Popping The Big Bang

#**501** July 3rd 05, 12:37 AM

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Special events
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10:00 - Governor's Island - MH - cultural tour
Saturdays thru Aug 27. Visit former military base. Free,
plus $6 ferry fare. 212-825-3051, www.nps.gov/gois

19:00 - South St Seaport - MH - cultural tour
Also Jul 16 & 30. NYC Audubon Soc. Meet at Pier 17. Harbor
boat ride to North & South Brother Islands. $20 fee.
www.nycas.org, www.nywatertaxi.com, 212-742-1969

20:00 - Jenny Jump St Forest - NJ - Utd A Cs of NJ mtg
UACNJ Obsy. Indoor lecture, clearsky starviewing. Free.
www.uacnj.org

20:00 - Bear Mt St Pk - NY - clearsky starviewing
Harriman St Pk, Silver Mine parking lot. Free, cancelled for
clouds. 718-468-8087, , www.aaa.org

20:00 - Washington Xing S P - NJ - clearsky starvwg
A A A of Princeton, Simpson Obst. Free, cancelled for
clouds. www.princetonastronomy.org, 609-737-2575,

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

20:00 - Southold - LI - Custer Inst meeting
Custer Inst. Free. www.custerobservatory.org,
bvanson@aol,com

20:30 - R Moses St Pk - LI - clearsky starviewing - see Jul 1

21:00 - Paramus - NJ - Buehler-Columbia A A A mtg
Bergen Coomty Coll, Buehler Obsy. Free.
www.bergen.edu/buehler, .

Sun - 3 Jul
13:15 - Uniondale - LI - Amat Observers Soc meeting
Nassau Commty Coll, Bdg F, Room 129. Free. www.aosny.org,

19:30 - Boonton - NJ - Sheep Hill Astro Assn meeting
Boonton Town Hall. Free. www.uacnj.org/clubs/shaa.htm,

Mon - 4 Jul
02:00 - whole City - MH - Deep Impact meets comet Tempel-1
NOT VISIBLE FROM NEW YORK; COMET ALREADY SET AT 01:10
Rstimated hour of strike for probe. Possible flare up of
comet from release and luminescence of internal gases.

Tue - 5 Jul
10:00 - Governor's Island - MH - cultural tour
Tue-Sat thru Sep 2, also at 13:00. Walk thru history and
culture of island. Free, plus $6 ferry fare. 212-825-3051,
www.nps.gov/gois

18:30 - Hayden Plm - MH - Virtual Universe
Live skyshow of computer graphics and astro databases.
$12 adm. 212-769-5100, www.amnh.org

19:30 - Fleetville - PA - Lackawanna Astro Soc meeting
Keystone Coll, Cupillari Obsy. Free. ,.
members.aol.com/sabiajohn/LAS.html

Wed - 6 Jul
19:30 - Holbrook - LI - Science Club of LI meeting
Sachem Liby. 'The big bang, the birth of the universe'.
Free. www.sciencecluboflongisland.com, 631-421-1523,

20:00 - Doylestown - PA - Bucks-Mont Astro Assn meeting
Peace Valley Natr Ctr. Free. www.bma2.org,
, 215-579-9973

20:00 - Westport - CT - clearsky starviewing
Westport A S, Rolnick Obsy. Free, cancelled for clouds,
www.was-ct.org, 203-227-0925,

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

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#**502** July 3rd 05, 12:37 AM

#**503** July 3rd 05, 12:37 AM

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20:00 - Liberty - NY - clearsky starviewing - see Jul 2

20:30 - Great Kills Pk - SI - clearsky starviewing
Enter from Hylan Bv to model airplane flying field. Free,
cancelled for clouds. , www.aaa.org,
718-494-1370

20:30 - R Moses St Pk - LI - clearsky starviewing - see Jul 1

21:00 - Paramus - NJ - Buehler-Columbia A A A mtg - see Jul 2

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#**504** July 3rd 05, 12:37 AM

NYC EVENTS FOR JULY 2005
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John Pazmino
NYSkies

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Sun - 10 Jul
10:00 - Grand Central - MH - cultural tour
NYC Parks Dept & NY Transit Mus. Neet at IRT 42nd St line,
Grand Cntral sta, tk #1. RIde museum Lo-V train to Van
Cortlandt Pk, then walk thru park history and culture. $30
adv tkt only. 718-694-1867

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

Mon - 11 Jul
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 - 12 Jul
19:00 - Toms River - NJ - What's Up show
Novis Plm. Live presentation on current astronomy news. $3
adm. www.ocean.edu/campus/planetarium, 732-255-0343

20:00 - Cadman Pz - BK - clearsky starviewing
South side of War Memorial btwn Boro Hall and Bklyn Bg.
Free, cancelled for clouds. www.aaa.org,

