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Wed - 10 Dec - 19:30 - York Coll - QN - clearsky starviewing
Room 2E01. Cancelled for clouds. Free.
natsci.york.cuny.edu/~yco, 718-262-2082

Wed - 10 Dec - 20:00 - Upper Montclair - NJ - N Jersey Astro Gp mtg
Montclair St Uv, Richardson Hall, Room 226. Free.
njagweb.tripod.com.

Wed - 10 Dec - 20:30 - Old Westbury - LI - Astro Soc of LI meeting
NY Inst of Techy, Schure Audm. Free. www.asliclub.org

Wed - 10 Dec - 21:00 - Poughkeepsie - NY - clearsky starviewing
Vassar Coll Obsy. Free. Cancelled for clouds.
physicsandastronomy.vassar.edu/observatory.html,
845-437-7340

Thu - 11 Dec - 17:30 - Sci Ind Biz Liby - MH - cultural lecture
'A view of the future' on trends in Manhattan's
growth. Free. 212-592-7000, www.nypl.org/research/sibl

Thu - 11 Dec - 19:00 - Mitchell Fd - LI - Long Is Space Soc mtg
Cradle of Aviation. Free. www.lispace.org

Thu - 11 Dec - 19:00 - Blue Heron Pk - SI - science lecture
Blue Heron Natr Ctr. 'Big Apple aviation', history of
air flight in New York City. Free. www.nyc.gov/parks

Thu - 11 Dec - 19:30 - Morristown - NJ - Morr Mus Astro Soc mtg
Morris Museum. Free. members.tripod.com/mmastrosociety

Thu - 11 Dec - 20:00 - Piscataway - NJ - clearsky starviewing
Rutgers Univ, Serin Hall, Schommer Obsy. Free,
cancelled for clouds. 732-445-2531,
www.physics.rutgers.edu/ast/ast-serin.html

Thu - 11 Dec - 20:00 - Mystic Seaport - CT - Discover Astronomy
Seaport Plm. Indoor lecture and clearsky starviewing.
$8 adm. www.mysticseaport.org, 860-572-5322

Thu - 11 Dec - 20:00 - Upper Montclair - NJ - clearsky starviewing
N Jersey Astro Gp. Montclair St Uv, Richardson Hall.
Free. Cancelled for clouds. njagweb.tripod.com.

Fri - 12 Dec - 19:00 - Floyd Bennett Fd - BK - clearsky starviewing
Enter from Flatbush Av, N of Hodges Bg tollfan, to
model flying field. Cancelled for clouds. Free. Steve
Lieber, , 718-474-4851

Fri - 12 Dec - 19:00 - Cranford - NJ - Amat Astro Inc lecture
Union Co Coll, Sperry Obsy. Indoor talk, clearsky
starviewing. Free. www.asterism.org

Fri - 12 Dec - 19:00 - Columbia Uv - MH - clearsky starviewing
Pupin Hall, rooftop. Cancelled for clouds. Free.
www.astro.columbia.edu/~observe, 212-854-3278

Fri - 12 Dec - 20:00 - Stamford - CT - clearsky starviewing
Stamford Mus & Natr Ctr, Obsy. $3 adm. Cancelled for
clouds. www.stamfordmuseum.org/astronomy.html

Fri - 12 Dec - 20:00 - Toms River - NJ - A S of Toms Rv Area mtg
Ocean Co Coll, Novis Plm, Rm P109. Free.
www.astra-nj.org

Sat - 13 Dec - XX:XX - XXXX - NY - Geminid meteor watch
TENTATIVE SESSION; INQUIRE AT WEBSITE OR PHONE
Mid Hudson Astro Assn. Cancelled for clouds.
Free. www.geocities.com/mhastro1, 845-255-4719

Sat - 13 Dec - 12:45 - AAA-HQ - MH - Observing Group Meeting
General membership gathering for briefings on
upcoming celestial events, project work, show &
tell, talks and demos. Free.

Sat - 13 Dec - 14:00 - Hall of Science - QN - science lecture
'Big Apple aviation', history of air flight in New York
City. Free. www.nyc.gov/parks

Sat - 13 Dec - 18:00 - Ward Pound Ridge - NY - Gemind meteor watch
Westchester Amat Astro, Meadow Picnic Area. Cancelled
for clouds. Free. www.westchesterastronomers.org

Sat - 13 Dec - 18:00 - Southold - LI - clearsky starviewing
Custer Inst. Cancelled for clouds. Free.
www.custerobservatory.org

Sat - 13 Dec - 19:00 Alley Pond Pk - QN - astro lecture
Enviro Center, indoor talk and clearsky starviewing

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$10 fee. www.alleypond.con/events, 718-229-4000

Sat - 13 Dec - 22:00 - Caumsett St Pk - LI - Geminid meteor watch
Amat Obsrs Soc. Cancelled for clouds. Free, no permit
needed. www.aosny.org.

