Popping The Big Bang

JOHN PAZMINO · #**601** March 2nd 06, 04:21 AM posted to sci.astro

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Sci Ind Biz Liby - - - - 2, 7, 16, 22, 29
Sony Wonderlab - - - - - 18
South Street Seaport - - 4, 11, 18, 25
Two Boots Theater - - - - 5

NEW JERSEY
A A A of Princeton - - - 14
A S of Toms Rv Area - - - 10
Amat Astro Inc - - - - - 3, 10, 17, 24, 31
Buehler-Columbia AAA - - 4, 10, 11, 18, 25
Metroptn Rocketry Assn - 2
Morris Museum - - - - - - 4
Morris Museum Astro Soc - 9
Newark Museum - - - - - - 1
New Jersey Astro Assn - - 25
North Jersey Astro Gp - - 2, 8, 9, 23, 30
Ocean Co Coll - 732-255-0343, www.ocean.edu/campus/planetarium
Princeton Univ Obsy - - - 7, 8, 14, 21, 28
Rutgers Univ Obsy - - - - 9, 23
S*T*A*R - - - - - - - - - 2
Sheep Hill Astro Assn - - 5, 17
Stevens Inst Techy - - - 8
Utd Astro Clubs of NJ - - www.uacnj.org
Washington Xing Pk - - - www.princetonastronomy.org, 609-737-2575,

PENNSYLVANIA
Bucks-Mont Astro Assn - - 1
Delaware Vy Amat Astro - 10
Lackawanna Astro Soc - - 7
Lehigh Vy Amat Astro Soc 12

QUEENS
Alley Pond Park - - - - - 4, 18
Forest Park - - - - - - - 26
Fort Totten - - - - - - - 4, 5, 11, 12, 18, 19, 25, 16
Queensboro Plaza - - - - 11
Throggs Neck Bridge - - - 11
York College - - - - - - 8

STATEN ISLAND
Coll of Staten Is - - - - 3
Great Kills Park - - - - 4
SI Community TV - - - - - 6

THE BRONX

UPSTATE
Anthony Wayne Rec Area - 18
Bear Mountain St Pk - - - 25
Catskills Astro Club - - XX
Lamont-Doherty Obsy - - - 10, 24, 26
Lwr Hudson Vy Challr Ctr 15
Mid-Hudson Astro Assn - - 21
Orange Co Astro Assn - - XX
Swinging Bridge dam - - - 1
Vassar College - - - - - 1, 8, 29
Ward Pound Ridge - - - - 4
Westchester Amat Astro - 3
Wilcox Park - - - - - - - 31

List of events
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XXX - XX Mar
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
20:00 - Liberty - NY - clearsky starviewing
Catskills Astro Club. Walnut Mountain Pk. Free, cancelled
for clouds. www.catskillsastro.org, .

XXX - XX Mar
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.

Wed - 1 Mar
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 - NY Publ Liby - MH - science exhibit
Thru 2006 Apr 9. Main Branch, 3rd fl. 'Treasured maps' on
the library's map collection. Free. ,
212-930-9284, www.nypl.org/research
all day - Amer Mus Natl Hist - MH - science exhibit

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JOHN PAZMINO · #**602** March 31st 06, 05:57 AM posted to sci.astro

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20:00 - Anthony Wayne St Rec Area - NY - clearsky starviewing
Rockland Astro Club. Palisade Intst, Exit 17. Free,
cancelled for clouds www.rocklandastronomy.com,
201-768-3298, ,
20:00 - Middletown - CT - clearsky starviewing
Astro Soc of Gtr Hartford. Weslwyan Univ, Van Vleck Obsy.
Free, cancelled for couds. www.asgh.org, 860-872-9069,

20:00 - Chester - NY - clearsky starviewing
Orange Co Astro Assn, Deis Obsy. Free, cancelled for clouds.
www.ocastronomy.org, , 845-641-2672
20:00 - Liberty - NY - clearsky starviewing
Catskills Astro Club. Walnut Mountain Pk. Free, cancelled
for clouds. www.catskillsastro.org, .