20:00 - whole City - MH - cultural music
NY Philharmonic Orchestra concerts. Free, cancelled for
heavy rain. Bring chair or blanket. www.nyc.gov/parks,
212-875-5900 www.newyorkphilharmonic.org/summer05,
date & day st park location
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Jul 12 Tue BK Prospect Park Long Meadow
Jul 13 Wed MH Central Park Cleopatra's Needle
Jul 14 Thu QN Cunningham Pk F Lewis Bv & Union Tk
Jul 15 Fri BX V Cortlandt Pk H Hudson Py & Broadway
Jul 16 Sat LI East Islip Heckscher S P
Jul 17 Sun SI Sailors Snug Hr enter at East Gate
Jul 18 Mon NJ Holmdel PNC Bank Arts Ctr
Jul 19 Tue MH Central Park Cleoparea's Needle

21:00 - Greenwich - CT - clearsky starviewing
Astro Soc of Greenwich. Julian Curtis Elem Schl.
Free, cancelled for clouds. ,
www.geocities.com/astrogreenwich, 203-896-6786-x338

Wed - 13 Jul
19:00 - Centerport - LI - clearsky starviewing
Astro Soc of LI, Vanderbilt Plm. Free, cancelled for
clouds. www.asliclub.org,

20:00 - Upper Montclair - NJ - N Jersey Astro Gp mtg
Montclair St Univ, Richardson Hall. Free.
njagweb.tripod.com, 973-655-7266,

20:00 - Westport - CT - clearsky starviewing - see Jul 6

20:00 - whole City - MH - cultural music - see Jul 12

21:00 - Princeton - NJ - clearsky starviewing
Princeton Univ, Peyton Hall. Free, cancelled for clouds.
www.astro.princeton.edu/events.htm,

Thu - 14 Jul
19:00 - Prospect Pk - BK - cultural tour
Also Jul 21 & 28. NYC Audubon Soc. Audubon Ctr. Ride
electric boat and walk thru park history and culture. $25
fee. ww.nycas.org, www.prospectpark.org, 718-287-3400.

19:30 - Riverdale - NJ - Metropltn Rocketry Assn mtg
Zeppelins Hobbies shop. Free. metrarocketclub.org,

20:00 - whole City - MH - cultural music - see Jul 12

20:00 - Freeport - LI - clearrsky starviewing - see Jul 7

20:00 - Westport - CT - clearsky starviewing - see Jul 6

20:00 - Piscataway - NJ - clearsky starviewing
Rutgers Univ, Schommer Obsy. Free, cancelled for clouds.

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#**505** July 3rd 05, 12:37 AM

#**506** July 5th 05, 06:24 AM

FREE PUBLIC LECTURE
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HISTORY AND DISCOVERY OF DARK MATTER
by Stephen Lieber
Why all the stars, nebulae, and galaxies
we 'see' in the heavens may be a tenth or
less of the total mass of the universe

at the
NYSkies Astronomy Seminar
St Paul's Lutheran Church
315 West 22nd St, near 8th Av
Chelsea, Manhattan

in two parts
part 1, already done on June 16th, 7 PM
part 2, to come on July 7th, 7PM

for information about NYSkies

212-243-4125

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#**507** September 2nd 05, 04:53 AM

#**508** September 2nd 05, 04:53 AM

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11:00 - Ft Totten - QN - cultural tour - see Sep 4

16:00 - Van Cortlandt Park - BX - cultural show
Urban Park Rangers. Van Cortlandt Manor, 146th St &
Broadway. Demos, music, tours of 18th century living. Free.
www.nyc.gov/parks

Mon - Sep 26
18:30 - CUNY Graduate Center - MH - science lecture
'Sustainable construction' for enviro-friendly fatures in
construction methods. $10 adm. web.gc.cuny.edu/cepp,
212-817-8215

18:30 - Amityville - LI - science lecture
Berger Brothers Camera, Amitybille store. 'Digital
photogaphy 101'. $50 fee. www,berger-bros.com, 631-264-4160

19:30 - Hayden Plm - MH - Distinguished Authors
Live lecture by author of current astronomy books. $14 adm.
www.amnh.org, 212-769-5100

Tue - Sep 27
18:00 - CUNY Graduate Center - MH - cultural lecture
'Captial City, New York', growth of City from 1860 to 1900
into capital of Earth. Free. web.gc.cuny.edu/cepp,
212-817-8215

18:30 - Hayden Plm - MH - Celestial Highlights
Live skyshow of current evening sky. $12 adm.
212-769-5100, www.amnh.org

21:00 - Greenwich - CT - clearsky starviewing - see Sep 13

Wed - Sep 28
08:30 - CUNY Graduate Center - MH - science workshop
'Photovoltaics in buildings' theory, design, operation of
helioelectric systems in office structures. $200 fee inc
bkft & lunch. web.gc.cuny.edu/cepp, 212-817-8215

19:30 - South Huntington - LI - Science Club of LI meeting
So Huntington Liby. 'Journey to the stars'. Free.
www.sciencecluboflongisland.com, 631-421-1523,

20:00 - Westport - CT - clearsky starviewing - see Sep 1

20:30 - Old Westbury - LI - Astro Soc of LI meeting - seee Sep 7

Thu - Sep 29
17;15 - CUNY Graduate Center - MH - cultural tour
Visit Grad Ctr libraries and meeting halls, inspect
restored fixtures from B Altman store. Free
web.gc.cuny.edu/cepp, 212-817-8215

17:30 - Brooklyn Bridge - MH - science tour
Walk over Bridge thru geography and geology of East River
and surrounds. $22 fee. www.amnh.org, 212-769-5100 for regn
and meeting point.