Mon - 15 Dec - 20:00 - Coll of SI - SI - clearsky starviewing
Astrophys Obsy. $3 adm. Cancelled for clouds.
supernova7.apsc.csi.cuny.edu, 718-982-3260

Tue - 16 Dec - 17:30 - Sci Ind Biz Liby - MH - science lecture
'The flying adventure' on aviation leading to Wright
flights. Free. 212-592-7000, www.nypl.org/research/sibl

Tue - 16 Dec - 19:30 - New Paltz - NY - Mid Hudson Astro Assn mtg
St Uv of NY, Kirk Planetarium. Free.
www.geocities.com/mhastro1, 845-485-5669

Wed - 17 Dec - 19:00 - Centerport - LI - clearsky starviewing
Vanderbilt Plm. Free. Cancelled for clouds.
www.asliclub.org

Wed - 17 Dec - 19:30 - York Coll - QN - clearsky starviewing
Room 2E01. Cancelled for clouds. Free.
natsci.york.cuny.edu/~yco, 718-262-2082

Thu - 18 Dec - 18:30 - AAA-HQ - MH - Recent Astronomy Seminar
Discussion of current astronomy using popular and
technical literature. Free.

Thu - 18 Dec - 20:00 - Mystic Seaport - CT - Discover Astronomy
Seaport Plm. Indoor lecture and clearsky starviewing.
$8 adm. www.mysticseaport.org, 860-572-5322

Fri - 19 Dec - 19:30 - Wilcox Pk - NY - clearsky starviewing
Mid Hudson Astro Assn. Cancelled for clouds.
Free. www.geocities.com/mhastro1, 845-485-5669

Fri - 19 Dec - 20:00 - Stamford - CT - clearsky starviewing
Stamford Mus & Natr Ctr, Obsy. $3 adm. Cancelled for
clouds. www.stamfordmuseum.org/astronomy.html

Fri - 19 Dec - 20:00 - Suffern - NY - Rockland Astro Club mtg
N Rockland Hi Schl. Free. www.rocklandastronomy.com

Sat - 20 Dec - 14:00 - High Rock Pk - SI - science lecture
High Rock Visitor Studio. 'Big Apple aviation', history
of air flight in New York City. Free, preregtn reqd at
311; ask for Urban Pk Rangers. www.nyc.gov/parks

Sat - 20 Dec - 18:00 - Southold - LI - clearsky starviewing
Custer Inst. Cancelled for clouds. Free.
www.custerobservatory.org

Sat - 20 Dec - 20:00 - Liberty - NY - clearsky starviewing
Catskills Astro Club. Walnut Mountain Pk. Cancelled for
clouds. Free. www.catskillsastro.org.

Sat - 20 Dec - 20:30 - Voorhees St Pk - NJ - clearsky starviewing
Robinson Obsy. Cancelled for clouds. Free. www.njaa.org

Tue - 23 Dec - 19:00 - Greenwich - CT - clearsky starviewing
Astro Soc of Greenwich. Julian Curtis Elem
Schl. Cancelled for clouds. Free. ,
www.geocities.com/astrogreenwich

Fri - 26 Dec - 19:00 - Cranford - NJ - Amat Astro Inc lecture
Union Co Coll, Sperry Obsy. Indoor talk, clearsky
starviewing. Free. www.asterism.org

Fri - 26 Dec - 20:00 - Stamford - CT - clearsky starviewing
Stamford Mus & Natr Ctr, Obsy. $3 adm. Cancelled for
clouds. www.stamfordmuseum.org/astronomy.html

Sat - 27 Dec - 18:00 - Southold - LI - clearsky starviewing
Custer Inst. Cancelled for clouds. Free.
www.custerobservatory.org

Sat - 27 Dec - 20:00 - Liberty - NY - clearsky starviewing
Catskills Astro Club. Walnut Mountain Pk. Cancelled for
clouds. Free. www.catskillsastro.org.

Tue - 30 Dec - 18:30 - Hayden Plm - MH - Celestial Highlights
Live Zeiss show for evening sky. $12 adm. 212-769-5100

No Events - Off Season
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A Wayne St Pk - NY - starviewing - www.rocklandastronomy.com.
Cadman Pz - BK - clearsky starviewing - Bob Little, 718-855-7804

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Carl Schurz Pk - MH - clearsky starviewing -
Carl Schurz Pk - MH - clearsky sunviewing -
Freeport - LI - Amat Obsrs Soc lecture - www.aosny.org
Great Kills Pk - SI - starviewing - , 718-494-1370
Jenny Jump St Pk - NJ - Utd Astr Clubs NJ mtg - www.uacnj.org Sat -
R Moses St Pk - LI - clearsky starviewing - www.aosny.org.
Voorhees St Pk - NJ - clearsky sunviewing - www.njaa.org
Washtn Xing - NJ - clearsky starviewing - www.princetonastronomy.org

General news
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December meetings of many astroclubs are yearend celebrations,
rather than lectures or shows. Moreover, the meeting may be at a site
other than the usual one, like a restaurant, not specificly stated in
announcements to hand when I compile NYC Events. For the most part,
visitors are welcome anyway. Please check with the club's contact
first before going to a December meeting.
Some events are within a property, typicly a museum, that has an
admission fee. The 'free' or '$xx' charge noted in NYC Events is that
AFTER getting into the host property.
Some parks where specific public sessions are held are also used by
stargazers on other dates under stipulations set by each park. BEFORE
availing of the park for such extra stargazing, learn from the contact
about these stipulations. If the park finds you on its grounds outside
of public sessions without satisfying its terms of use, you may be
removed from the property. This admonition is a fallout from the
ongoing revision of access to various lands across the country.
The NYSkies calendar section and NYC Events now are essentially
congruent. An event missed in NYC Events or or an existing one has
substantial change, it is tagged with '(CLICK)'. The event's details
and contact are behind your mouse click. Print the calendar in
landscape mode to avoid clipping off the far right days.
The website for Long Island Space Society is www.lispace.org, not
www.liss.org. The latter is for Live Internet Seismic Server, a
nonastronomy -- tho pretty interesting geological -- service.
The College of Staten Island Observatory and Stamford Observatory
both have a $3 admission for all their public nights, not just for
special sessions.

