
adm. 212-769-5100, www.amnh.org/programs
19:00 - 92nd St Y - MH - science lecture
Lexington Av & 92 St. 'On the search for life in space'.
$30 adm. www.92y.org, 212-415-5500
19:00 - The Delancey bar - MH - Hubblelicious World Tour
FEE & PROGRAM NOT SET; INQUIRE AT CONTACTS
168 Delancey St & Clinton St. Preview 'Saving Hubble' film,
Hubble images exhibit. space-age art & music.
www.savinghubble.com, , 718-664-4948.
19:30 - Greenwich - CT - A S of Greenwich meeting
Bruce Museum. Free. ,
www.geocities.com/astrogreenwich, 203-896-6786-x338
20:00 - Westport - CT - clearsky starviewing
Westport A S, Rolnick Obsy. Free, cancelled for clouds,

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www.was-ct.org, 203-227-0925,
20:00 - Doylestown - PA - Bucks-Mont Astro Assn meeting
Peace Valley Natr Ctr. Free. www.bma2.com,
, 215-579-9973
20:30 - Old Westbury - LI - Astro Soc of LI meeting
NY Inst of Techy, Schure Audm. Free. www.asliclub.org,

21:00 - Poughkeepsie - NY - clearsky starviewing
Vassar College, Observatory. Free, cancelled for clouds.
physicsandastronomy.vassar.edu/observatory.html,
845-437-7340

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Thu - 7 Dec
17:00 - Danbury - CT - astronomy lecture - see Dec 2
17:30 - Sci Ind Biz Liby - MH - cultural lecture
'The winds of change' on climate shift and civilization
survival. Free. 212-592-7000, www.nypl.org/research/sibl
19:00 - Stamford - CT - Hubblelicious World Tour
FEE & PROGRAM NOT SET; INQUIRE AT CONTACTS
Stamford Obsy. Preview 'Saving Hubble' film, Hubble
images exhibit. space-age art & music. www.savinghubble.com,
, 718-664-4948.
19:00 - St Paul's Luthrn Ch - MH - NYSkies Astro Semnr
SPECIAL FEATURE 'SUNSHINE AT GROUND ZERO?'
315 W 22nd St. Discussion of astronomy topics, show & tell,
skywatching reports, news of astro activity in NYSkies
territory. Free. ,
212-273-5958
19:30 - Riverdale - NJ - Metra Rocketry Assn meeting
Zeppelin Hobby store, Riverdale Sq Mall. Free.
metrarocketclub.org, , 973-831-7717
20:00 - Middletown - NJ - S*T*A*R meeting
King of Kings Lutheran Ch. Free. www.starastronomy.org,

20:00 - Upr Montclair - NJ - clearsky starviewing
No Jersey Astro Gp. Montclair St Univ, Richardson Hall.
Free, cancelled for clouds. njagweb.tripod.com,
973-655-7266,
20:00 - Westport - CT - clearsky starviewing - see Dec 6
20:15 - 92nd St Y - MH - science lecture
Lexington Av & 92 St. 'The global warming controversy'. $25
adm. www.92y.org, 212-415-5500

Fri - 8 Dec
11:00 - Goddard Inst Spc Stud - MH - science conference
'Multi-sensor satellite climate data records ...'. Free,
bring GI photo ID for campus security. www.giss.nasa.gov,
212-678-5540,
14:30 - New York University - MH - Big Apple Astro Colloquium
Meyer Hall, 5th floor. Free. www.physics,nyu.edu/cgi-bin/astro
, 212-998-7706
19:00 - Toms River - NJ - Astro Soc of Toms Rv Area mtg
Ocean Co Coll, College Ctr, Solar Lounge. Free.
www.astra-nj.org, 732-255-0343, Thu -
19:00 - Plymouth Meeting - PA - Delaware Vy A A meeting
Gtr Plymouth Commty Ctr. Free. dvaa.org,
19:30 - Cranford - NJ - Amat Astro Inc meeting - see Dec 1
20:00 - Floyd Bennett Fd - BK - clearsky starviewing
Natl Pk Svc & NYSkies. Enter from Flatbush Av to model
flying field. Free, cancelled for clouds. www.aaa.org,
,
20:00 - Stamford - CT - clearsky starviewing - see Dec 1