19:30 - Danbury - CT - Clearsky starviewing - see Sep 22

20:00 - Westport - CT - clearsky starviewing - see Sep 1

20:15 - 92nd St Y - MH - science lecture
Lexington Av & 92nd St. 'Science and God', cosmology and
physics related to belief in a god. $25 adm. www.92y.org,
212-415-5500

Fri - Sep 30
18:00 - Marlborough - CT - Connecticut Star Party
Hartford Co 4-H Club. Dark skies, talks, demos, food svc,
camping. $15 + extras. www.asnh.org,

18:30 - Palisades - NY - science lecture
Lamont-Doherty Lab, Monell Hall. 'Seismological constraints
on the evolution of the continental lithosphere'. Free.
www.ldeo.columbia.edu, 845-365-8634,
,

19:00 - Cranford - NJ - Amat Astro Inc meeting - see Sep 2

19:30 - Stony Brook - LI - astronomy lecture - see Sep 2

20:00 - Stamford - CT - clearsky starviewing - see Sep 2

General News
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#**509** September 2nd 05, 04:53 AM

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This month may be the BIGGEST NYC Events ever! And it IS
incomplete!! Several of my regulars assured me that they have
activities in September but they are not yet ready for announcement. I
put them at the top of the listing, under 'XX Sep'. Check with their
contacts in early September for updates.
Custer Institute revamped its website. Activities are more fully
described and easier to navigate to. College of Staten Island
Observatory's website is back in order, after a long closing since
January 2005.
One member left NYC events, NJ Night Sky. It operates almost
entirely for its own members, with little activity for the public.
Astronomical Society of Long Island and York College changed their
observing sessions to all-weather meetings. The mix of indoor talk to
outdoor starviewing will shift according as the weather. Previously
they were clearsky starviewings, with cancellation for clouds.
Cold Spring Harbor Lab, with no September events, advises that it
has construction on its campus that may cause detours and delays
during visits.

Event news
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NYSkiers cheered the safe landing of SHuttle Discovery on August
8th in dawn. Many went to public live telecasts at Hayden Planetarium
and Cradle of Aviation. Some NYSkiers lost TWO nights of sleep, one on
the 7th for the called-off landing and again for the actual landing on
the 8th.
A 'secret' event in August was the Urban Dispersion Program from
the 6th to the 26th. US Dept of Homeland Security and other agencies
studied migration and circulation of air in midtown Manhattan/. Tracer
gases were released on several instances and from several spots in the
zone bounded by 36th-61th St and 3rd-10th Av. Results are shared among
the participants but will not be published openly.
Among the astronomy activities, we have the Connecticut Star party
and Arunah Hill Days and a return presentation of 'mars on my mind' at
the NYSkies Astronomy Seminar. It was given on august 4th to a smaller
audience due to the extreme heat and moisture in the summer sir. Many
NYSkiers and friends, fried out of the first round, asked for a
return, so come on to the Seminar on September 1st.
Right at the start of September is NASA's premiere of its Small
Business Conference, featuring several of Shuttle Discovery's
astronauts. This is a business and industry conference with lectures
and workshops to promote space-related markets. Any one may attend by
paying the $500 fee.
On September 23rd, the new movie 'Magnificent desolation' debuts
in selected IMAX theaters around the country. The film is an 'in the
footsteps' walk with the Apollo astronauts on the Moon! Several IMAX
houses are in the NYSkies territory, as listed under September 23rd.
Hours and prices vary among them.

Sky News
------
Weather has been so uncooperative toward stargazing in August@ We
had only a few clearish nights in the 20s of the month; the rest were
cloudy or rainy. We lost the Perseids and most of the Venus-Jupiter
appulse. Did we suffer for 'lack of astronomy'?
No! What sets the City apart from other astronomy centers is the
cornucopia of no-stars astronomy. We got lectures! Exhibits! Shows!
Tours! Rides! The overwhelming number of them are just a token away
from home. No road traffic hassles, foul weather driving, $50 filling
of the gs tank.
I note that for September you'll have only regular transit riding.
I have no excursions to offer you.
gamma Virginis is about gone in twilight. As yet, I have only
unconfirmed reports of its fracture back into two stars. If you really
want to check out this star, it comes into the morning sky in October.
Hoping for clear dry skies in September, the Milky Way season
opens on the 1st. That's when we do see he brighter segments of the
MIlky Way from within the City. Not often and not fully. Just enough
to assure us that the abatement of luminous graffiti is continuing.
Mars is in easier viewing in September. He is already a good and
bright orangish star in Aries. With bright stars around him, you can
more comfortably trace his retrograde loop. Check out the timetable
for Mars under September 1st.
For a briefing about Mars, be sure to come to the NYSkies
Astronomy Seminar on September 1st, Thursday, 7PM. You'll learn how,
when, where to follow Mars in the City's sky with just the bare eye
and binoculars.

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!

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#**510** September 2nd 05, 04:53 AM

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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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