Skywatching
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November had two major visitors in our skies, asteroid Hermes and
comet Encke. Altho both were a bit dim for most City scopes, some of
us did catch sight of either or both. By early November Hermes was
faded well beyond City astronomers and Encke by late November receded
into evening twilight.
Two special events were lost to us. The Leonids were a washout on
the morning of November 19th. It rained in some places; others got
just deep overcast. The other missed event was the Moon's occultation
of gamma Virginis on the morning of November 20th. Thin cloud and
bright dawn veiled it.
Despite these setbacks, NYSkiers carpooled to Wilcox Park on
Friday the 21st and to Voorhees State Park on the 22nd. They got
pleasing clear skies and did some excellent starviewing with the host
clubs. New Jersey Astronomical Association hosted them at Voorhees;
Mid Hudson Astronomical Association, Wilcox.
We had one sighting of northern lights! On October 29-30, we got a
strong white glow in the north and northeast from the massive solar
storm that slammed Earth that afternoon and evening. The aurora struck
most of the United States and many overseas places, sometimes with
very spectacular displays.
On November 20-21 an other round of aurora sweeped over Earth, but
it missed the City. We were looking, based on solar storm alerts, but
saw no aurora. The storm apparently missed the northern US and gave
strong displays to the southern latitudes.
Both Venus and Saturn came into easy view in our evening skies.
Yes, NYSkiers were following both for a couple months, but now they
are out in more convenient hours. SOme of us are getting revved up for
the Venus transit, in next June!, as we see Venus winding up for her
grand promenade across the evening sky. The precession culminates with
her mad dash toward the Sun in May, and then, bang!, she slides across
the solar disc.
Saturn attains his perihelic opposition on December 31st, with the
rings still almost fully open. He's the 'new' star in Gemini about
half between Betelgeuse and Castor-Pollux.

Special Events
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NYSkiers on November 18th flocked to New York Institute of
Technology near Columbus Circle for Dr Edward Belbruno's talk on
NASA's human space exploration plans. On the morning of his talk he
took badly ill and cancelled out. Some of us went for lunch and chat
across the street in the cafeteria of Fordham University.
I include this year the most famous tree lighting in the world, at
Rockefeller Center on December 3rd. And one on December 2nd at City
Hall. There's little astronomy in them, except a strained relation to
the Star of Bethlehem. These events are part of the cultural fabric of
the planet and are a favorite treat to attend. The two take place in
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Center. Only a few myriads of spectators have clear view of the
lighting, so stake out your spot early!
December 2003 is the 100th anniversary of the first powered
airplane flight by the Wright's in North Carolina. All year there were
exhibits, like the one in August at Rockefeller Center. Now we have a
series of talks in various City parks and at the Science, Industry,
Business Library. The ones in the parks are all the same presentation,
spaced around the City so everyone gets a chance to hear them.
The American Museum of Natural History's SuperSaver ticket is now
$32, with a couple extra features, up from previous $29.

New York
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November saw happy times in the City! On the 19th the Lower
Manhattan Development Corporation unveiled the finalist eight designs
for the World Trade Center memorial. These are now on display in the
Winter Garden, World Finance Center during December for you to
inspect, comment, and vote.
The plans embody the four classical elements of the world: earth
(bedrock, bathtub walls), fire (lamps, sunlight), water (pools,
cascades), air (open sky). All in one way or other honor each of the
2,900 victims of the Twin Tower collapse and those from the 1993
attack; a couple include specific remembrance of the 92 countries
represented among the victims.
I visited Winter Garden a few days after the unveiling. The plans
are exhibited in dioramas around the walls and in museum-style cases.
Go to the main level of Winter Garden, where the bamboo trees grow,
and walk under and behind the curved stairs. From there you can go on
the patio overlooking Ground Zero to visualize the designs.
On November 22nd, the World Trade Center station of the Hudson
Tubes, or PATH, reopened! It's a temporary depot, replacing the rail
works squashed out of existence by the collapse. I inspected it on the
26th, when many businesses let out early for Thanksgiving, so the
crowds were thinned out by evening when I got there.
The main entry is a barebones pavilion on Church Street facing St
Paul's Chapel. It's ringed by chest-high bollards as buffers against,
erm, errant cars. The lights are shielded and recessed into the
canopy, supported by simple trusses and tubular pillars.
I skip the details, but the depot has two levels. The first is
that of the late shopping concourse. The second is, as far as I can
suss out, a recreation of the old fare control hall. The two are
connected by the apparently same arrangement of eightish escalators as
in the late terminal.
The entire place is ambient with the outside air. The walls have
open grill sections where you can look into the campus as never before
allowed to the public. It was chilly that evening. I needed my coat
while deep inside the depot; metal fixtures were cold to the touch.
There is no HVAC at all, being that this is a remporary station.
There is only one convenience in the whole place, a small Hudson
News stall for newspapers and snacks. The only decorations are photo
murals of Lower Manhattan scenes on various walls.
Signs every where proclaim the validity of pay-per-ride subway
MetroCards. These are the ones you continually refill with money as
fares are nicked off for each ride. The unlimited cards don't work.
PATH promises to moxie the turnstiles to accept them by next spring.
Despite the holiday, there were several hundred people in the
halls, interfering somewhat with my photography. No one intercepted
me, altho there were lots of PATH workers and agents milling around.
I examined the new passages to the IND subways. It restores the
entrance at the bumpers, until now all boarded over. One emotional
feature at this entrance is a swath of original marble pavement, with
scuffs from the debris shoved along it during the collapse!
During some errands by day I wandered thru Wall Street. After World
Trade Center the area was laced with highway barriers, guard booths,
obstacle vehicles; the place looked like a warzone. In late November
work started on replacing these with more aesthetic access controls.
Wall and Broad streets, where the district's holiday tree is set up,
already has some of the barriers removed.
The tree, by the way, is the lineal descendent of the City's first,
from the Dutch era. They put up a holiday tree at the head of the main
canal of New Amsterdam, which decades later was filled in to make the
present Broad Street.
When the makeover is finished in spring 2004, Wall Street will have
the full access control and security needed, but will be open and
transparent to visitors and workers. Part of the plan gives certain
streets to pedestrians during the work hours, like Nassau Street now.
A more general boon for New York, this one enjoyed by the whole
nation, is cell number portability, kicking in on November 24th. Now
when you change cell phone service, you can keep your old number. The
old and new services work out the transfer.
The switch should take a couple hours by a visit to the new
company's office. However, many complications can stretch this
procedure out over a full day or two. Never the less, by Thanskgiving,
about a full ONE MILLION cityfolk put in for the change of service!!
Thanksgiving 2003 in the City was a sunny mild day, requiring only
a light jacket to view the parade. 2-1/2 million people lined the
parade route from the American Museum of Natural History to Herald
Square, with a further 60 million watching it by television.
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balloons and moored ones attached to floats. Due to the bright
daylight, the fabled moonlights along the route were not as prominent
as on a cloudy day. Yet I'm sure darksky leaders taped the parade to
show off the lamppoles at light pollution meetings.