Sat - 9 Dec
11:00 - Central Park - MH - winter survival workshop
Urban Park Rangers. Dana Discovery Ctr. Coping with winter
conditions for outdoor work. Free. www.nyc.gov/parks
13:00 - Willowbrook Park - SI - science workshop
Urban Park Rangers. Carousel. Use of maps and compass for
navigating. Free. www.nyc.gov/parks
13:00 - Fort Washington Pk - MH - cultural tour
Urban Pk Rangers. Meet at Lighthouse. Walk thru history and
culture of Lighthouse and surrounds. Free. www.nyc.gov/parks
19:00 - Randolph - NJ - Hubblelicious World Tour
FEE & PROGRAM NOT SET; INQUIRE AT CONTACTS
Morris Co Coll, Morris Plm. Preview 'Saving Hubble' film,
Hubble images exhibit. space-age art & music.
www.savinghubble.com, , 718-664-4948.
19:00 - Allentown - PA - Lehigh Vy A A S meeting
LVAAS HQ, South Mt. Free. www.lvaas.net,
20:00 - Southold - LI - Custer Inst meeting - see Dec 2
20:00 - Paramus - NJ - Buehler-Columbia A A A lecture - see Dec 2

Sun - 10 Dec
13:00 - Coney Island boardwalk - BK - cultural tour
Urban Park Rangers. Boardwalk next to parachute Jump.
Walk thru history and culture of boardwalk and surrounds.
Free. www.nyc.gov/parks
13:00 - Inwood Hill Pk - MH - cultural tour
Urban Park Rangers. Inwood Hill Natr Ctr. Walk thru history
and culture of park and surrounds. Free. www.nyc.gov/parks

Mon - 11 Dec
17:30 - PicNic cafe' - MH - Cafe' Science show
2665 Broadway, 101 St. 'Molecules in electronics'
supper/chat with Columbia Univ profs. Free, buy own
supper. 212-222-8222, alumni.columbia.edu/newsletter/ecards
19:00 - CUNY Graduate Center - MH - science show
'Tesla' on life and times of Nikola Tesla. Free.
web.gc.cuny.edu/cepp, ,

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Thu - 28 Dec
19:00 - Bethany - CT - A S of New Haven mtg
Yale Univ, Bethany Obsy. Free. www.asnh.org,
20:00 - Westport - CT - clearsky starviewing - see Dec 6
21:00 - Piscataway - NJ - clearsky starviewing - see Dec 12

Fri - 29 Dec
19:30 - Cranford - NJ - Amat Astro Inc meeting - see Dec 1
20:00 - Stamford - CT - clearsky starviewing - see Dec 1

Sat - 30 Dec
11:00 - Central Park - MH - science workshop
Urban Park Rangers. Belvedere Castle, Use of cameras to
photograph the Park. Free, bring camera. www.nyc.gov/parks
20:00 - Southold - LI - Custer Inst meeting - see Dec 2
20:00 - Paramus - NJ - Buehler-Columbia A A A lecture - see Dec 2

Sun - 31 Dec
13:00 - Ft Greene Pk - BK - cultural lecture
Urban Park Rangers. Ft Greene Vstr Ctr. History and
culture of park. Free. www.nyc.gov/parks

General News
----------
December is usually a lean month due to the yearend closings of
many meeting places. This year, because of the growing use of NYC
Events by astronomy and space orgs, I have a full table of events.
There's more about December. This issue of NYC Events may be the
EARLIESST one ever issued! By November 24TH, I captured ALL of the
routine events, plus several extra astronomy events, plus a generous
selection of cultural events. Do know that NYC Events can NEVER be
'complete' because there will ALWAYS be some item that I didn't learn
of until after the column is issued. Don't worry. An event I learn of
too late for NYC Events, it goes into the NYSkies Yahoogroups forum.
NYC Events greets two new members: Institute for Strings,
Cosmology, and Astroparticle Physics at Columbia University and
Physics and Astronomy Colloquium at Rutgers University. The former
are on certain Fridays in Pupin Hall; latter, certain Wednesdays in
Physics Lecture Hall in the Piscataway campus. While these meetings
can be of extreme elevation in content, NYC Events is studied by
campus and lab astronomers who can follow the discussions.
NYU has several series of physics lectures. I carried the one that
meets on Wednesdays, that being the one I knew of. The physics
department notes that Friday series is more suited for my readers.
Their topics are specificly for astronomy and astrophysics.
If your group's activity calendar ends in December, it's time to
update it for readers looking for your 2007 events. Don't out your own
readers in the dark when the ball falls in Times Square. They should
ring in the new year with your 2007 event schedule in hand.