XXX - XX Apr
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.

Sat - 1 Apr
all day - whole City - MH -Lower Manh 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 - NY Publ Liby - MH - science exhibit
Thru 2006 Apr 9. Main Branch, 3rd fl. 'Treasured maps' on
the library's map collection. Free. ,
212-930-9284, www.nypl.org/research
all day - Amer Mus Natl Hist - MH - science exhibit
Thru 2006 May 29. 'Darwin' on evolution and creationism, has
live turtles, iguanas, frogs like ones that Darwin examined.
$21 timed tkt. 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 - Newark - NJ - astronomy exhibit
Thru 2006 Apr 2. Newark Museum. 'Solar fireworks' on the
Sun and Big Bear Obsy. $5 mus adm. www.newarkmuseum.org,
973-596-6550
00:01 - whole City - MH - IRT service disruption
weekday nights and entire weekends. From 2006 March 18 thru
fall 2006. IRT sevice disruptions for construction of South
Ferry station and Fulton St interchange. CStudy flyers and
posters for reroutes and suspensions. www.mta.info.
02:00 - whole City - MH - Daylight Savings Time
Set clocks AHEAD, FORWARD, one hour. There is no valid time
from 02:00 thry 02:59.
11:00 - Garden City - LI - LI Book & Ephmera Fair
Also on Sun 2 Apr. Graden City Field House. Source of astr
books, maps, prints. $6 2-day tkt. 631-261-4990,
www.libda.com.
12:00 - CUNY Graduate Center - MH - science lecture
'Cosmology and racism' on inner-city influence on
astronomy development[!]. $25, includes lunch.
web.gc.cuny.edu/cepp, 212-817-8215
13:00 - Fort Greene Pk - BK - cultural tour
Urban Park Rangers. Ft Greene Pk Vstr Ctr. Walk thru history
and culture of park and surrounds. Free. www.nyc.gov/parks
14:00 - Ft Totten - QN - cultural tour
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 University - MH - Natl Space Soc meeting
32 Waverly Pl. Ask at lobby desk for room. Bring photo ID
for campus security. Free. www.nsschapters.org/ny/nyc,
.
18:20 - whole City - MH - Pleiades occultation
Moon passes thru Pleiades cluster in twilight thru late
night.
PLEIADES IN NEW YORK ON 2006 APRIL 1
====================================
EST event comments
------ ----------------- ---------------------------------
18h20m sunset early events occur in twilight
18 42 Electra ingress 75deg from N cusp on dark limb
19 16 Celaeno graze at N cusp, S and SW of NYC
19 20 nautical twilight Moon 17% illum, 48deg E elong
19 22 Merope ingress 55deg fron S cusp on bright limb
19 45 Electra egress 63deg from S cusp on bright limb
19 53 Alcyone ingress 80deg from S cusp on dark limb
20 19 Merope egress 69deg from S cusp on bright limb
20 39 Atlas ingress 59deg from N cusp on dark limb
20 39 Pleione ingress 75deg from S cusp on dark limb
20 54 Alcyone egress 84deg from N cusp on bright limb

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21 31 Atlas egress 73deg from S cusp on bright limb
21 34 Pleione egress 85deg from S cusp on bright limb
22 35 Alcyone sets central point of Pleiades
22 45 moonset later events occur near horizon
19:00 - Bear Mt St Pk - NY - clearsky starviewing
Silvermine Pkg Lot. Free, cancelled for clouds.
718-468-8087, , www.aaa.org
19:00 - Toms River - NJ - clearsky starviewing
Astro Soc of Toms Rv Area. Ocean Co Coll, Novis Plm. Free,
cancelled for clouds. www.astra-nj.org, 732-255-0343,

19:00 - Ward Pound Ridge - NY - clearsky starviewing
Westchester Amat Astro. Meadows Picnic Area. Free, cancelled
for clouds.
www.westchesterastronomers.org,
20:00 - Jenny Jump St Forest - NJ - Utd A C of NJ mtg
UACNJ Obsy. Indoor talk, clearsky starviewing. Free.
www.uacnj.org
20:00 - Southold - LI - Custer Inst meeting
Custer Inst. Free. www.custerobservatory.org,

20:00 - Paramus - NJ - Buehler-Columbia A A A lecture
Bergen Commty Coll, Buehler Obsy. Free.
www.bergen.edu/buehler, .