Astro Politics
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The utterly incomprehensible event was the massive larceny
striking the office of Amateur Astronomers Association on November
8th. In the afternoon the Observing Group had its regular monthly
meeting and many attendees brought equipment for the lunar eclipse on
that evening.
Six left their gear in the office, duly closed down and locked,
while they went for supper. This was done to avoid dragging it all to
the coffee shop and clogging its aisles and tables.
When they returned to get their equipment and set off for the
eclipse viewing in Central Park, everything was gone! Plain gone!!
Included in the theft were several telescopes, large binoculars,
tripods, accessories, cameras, books, luggage, extra clothing.
Police from the 19th praecicnt arrived, studied the scene, and took
a report. Probably due to the minor amount of loss -- it took place in
the richest district in the country! -- and the pressing call from
serious crimes, only a quick investigation could be done.
AAA is discussing the matter with its building managers and
insurance company.
On top of this catastrophe, AAA continues to suffer decrepitude in
its leadership. The Enjoy the Stars brochure, altho printed in October
and handed out at some club meetings, is still not issued to the
membership. It's part of the dues renewal mailing in early December.
That's dilapidation of duty enough, but there's more. The edition
now in hand is a second printing. The first was scrapped for having
excessive mistakes. The club endured two instances of printing costs.
The class which Rachel Connolly ran in October and November is a
different paradigm of astronomy tuition from that implemented by Stew
Rorer and John Pazmino. Yet, the writeup in Enjoy the Stars, in the
second 'corrected' edition, for her class is the same as in previous
editions for the Rorer & Pazmino class. Only the instructor is changed
to Rachel Connolly.
There were no minutes issued from the Board of Directors meeting
of August 27th as at the November 19th meeting. After a couple
seatholders agitated about the lack of minutes to read and approve,
the minutes finally were issued on November 24th. The
ByLaw reforms, to make the Board more open, answerable, and
responsive to AAA members, are 'old business'. Only a few of them were
even brought to the table, last done in January. Since then there was
no further action. It seems that the reforms, sponsored by Steve
Lieber and Bruce Kamiat, will be killed by simply not ever including
them in Board agenda for the rest of the season.
Eyepiece, the club's newsletter, had an ad in its November 2003
issue for club baseball caps. It suggested getting one to wear at the
American Urban Star Fest. The Fest already took place in October.
Eyepiece, November 2003, printed on its front page a major part of
Steve Lieber's NYSkies article about light pollution, with no credit
or reference to him. Steve issued in NYSkies a thank-you letter,
noting that Eyepiece's pass-along of NYSkies material helps readers
missing NYSkies or lacking Internet service.
Eyepiece for December 2003 posted wrong dates for the Recent
Astronomy Seminar: December 4th and 11th! The correct dates -- as
noted in the events here -- are 4 and 18 December.

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.
Granted, some of the banter relates particularly to the Amateur
Astronomers Association. It's the major astronomy union in town and
every home astronomer around here eventually runs up against it. It
pays to listen to those discussions (rants? blusters? tirades?), even
if you opt out of playing in them. At the least, you take into account
the words of the senior members before joining the Association. Or you
can let NYSkies dialog modulate your choice to renew AAA membership.
NYSkies is the soapbox the AAA Board and rank-&-file had to speak
out on various Association problems. They turned to NYSkies simply
because the AAA as yet does not have a good faith sincere forum for
its own members within itself.
Joining NYSkies is easy. Send an empty email to this Yahoo
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 oneshot
chore, valid for all groups you may eventually join. The files and
calendar area of NYSkies are accessible only thru the website.