Event news
--------
Allies in Space threw open its doors on Saturday 4 November at
12:30! About 140 spacefaring folk poured in, including large numbers
of National Space Society and NYSkies members!! They heard FOUR
speakers. In addition to Whitesides, Hill, and Tyson, Larry Price came
on board to present an animation of Lockheed-Martin's Orion lunar
vehicle. The four sat in panel to field some tough questions from the
audience. Every one cheered at the closing bell and flowed out into
Fifth Avenue with about 20 door prizes.
On Monday, November 6th -- changed from the 9th -- the Intrepid
museum ship was supposed to move from its home at Pier 86, North
River, to Bayonne, New Jersey, for a 2-year overhaul. The ship, a WW
II aircraft carrier, was pulled by five tugboats and, uh-oh, got
jammed in silt and mud around its stern! A myriad of spectators around
the ship cheered, then groaned. Intrepid and US Navy are studying the
situation for a new attempt in the spring.
On November 9th I attended a Commuity Board 8 meeting in Yorkville
to hear that district's concerns about luminous graffiti. It freaks
out darksky fans in Rest-of-World that a 'town' (Yorkville is all of
280,000 inhabitants) can spontaneously express disapproval for
luminous graffiti. It blows them away that the town on its own motion
takes action against luminous graffiti. Yet, here in the City,
it is so routine in the City that I have admit being a bit blase'.
So on that evening of the 9th I heard that the board and a merchants
group are removing offensive outdoor lighting along 86th St, the main
street of Yorkville. They applied for -- and got! -- beautification
funds to 86 the cobrahead streetlights and replace them with star-
friendly bishopcrools!
NYSkies will work with CB8 to exchange progress reports from other
nabes on Manhattan. With a bit of effort, the Upper East Side may
rival the Upper West Side in having a continuous canopy of star-
friendly lighting right into midtown.
Adorama camera shop had on November 19th a Meade Day. Mike Dzurny
of Meade demoed a dozen scopes covering his company's product line in
the store's newly redone 5th floor astronomy room. Adorama has
Celestron Day on December 3rd. This takes place hours before the
Pleiades occultation! Will you watch it with a brand-new Celestron
optic? Theme days for other manufacturers come in 2007.

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**JOHN PAZMINO** · #**650** December 1st 06, 04:26 AM posted to sci.astro

Continued from previous message.

A space-age series of shows opens on December 3rd, Hubblelicious
World Tour. The shows preview a new cinema about the Hubble Space
Telescope to induce public pressure on NASA for a service flight in
2008. Manhattan shows are on December 3, 4, and 6; Long Island, 5;
Connecticut, 7; New Jersey, 9.
The NYSmkies Astronomy Seminar continues to attract an informed
and lively audience each session. In spite of a heavy rain on November
16th, a full house showed up to debate human endurance in space
flight, observing the Leonids, the Allies in Space lecture, and news
from Cassini and Venus Express. On December 7th, the Seminar hears
'Sunshine at Ground Zero?' by NYSkier John Pazmino. It's the talk he
presented at the AAVSO meeting in late October.
Most, but hardly all, outdoor stargazing sessions are suspended in
the winter months. In our frostbite climate, The weather is too harsh
for most of us. For the sessions still running, please mind that
conditions in an open field can be much more severe than in town.

Sky News
------
The transit of Mercury on November 8th was rained out all over
NYSkies-land. Heavy steady rain all day kept every one home or at
work. No one showed up at the Battery Park City promenade, the public
viewing site for Manhattan.
The Leonids, with an uncertain predicted strong display, was
clouded out for all of NYSkies territory. No rain, just total cloud
cover. It seems that in clear regions away from the City, there was no
strong showing across the whole weekend of November 17-20.
November 30th concluded the 2006 autumn season of Milky Way
sighting for the City. The City got one Milky Way sighting, October
13-14 thru chilly breezy skies. A second night, October 20-21, offered
threshold views and uncertain views. SInce then we had several dark
nights, but no more Milky Way reports.
The final Pleiades occultation of 2006 comes on December 3rd. The
series of Moon crossings continues into 2007 but the City misses most
of them. The Moon in this go is nearly full, making it tough to follow
the stars up close to the lunar edge.

NYSkies
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Astronomers are exploiting NYSkies as a quick, handy, friendly,
and potent source of astronomy news relating to the City. And there is
LOTS of astronomy stuff going on around New York! Since it revived on
28 September 2001 (it was interrupted by World Trade Center) NYSkies
became the definitive forum and public record for matters bearing on
home astronomy in and around New York.
Joining NYSkies is easy. Send an empty email to this Yahoogroup
maillist at '. Its posts are sent to
you in your email and you post to it by email. It's that simple!
Or you may go to 'groups.yahoo.com/group/nysky'. If you are
already signed up with Yahoo, you go and sign in and then 'join'
NYSkies. If not, you have to go thru a silly 'registration' that's a
one shot chore, valid for all groups you may eventually join. The
files area of NYSkies are accessible only thru the website.

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