Sun - 2 Apr
11:00 - Graden City - LI - LI Book & Ephmera Fair - see Apr 1
11:00 - Alley Pond Park - QN - cultural tour
Urban Park Rangers. UPR Adventr Ctr. Walk thru history and
culture of Vanderbilt Motorway. Free. www.nyc.gov/parks
11:00 - Ft Totten - QN - cultural tour
Urban Park Rangers. Fort entrance on Cross Is Py. Walk thru
history and culture of fort and surrounds. Free.
www.nyc.gov/parks
12:00 - Bethany - CT - CT Tripoli Rocketry Assn meeting
Bethany Town Hall, Free. www.ctra-narconn.org, 860-583-1690
13:00 - Central Park - MH - cultural tour
Urban Park Rangers. Boathouse Cafe' nr 74th St. Visit
artworks around the Lake. Free. www.nyc.gov/parks
13:15 - Uniondale - LI - Amat Obsrs Soc meeting
Nassau Commty Coll, Bdg F, Room 123. Free. www.aosny.org,

14:00 - Ft Totten - QN - science tour
Urban Park Rangers. Fort entrance on Cross Is Py. Examine
coastal interaction of land and water. Free.
www.nyc.gov/parks
18:00 - Cornelia Street Cafe' - MH - science show
29 Cornelia St nr W 4 St. 'Afternoon of the chimeras' on
evolution and mutation. $10 adm.
www.corneliastreetcafe.com, 212-989-9319
19:30 - Boonton - NJ - Sheep Hill Astro Assn meeting
Boonton Town Hall. Free. www.uacnj.org/clubs/shaa.htm,

Mon - 3 Apr
10:00 - Van Cortlnadt Park - BX - cultural tour
Urban Park Rangers. VCP Natr Ctr. Walk thru history and
culture of Old Croton Aqueduct. Free. www.nyc.gov/parks
18:00 - Amer Mus Natl Hist - MH - science lecture
Kaufmann Thtr. 'Are human brains unique?'. Free with mus
adm. www.amnh.org/programs, 212-769-5100
19:30 - Mariners Harbor - SI - live audience science show
SI Commty TV, 100 Cable Way, Studio 2. Free.
www.sictv.org, 718-727-1414
19:30 - Cadman Plaza - BK - clearsky stargazing
RISK OF HOSTILITY AND ABUSE
Amat Astro Assn. S side of War Meml. Free, cancelled for
clouds. www.aaa.org,
20:00 - Willowbrook - SI - clearksy starviewing
Coll of SI, Astrop Obsy. Free, cancelled for clouds.
718-982-2818, ,
supernova7.apsc.csi.cuny.edu

Tue - 4 Apr
16:15 - Princeton - NJ - astronomy lecture
Princeton Univ, Peyton Hall. Free.
www.astro.princeton.edu/events.htm,

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 - 5 Apr
15:45 - Middletown - CT - astronomy lecture
Wesleyan Univ, Van Vleck Obsy. '... Pluto-sized bodies far
beyond Pluto ...'. Free. 860-685-3664,

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JOHN PAZMINO · #**604** March 31st 06, 05:57 AM posted to sci.astro

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13:00 - Fort Greene Pk - BK - cultural tour - see Apr 1
13:00 - Central Park - MH - cultural tour
Urban Park Rangers. Dairy nr 65th St. Visit many of park's
bridges and arches. Free. www.nyc.gov/parks
14:00 - Ft Totten - QN - cultural tour - see Apr 1
18:00 - Fort Washington Pk - MH - cultural tour
Urban Park Rangers. Jitney from 181 St & riverside Dr. Walk
thru history and culture of lighthouse and surrounds. Free.
www.nyc.gov/parks
19:30 - 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 - Jenny Jump St Forest - NJ - Utd A C of NJ mtg - see Apr 1
20:00 - Paramus - NJ - Buehler-Columbia A A A lecture - see Apr 1
20:00 - Southold - LI - Custer Inst meeting - see Apr 1