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NYC EVENTS FOR JANUARY 2004
-------------------------
John Pazmino
NYSkies


The following home astronomy activities in New York are operated
by various organizations. A couple extra activities of special
importance to City astronomers may be included.
For a handy reminder of these events, check the calendar in the
NYSkies Yahoo group. To join NYSkies, see the 'NYSkies' section below.
All times are Eastern Standard Time.

day 2004 hour event
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XXX - XX Jan - XX:XX - E Stroudsburg - PA - clearsky starviewing
DATE AND HOUR NOT SET; CHECK AT WEBSITE OR PHONE
E Stroudsburg Uv Obsy. Free, cancelled for clouds.
www.esu.edu, 570-422-3341

Sat - XX Jan - 19:00 - R Moses St Pk - LI - clearsky starviewing
DATES NOT SET YET; CHECK AT WEBSITE
Amat Obsrs Soc, parking lot #2. Permit reqd at 631-
669-1000. Free, cancelled for clouds. www.aosny.org.

Sat - XX Jan - 20:00 - Liberty - NY - clearsky starviewing
DATES NOT SET YET; CHECK AT WEBSITE
Catskills Astro Club. Walnut Mountain Pk. Cancelled for
clouds. Free. www.catskillsastro.org.

Thu - XX Jan - 19:00 - Mitchell Fd - LI - Long Is Space Soc mtg
DATE NOT SET YET; CHECK AT WEBSITE.
Cradle of Aviation. Free. www.lispace.org

Fri - XX Jan - 20:00 - Suffern - NY - Rockland Astro Club mtg
DATE NOT SET YET; CHECK AT WEBSITE.
N Rockland Hi Schl. Free. www.rocklandastronomy.com

Thu - 1 Jan - 00:01 - whole city - end of NYC subway token
Subway tokens no longer accepted for bus fare. Redeem
leftover tokens at NYC Transit Authority HQ by
appointment, 718-243-3917

Fri - 2 Jan - 19:00 - Cranford - NJ - Amat Astro Inc lecture
Union Co Coll, Sperry Obsy. Indoor talk, clearsky
starviewing. Free. www.asterism.org

Fri - 2 Jan - 20:00 - Stamford - CT - clearsky starviewing
Stamford Mus & Natr Ctr, Obsy. $3 adm. Cancelled for
clouds. www.stamfordmuseum.org/astronomy.html

Sat - 3 Jan - 13:00 - Marine Pk - BK - winter survival wksp
Salt Marsh Natr Ctr, working outdoors in cold and
wind like for stargazing. www.nyc.gov/parks

Sat - 3 Jan - 13:00 - Alley Pond Pk - QN - science lecture
UPR Adventr Ctr, glacial geology in New York. Free.
www.nyc.gov/parks

Sat - 3 Jan - 18:00 - Southold - LI - clearsky starviewing
Custer Inst. Cancelled for clouds. Free.
www.custerobservatory.org

Sun - 4 Jan - 12:00 - Forest Pk - QN - science lecture
Forest Pk Natr Ctr, glacial geology in New York.
Free. www.nyc.gov/parks

Sun - 4 Jan - 13:15 - Uniondale - LI - Amat Obsrs Soc meeting
Nassau Commty Coll, Bdg F, Rm 129. Free. www.aosny.org

Sun - 4 Jan - 19:30 - Boonton - NJ - Sheep Hill Astro Assn mtg
Boonton Town Hall. Free. www.uacnj.org/clubs/shaa.htm

Tue - 6 Jan - 10:30 - Upton - LI - science lecture
Brookhaven Natl Labs, Bdg 725. 'Controlling light
with matter' on photon-atom interactions. Free, reqd GI
photo ID. www.bnl.gov/bnlweb/pubal/calendar.asp,
631-244-8000

Tue - 6 Jan - 17:30 - Sci Ind Biz Liby - MH - science lecture
'The ice age stopped here' on New York City geology
Free. 212-592-7000, www.nypl.org/research/sibl

Tue - 6 Jan - 19:30 - Hayden Plm - MH - Virtual Universe
Live skyshow of computer graphics and astro databases.
$12 adm. 212-769-5100

Wed - 7 Jan - 20:30 - Old Westbury - LI - Astro Soc of LI meeting
NY Inst of Techy, Schure Audm. Free. www.asliclub.org

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NYC EVENTS FOR JANUARY 2004
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John Pazmino
NYSkies


The following home astronomy activities in New York are operated
by various organizations. A couple extra activities of special
importance to City astronomers may be included.
For a handy reminder of these events, check the calendar in the
NYSkies Yahoo group. To join NYSkies, see the 'NYSkies' section below.
All times are Eastern Standard Time.

day 2004 hour event
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XXX - XX Jan - XX:XX - E Stroudsburg - PA - clearsky starviewing
DATE AND HOUR NOT SET; CHECK AT WEBSITE OR PHONE
E Stroudsburg Uv Obsy. Free, cancelled for clouds.
www.esu.edu, 570-422-3341

Sat - XX Jan - 19:00 - R Moses St Pk - LI - clearsky starviewing
DATES NOT SET YET; CHECK AT WEBSITE
Amat Obsrs Soc, parking lot #2. Permit reqd at 631-
669-1000. Free, cancelled for clouds. www.aosny.org.

Sat - XX Jan - 20:00 - Liberty - NY - clearsky starviewing
DATES NOT SET YET; CHECK AT WEBSITE
Catskills Astro Club. Walnut Mountain Pk. Cancelled for
clouds. Free. www.catskillsastro.org.

Thu - XX Jan - 19:00 - Mitchell Fd - LI - Long Is Space Soc mtg
DATE NOT SET YET; CHECK AT WEBSITE.
Cradle of Aviation. Free. www.lispace.org

Fri - XX Jan - 20:00 - Suffern - NY - Rockland Astro Club mtg
DATE NOT SET YET; CHECK AT WEBSITE.
N Rockland Hi Schl. Free. www.rocklandastronomy.com

Thu - 1 Jan - 00:01 - whole city - end of NYC subway token
Subway tokens no longer accepted for bus fare. Redeem
leftover tokens at NYC Transit Authority HQ by
appointment, 718-243-3917

Fri - 2 Jan - 19:00 - Cranford - NJ - Amat Astro Inc lecture
Union Co Coll, Sperry Obsy. Indoor talk, clearsky
starviewing. Free. www.asterism.org

Fri - 2 Jan - 20:00 - Stamford - CT - clearsky starviewing
Stamford Mus & Natr Ctr, Obsy. $3 adm. Cancelled for
clouds. www.stamfordmuseum.org/astronomy.html

Sat - 3 Jan - 13:00 - Marine Pk - BK - winter survival wksp
Salt Marsh Natr Ctr, working outdoors in cold and
wind like for stargazing. www.nyc.gov/parks

Sat - 3 Jan - 13:00 - Alley Pond Pk - QN - science lecture
UPR Adventr Ctr, glacial geology in New York. Free.
www.nyc.gov/parks

Sat - 3 Jan - 18:00 - Southold - LI - clearsky starviewing
Custer Inst. Cancelled for clouds. Free.
www.custerobservatory.org

Sun - 4 Jan - 12:00 - Forest Pk - QN - science lecture
Forest Pk Natr Ctr, glacial geology in New York.
Free. www.nyc.gov/parks

Sun - 4 Jan - 13:15 - Uniondale - LI - Amat Obsrs Soc meeting
Nassau Commty Coll, Bdg F, Rm 129. Free. www.aosny.org

Sun - 4 Jan - 19:30 - Boonton - NJ - Sheep Hill Astro Assn mtg
Boonton Town Hall. Free. www.uacnj.org/clubs/shaa.htm

Tue - 6 Jan - 10:30 - Upton - LI - science lecture
Brookhaven Natl Labs, Bdg 725. 'Controlling light
with matter' on photon-atom interactions. Free, reqd GI
photo ID. www.bnl.gov/bnlweb/pubal/calendar.asp,
631-244-8000

Tue - 6 Jan - 17:30 - Sci Ind Biz Liby - MH - science lecture
'The ice age stopped here' on New York City geology
Free. 212-592-7000, www.nypl.org/research/sibl

Tue - 6 Jan - 19:30 - Hayden Plm - MH - Virtual Universe
Live skyshow of computer graphics and astro databases.
$12 adm. 212-769-5100

Wed - 7 Jan - 20:30 - Old Westbury - LI - Astro Soc of LI meeting
NY Inst of Techy, Schure Audm. Free. www.asliclub.org

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NYC EVENTS FOR JANUARY 2004
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John Pazmino
NYSkies


The following home astronomy activities in New York are operated
by various organizations. A couple extra activities of special
importance to City astronomers may be included.
For a handy reminder of these events, check the calendar in the
NYSkies Yahoo group. To join NYSkies, see the 'NYSkies' section below.
All times are Eastern Standard Time.

day 2004 hour event
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XXX - XX Jan - XX:XX - E Stroudsburg - PA - clearsky starviewing
DATE AND HOUR NOT SET; CHECK AT WEBSITE OR PHONE
E Stroudsburg Uv Obsy. Free, cancelled for clouds.
www.esu.edu, 570-422-3341

Sat - XX Jan - 19:00 - R Moses St Pk - LI - clearsky starviewing
DATES NOT SET YET; CHECK AT WEBSITE
Amat Obsrs Soc, parking lot #2. Permit reqd at 631-
669-1000. Free, cancelled for clouds. www.aosny.org.

Sat - XX Jan - 20:00 - Liberty - NY - clearsky starviewing
DATES NOT SET YET; CHECK AT WEBSITE
Catskills Astro Club. Walnut Mountain Pk. Cancelled for
clouds. Free. www.catskillsastro.org.

Thu - XX Jan - 19:00 - Mitchell Fd - LI - Long Is Space Soc mtg
DATE NOT SET YET; CHECK AT WEBSITE.
Cradle of Aviation. Free. www.lispace.org

Fri - XX Jan - 20:00 - Suffern - NY - Rockland Astro Club mtg
DATE NOT SET YET; CHECK AT WEBSITE.
N Rockland Hi Schl. Free. www.rocklandastronomy.com

Thu - 1 Jan - 00:01 - whole city - end of NYC subway token
Subway tokens no longer accepted for bus fare. Redeem
leftover tokens at NYC Transit Authority HQ by
appointment, 718-243-3917

Fri - 2 Jan - 19:00 - Cranford - NJ - Amat Astro Inc lecture
Union Co Coll, Sperry Obsy. Indoor talk, clearsky
starviewing. Free. www.asterism.org

Fri - 2 Jan - 20:00 - Stamford - CT - clearsky starviewing
Stamford Mus & Natr Ctr, Obsy. $3 adm. Cancelled for
clouds. www.stamfordmuseum.org/astronomy.html