Sun - 9 Apr
11:00 - Ft Totten - QN - cultural tour - see Apr 2
13:00 - Highvridge Park - MH - cultural tour
Urban Park Rangers. Highbridge Tower, 174th St & Amsterdam
Av. Walk thru history and culture of tower and surrounds.
Free. www.nyc,gov/parks
15:00 - Palisades - NY - science lecture
Lamont-Doherty Obsy, Monell Bdg. 'Climate change problem'.
Free. www.ldeo.columbia.edu, 845-365-8634,

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

Mon - 10 Apr
12:00 - Middletown - CT - astronomy lecture
Wesleyan Univ, Van Vleck Obsy. 'VLA observations of solar
system bodies' Free. 860-685-3664,
www.astro.wesleyan.edu/events
18:00 - NY Acady of Sci - MH - science lecture
'Cosmic landscape, string theory and the illusion of
intelligent design'. $20 adm. www.nyas.org, 212-838-0230

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JOHN PAZMINO · #**606** March 31st 06, 05:57 AM posted to sci.astro

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bridges in one location. Free. 212-592-7000,
www.nypl.org/research/sibl
18:30 - Hayden Plm - MH - This Just In
Live presentation on current astronomy news. $12 adm.
www.amnh.org/programs, 212-769-5100
19:30 - New Paltz - NY - Mid Hudson Astro Assn meeting
SUNY New Paltz, Coykendall Audm. Free.
mhaa.whodeanie.com, 845-485-5669,
20:00 - Westport - CT - Westport Astro Soc meeting
Rolnick Obsy. Free. www.was-ct.org, 203-227-0925,

Wed - 19 Apr
15:45 - Middletown - CT - astronomy lecture
Wesleyan Univ, Van Vleck Obsy. 'X-rays from massive stars'.
Free. 860-685-3664, www.astro.wesleyan.edu/events
20:00 - Middletown - CT - clearsky starviewing - see Apr 5
20:00 - Westport - CT - clearsky starviewing - see Apr 5
20:30 - Old Westbury - LI - Astro Soc of LI meeting - see Apr 12
21:00 - Poughkeepsie - NY - clearsky starviewing - see Apr 5

Thu - 20 Apr
14:45 - Earth Institute - MH - astronomy lecture
Columbia U, Mudd Hall, Rm 214. 'Jets on the giant planets'.
Free. www.earthinstitute.columbia.edu,
hdewhurst#ei.columbia.edu
19:00 - St Paul's Luthrn Ch - MH - NYSkies Astro Semnr - see Apr 6
19:00 - Waterbury - CT - Mattituck Astro Soc meeting
Naugatuck Vy Commty Coll, Ekstrom Hall. Free.
mastransit.org,
19:00 - Upr Montclair - NJ - clearsky starviewing - see Apr 6
19:30 - Riverdale - NJ - Metroptn Rocketry Assn meeting
Zeppelin Hobby store, Riverdale Sq Mall. Free.
metrarocketclub.org, , 973-831-7717
20:00 - Westport - CT - clearsky starviewing - see Apr 5
20:00 - New Haven - CT - astronomy lecture