Sat - 3 Jan - 13:00 - Marine Pk - BK - winter survival wksp
Salt Marsh Natr Ctr, working outdoors in cold and
wind like for stargazing. www.nyc.gov/parks

Sat - 3 Jan - 13:00 - Alley Pond Pk - QN - science lecture
UPR Adventr Ctr, glacial geology in New York. Free.
www.nyc.gov/parks

Sat - 3 Jan - 18:00 - Southold - LI - clearsky starviewing
Custer Inst. Cancelled for clouds. Free.
www.custerobservatory.org

Sun - 4 Jan - 12:00 - Forest Pk - QN - science lecture
Forest Pk Natr Ctr, glacial geology in New York.
Free. www.nyc.gov/parks

Sun - 4 Jan - 13:15 - Uniondale - LI - Amat Obsrs Soc meeting
Nassau Commty Coll, Bdg F, Rm 129. Free. www.aosny.org

Sun - 4 Jan - 19:30 - Boonton - NJ - Sheep Hill Astro Assn mtg
Boonton Town Hall. Free. www.uacnj.org/clubs/shaa.htm

Tue - 6 Jan - 10:30 - Upton - LI - science lecture
Brookhaven Natl Labs, Bdg 725. 'Controlling light
with matter' on photon-atom interactions. Free, reqd GI
photo ID. www.bnl.gov/bnlweb/pubal/calendar.asp,
631-244-8000

Tue - 6 Jan - 17:30 - Sci Ind Biz Liby - MH - science lecture
'The ice age stopped here' on New York City geology
Free. 212-592-7000, www.nypl.org/research/sibl

Tue - 6 Jan - 19:30 - Hayden Plm - MH - Virtual Universe
Live skyshow of computer graphics and astro databases.
$12 adm. 212-769-5100

Wed - 7 Jan - 20:30 - Old Westbury - LI - Astro Soc of LI meeting
NY Inst of Techy, Schure Audm. Free. www.asliclub.org

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Thu - 8 Jan - 18:30 - AAA-HQ - MH - Recent Astronomy Seminar
Discussion of current astronomy using popular and
technical literature. Free.

Thu - 8 Jan - 19:30 - Morristown - NJ - Morr Mus Astro Soc mtg
Morris Museum. Free. members.tripod.com/mmastrosociety

Thu - 8 Jan - 19:30 - Upper Montclair - NJ - clearsky starviewing
N Jersey Astro Gp. Montclair St Uv, Richardson Hall.
Free. Cancelled for clouds. njagweb.tripod.com.

Thu - 8 Jan - 20:00 - Piscataway - NJ - clearsky starviewing
Rutgers Univ, Serin Hall, Schommer Obsy. Free,
cancelled for clouds. 732-445-2531,
www.physics.rutgers.edu/ast/ast-serin.html

Thu - 8 Jan - 20:00 - Middletown - NJ - S*T*A*R meeting
King of Kings Lutheran Ch. Free.
www.starastronomy.org

Fri - 9 Jan - 18:00 - Amer Mus Natl Hist - MH - Amat Astro Assn lect
'Astrobiology', Dr James Ferris, Rensselaer Polytech
Kaufmann Thtr. Free, ask at entry gate for 'astronomy'
lecture.

Fri - 9 Jan - 19:00 - Cranford - NJ - Amat Astro Inc lecture
Union Co Coll, Sperry Obsy. Indoor talk, clearsky
starviewing. Free. www.asterism.org

Fri - 9 Jan - 19:00 - Yonkers - NY - Westchester Amat Astro mtg
Hudson Rv Mus, Andrus Plm. 19h social, 20h lecture.
Free. www.westchesterastronomers.org

Fri - 9 Jan - 20:00 - Stamford - CT - clearsky starviewing
Stamford Mus & Natr Ctr, Obsy. $3 adm. Cancelled for
clouds. www.stamfordmuseum.org/astronomy.html

Fri - 9 Jan - 20:00 - Toms River - NJ - A S of Toms Rv Area mtg
Ocean Co Coll, Novis Plm, Rm P109. Free.
www.astra-nj.org

Sat - 10 Jan - XX:XX - XXX - MH - National Space Society meeting
HOUR AND PLACE NOT SET; INQUIRE AT WEBSITE OR EMAIL
www.nsschapters.org/ny/nyc,

Sat - 10 Jan - 12:45 - AAA-HQ - MH - Observing Group meeting
General membership gathering for briefings on
upcoming celestial events, project work, show &
tell, talks and demos. Free.

Sat - 10 Jan - 13:00 - Van Cortlandt Pk - BX - winter survival wksp
Mosholu & B'way gate, working outdoors in cold and
wind like for stargazing. www.nyc.gov/parks

Sat - 10 Jan - 18:00 - Southold - LI - clearsky starviewing
Custer Inst. Cancelled for clouds. Free.
www.custerobservatory.org

Sun - 11 Jan - 19:00 - Allentown - PA - Lehigh Vy A A S mtg
LVAAS-HQ, South Mt. Free. www.lvaas.org

Tue - 13 Jan - 18:45 - Syosset - LI - photography workshop
Berger Brothers, 226 W Jericho Tk. Basics of
digital photography. Free. www.berger-bros.com

Tue - 13 Jan - 17:30 - Sci Ind Biz Liby - MH - astro lecture
'Magnificent Mars' on current Mars space missions
Free. 212-592-7000, www.nypl.org/research/sibl

Tue - 13 Jan - 19:00 - Greenwich - CT - clearsky starviewing
Astro Soc of Greenwich. Julian Curtis Elem
Schl. Cancelled for clouds. Free. ,
www.geocities.com/astrogreenwich

Tue - 13 Jan - 20:00 - Princeton - NJ - A A A of Princeton mtg
Princeton Univ, Peyton Hall. Free
www.princetonastronomy.org

Wed - 14 Jan - 20:00 - Upper Montclair - NJ - N Jersey Astro Gp mtg
Montclair St Uv, Richardson Hall, Room 226. Free.
njagweb.tripod.com.