Fri - 21 Apr
11:00 - Grand Central Terml - MH - Earth Day fair
Also Sat 22 Apr. Next to depot, Vanderbilt Av. Demos, music,
dance, acts, activities for taking care of planet Earth.
Free! www.earthdayny.org
12:00 - Park Av Armory - MH - NY Antiquarian bookfair
Thru Sun 23 Apr. Park Av & 67 St. Source of astronomy books,
maps, prints. $35 3-day tkt. 212-777-5218,
www.sanfordsmith.com
12:00 - 69 Regt armory - MH - Carriage House bookfair
Also Sat 22 Apr. 68 Lexington Av. Source of astronomy books,
maps, prints. $25 2-day tkt. www.bookfairs..com,
800-556-3727,
15:00 - John Jay College - MH - science conference
Thru -Sat 22 Apr. NY Acady of Sci. 9 Av & 59 St. 'Teaching
evolution and the nature of science'. $160 adm.
212-838-0230, , www.nyas.org.
16:00 - Brookhaven - LI - astronomy lecture
Brookhaven Natl Lab, Berkner Hall. 'The origin of mass and
the feebleness of gravity'. Free, bring GI photo IS for
campus security. www.bnl.gov, 631-344-8000
19:00 - Toms River - NJ - astronomy lecture
Ocean Co Coll, Novis Plm. 'Misssion to Mars' about the Mars
rovers. Free with mus adm. 732-255-0343,
www.ocean.edu/campus/planetarium
20:00 - Stamford - CT - clearsky starviewing - see Apr 7
20:00 - Stratford - CT - Boothe Meml Astro Soc mtg - see Apr 7
20:00 - Cranford - NJ - Amat Astro Inc lecture
Union Co Coll, Smith Audm. Indoor talk, clearsky
starviewing. Free. www.asterism.org,
20:00 - Robert Moses S P - LI - clearsky starviewing
Amat Obsrs Soc. Oarking Field #2. Free, cancelled for
clouds. www.aosny.org,
20:30 - Boonton - NJ - clearsky starviewing
Sheep Hill Astro Assn obsy, Free, cancelled for
clouds. www.uacnj.org/clubs/shaa.htm,

Sat - 22 Apr
10:00 - Toms River - NJ - Astronomy Day show
Ocean Co Coll, Novis Plm. Demos, exhibits, clearsky
sunviewing. Free with mus adm. 732-255-0343,
www.ocean.edu/campus/planetarium
11:00 - Grand Central Terml - MH - Earth Day fair - see Apr 21
12:00 - 69 Regt Armory - MH - Carriage House bookfair - see Apr 21
13:00 - Central Park - MH - cultural tour
Urban Park Rangers. Dana Discvry Ctr. Walk thru military
history and culture of park and surrounds. Free.
www.nyc.gov/parks
13:00 - Fort Greene Pk - BK - cultural tour - see Apr 1
14:00 - Ft Totten - QN - cultural tour - see Apr 1
19:00 - Bear Mt St Pk - NY - clearsky starviewing - see Apr 1
19:30 - Danbury - CT - astronomy lecture - see Apr 13

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20:00 - Jenny Jump St Forest - NJ - Utd A C of NJ mtg - see Apr 1
20:00 - Paramus - NJ - Buehler-Columbia A A A lecture - see Apr 1
20:00 - Caumsett S P - LI - clearsky starviewing
Amat Obsrs Soc. Oarking Field #2. Free, cancelled for
clouds. www.aosny.org,
20:00 - Southold - LI - Custer Inst meeting - see Apr 1
20:30 - Voorhees St Pk - NJ - NU Astro Assn meeting
NJAA-HQ, Robinson Obsy. Free, indoor lecture, clearsky
starviewing. www.njaa.org, 908-368-8600

Sun - 23 Apr
11:00 - Ft Totten - QN - cultural tour - see Apr 2
13:00 - Alley Pond Park - QN - cultural workshop
Urban Park Rangers. UPR Adventr Ctr. How to cook meals on
camping, like at starpaties, Free. www.nyc.gov/parks

Tue - 25 Apr
16:15 - Princeton - NJ - astronomy lecture - see Apr 4
18:30 - Hayden Plm - MH - Celestial Highlights
Live skyshow of current evening sky. $12 adm.
212-769-5100, www.amnh.org/programs
19:00 - Greenwich - CT - clearsky starviewing - see Apr 11
19:00 - Amer Mus Natl Hist - MH - science lecture
Kaufmann Thtr. 'The first human'. $15.
www.amnh.org/programs, 212-769-5100