Wed - 14 Jan - 20:30 - Old Westbury - LI - Astro Soc of LI meeting
NY Inst of Techy, Schure Audm. Free. www.asliclub.org

Thu - 15 Jan - 19:30 - Upper Montclair - NJ - clearsky starviewing
N Jersey Astro Gp. Montclair St Uv, Richardson Hall.
Free. Cancelled for clouds. njagweb.tripod.com.

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Thu - 8 Jan - 18:30 - AAA-HQ - MH - Recent Astronomy Seminar
Discussion of current astronomy using popular and
technical literature. Free.

Thu - 8 Jan - 19:30 - Morristown - NJ - Morr Mus Astro Soc mtg
Morris Museum. Free. members.tripod.com/mmastrosociety

Thu - 8 Jan - 19:30 - Upper Montclair - NJ - clearsky starviewing
N Jersey Astro Gp. Montclair St Uv, Richardson Hall.
Free. Cancelled for clouds. njagweb.tripod.com.

Thu - 8 Jan - 20:00 - Piscataway - NJ - clearsky starviewing
Rutgers Univ, Serin Hall, Schommer Obsy. Free,
cancelled for clouds. 732-445-2531,
www.physics.rutgers.edu/ast/ast-serin.html

Thu - 8 Jan - 20:00 - Middletown - NJ - S*T*A*R meeting
King of Kings Lutheran Ch. Free.
www.starastronomy.org

Fri - 9 Jan - 18:00 - Amer Mus Natl Hist - MH - Amat Astro Assn lect
'Astrobiology', Dr James Ferris, Rensselaer Polytech
Kaufmann Thtr. Free, ask at entry gate for 'astronomy'
lecture.

Fri - 9 Jan - 19:00 - Cranford - NJ - Amat Astro Inc lecture
Union Co Coll, Sperry Obsy. Indoor talk, clearsky
starviewing. Free. www.asterism.org

Fri - 9 Jan - 19:00 - Yonkers - NY - Westchester Amat Astro mtg
Hudson Rv Mus, Andrus Plm. 19h social, 20h lecture.
Free. www.westchesterastronomers.org

Fri - 9 Jan - 20:00 - Stamford - CT - clearsky starviewing
Stamford Mus & Natr Ctr, Obsy. $3 adm. Cancelled for
clouds. www.stamfordmuseum.org/astronomy.html

Fri - 9 Jan - 20:00 - Toms River - NJ - A S of Toms Rv Area mtg
Ocean Co Coll, Novis Plm, Rm P109. Free.
www.astra-nj.org

Sat - 10 Jan - XX:XX - XXX - MH - National Space Society meeting
HOUR AND PLACE NOT SET; INQUIRE AT WEBSITE OR EMAIL
www.nsschapters.org/ny/nyc,

Sat - 10 Jan - 12:45 - AAA-HQ - MH - Observing Group meeting
General membership gathering for briefings on
upcoming celestial events, project work, show &
tell, talks and demos. Free.

Sat - 10 Jan - 13:00 - Van Cortlandt Pk - BX - winter survival wksp
Mosholu & B'way gate, working outdoors in cold and
wind like for stargazing. www.nyc.gov/parks

Sat - 10 Jan - 18:00 - Southold - LI - clearsky starviewing
Custer Inst. Cancelled for clouds. Free.
www.custerobservatory.org

Sun - 11 Jan - 19:00 - Allentown - PA - Lehigh Vy A A S mtg
LVAAS-HQ, South Mt. Free. www.lvaas.org

Tue - 13 Jan - 18:45 - Syosset - LI - photography workshop
Berger Brothers, 226 W Jericho Tk. Basics of
digital photography. Free. www.berger-bros.com

Tue - 13 Jan - 17:30 - Sci Ind Biz Liby - MH - astro lecture
'Magnificent Mars' on current Mars space missions
Free. 212-592-7000, www.nypl.org/research/sibl

Tue - 13 Jan - 19:00 - Greenwich - CT - clearsky starviewing
Astro Soc of Greenwich. Julian Curtis Elem
Schl. Cancelled for clouds. Free. ,
www.geocities.com/astrogreenwich

Tue - 13 Jan - 20:00 - Princeton - NJ - A A A of Princeton mtg
Princeton Univ, Peyton Hall. Free
www.princetonastronomy.org

Wed - 14 Jan - 20:00 - Upper Montclair - NJ - N Jersey Astro Gp mtg
Montclair St Uv, Richardson Hall, Room 226. Free.
njagweb.tripod.com.

Wed - 14 Jan - 20:30 - Old Westbury - LI - Astro Soc of LI meeting
NY Inst of Techy, Schure Audm. Free. www.asliclub.org

Thu - 15 Jan - 19:30 - Upper Montclair - NJ - clearsky starviewing
N Jersey Astro Gp. Montclair St Uv, Richardson Hall.
Free. Cancelled for clouds. njagweb.tripod.com.

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