Wed - 26 Apr
18:00 - NY Acady of Sci - MH - science lecture
'How cities choose their paths toward sustainability'. $20
adm. www.nyas.org, 212-838-0230
19:30 - Northport - LI - Science Club of LI meeting
Northport Publ Liby. 'Teachong evolution in the public
school system'. Free. www.sciencecluboflongisland.com,
631-421-1523,
20:00 - Middletown - CT - clearsky starviewing - see Apr 5
20:00 - Westport - CT - clearsky starviewing - see Apr 5
20:30 - Old Westbury - LI - Astro Soc of LI meeting - see Apr 12
21:00 - Poughkeepsie - NY - clearsky starviewing - see Apr 5

Thu - 27 Apr
11:00 - Brookhaven - LI - astronomy lecture
Brookhaven Natl Lab, Bdg 463. 'Space flight and immunity'.
Free, bring GI photo IS for campus security. www.bnl.gov,
631-344-8000
17:00 - Amer Mus Natl Hist - MH - science lecture
Kaufmann Thtr. 'Biodiversity'. Free with mus adm.
www.amnh.org/programs, 212-769-5100
19:00 - Upr Montclair - NJ - clearsky starviewing - see Apr 6
20:00 - Westport - CT - clearsky starviewing - see Apr 5
20:30 - Danbury - CT - astronomy lecture - see Apr 8
HOUR IS 20:30, NOT 19:30.
20:00 - Piscataway - NJ - clearsky starviewing - see Apr 13

Fri - 28 Apr
09:00 - New Haven - CT - Dorrit Hoffleit conference
Thru Sat 29 Apr. Yale Univ. New Haven Omni hotel. Talks,
posters, breakfasts & lunches, banquet, published papers.
$180 fee. www.astro.yale.edu/hoffleit/Hoffleit2006,
203-432-3000, .
15:00 - Belleplain St Forest - NJ - Soth Jersey Star Quest
Thru Sun 30 Apr. So Jersey Astro Soc. No-frills, camping,
darkskies. $10 adm. members.ail.com/sjastro/spring.html,
, 267-304-4156.
19:00 - Washington Xg S P - NJ - clearksy starviewing - see Apr 7
19:00 - Cranford - NJ - Amat Astro Inc meeting - see Apr 7
19:00 - Toms River - NJ - astronomy lecture
Ocean Co Coll, Novis Plm. '55 minutes in the Moon's shadow'
about chasing solar eclipses. $5 adm. 732-255-0343,
www.ocean.edu/campus/planetarium
19:00 - Carl Schurz Park - MH - clearsky starviewing
RISK OF ABUSE AND HOSTILITY
Amat Astro Assn. Finley Walk at 86 St. Free, cancelled for
clouds. www.aaa.org, , 212-807-9624
19:00 - Columbia Univ Obsy - MH - clearsky starviewing - see Apr 7
20:00 - Stamford - CT - clearsky starviewing - see Apr 7
20:00 - Robert Moses S P - LI - clearsky starviewing - see Apr 21
20:00 - Wilcox Pk - NY - clearsky starviewing
Mid Hudson Astro Assn. Free, cancelled for clouds
mhaa.whodeanie.com. 845-485-5669,

Sat - 29 Apr
10:00 - Ft Totten - QN - cultural tour
Urban Park Rangers. Fort entrance on Cross Is Py. Bike thru
history and culture of fort and surrounds. Free, bring bike,
lunch, and water. www.nyc.gov/parks
10:00 - Central Pk - MH - clearsky sunviewing
RISK OF HOSTILITY AND ABUSE
Amat Astro Assn. Conservatory Water, 5th Av & 74th St. Free,
cancelled for clouds. www.aaa.org, ,

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212-807-9624
11:00 - Ft Totten - QN - science workshop
Urban Park Rangers. Fort entrance on Cross Is Py. Use of
methods and tools otofor field biology. Free.
www.nyc.gov/parks
13:00 - Fort Greene Pk - BK - cultural tour - see Apr 1
14:00 - Ft Totten - QN - cultural tour - see Apr 1
19:00 - Bear Mt St Pk - NY - clearsky starviewing - see Apr 1
19:30 - Great Kills Pk - SI - clearsky starviewing
Natl Pk Svc. Enter from Hylan Bv to model flying field.
Free, cancelled for clouds. , www.aaa.org,
718-494-1370
20:00 - Robert Moses S P - LI - clearsky starviewing - see Apr 21
20:00 - Paramus - NJ - Buehler-Columbia A A A lecture - see Apr 1
20:00 - Jenny Jump St Forest - NJ - Utd A C of NJ mtg - see Apr 1
20:00 - Inwood Hill Park - MH - clearsky starviewing
RISK OF ABUSE AND HOSTILITY
Amat Astro Assn. Inwood Hill Natr Ctr. Free, cancelled for
clouds. www.aaa.org,
20:00 - Southold - LI - Custer Inst meeting - see Apr 1

Sun - 30 Apr
11:00 - Ft Totten - QN - cultural tour - see Apr 9
11:00 - City Hall Park - MH - cultural tour
Urban Park rangers. Fountain in City Hall Park. Walk thru
history and culture of park and Brooklyn Bridge. Free.
www.nyc.gov/parks
15:00 - Palisades - NY - science lecture
Lamont-Doherty Obsy, Monell Bdg. '100th anniversary of the
San Francisco earthquake'. Free. www.ldeo.columbia.edu,
845-365-8634,
19:00 - Ft Totten - QN - astronomy lecture
Urban Park Rangers. Fort entrance on Cross Is Py. Indoor
talk, clearsky starviewing. Free. www.nyc.gov/parks

General News
----------
During March 2006 we had the cancellation of a prominent event and
the announcement of a new prominent event. The Godel-Einstein talk at
SIBL on March 16th was called off several days in advance. The new
lecture, a major discussion of Greek astronomy, was held at St
Joseph's College on March 27th.
Both incidents were duly noted with ample leadtime in the NYSkies
forum. While some readers get only the printed NYC Events, a handout
at an astronomy meeting, this column should be used in conjunction
with the forum. That's why at the very top of NYC Events, I call
attention to the NYSkies forum.
Three upstate astroclubs may have a continuing glitch. Catskills
Astro Club's website is still out of service and Orange County
Astronomers still has last year's calendar of events on its website.
They are now joined by Rockland Astronomy Club. Rockland's website
does have addiurnate information about the Northeast Astronomy Forum
in May 2006, but still has a 2005 calendar for its Anthony Wayne and
other special events. Like, it shows the April 2005 NEAF! NYC Events,
March 2006, misread this calendar for an Anthony Wayne session and the
mistaken date was a valid 2006 date.
With the coming of mild weather in April, please keep aware of
winter's lingering chill and breeze. Many cultural tours in April
require outdoor exposure. What may be fun to walk thru for shopping,
visiting, commuting could be devastating on an extended outdoor tour.
Astronomical Society of Toms River Area meets in the Fine Arts hal
of Ocean County College for its Feb thru May 2006 meetings., not in
the college's Novis Planetarium.
Yale University enters the NYC Events family with its astronomy
lectures. They are open for local astronomers. Its spring season
completes in April, but it wants NYC Events to promote these talks
again in the fall.
The NYSkies territory switches to Eastern Daylight Time on Sunday
2 April 2006. Set your clock AHEAD, FORWARD, one hour. Officially, the
shift is made at 02:00 EST, which becomes 03:00 EDST. There are no
valid times from 02:00 thru 02:59 on Sunday the 2nd.

Event news
--------
The NYSkies Astronomy Seminar continued its lively discussions of
astronomy news, with a lively and stable attendance. On March 2nd our
members arrived on the heels of an allday snowstorm! On the 16th we
had a full house of twelve folk, including the hall's custodian! He
heard something about 'ice on Saturn found by a German spaceship'. As
we explained about Cassini, he sat down to take in a slice of the
Seminar!!
NYSkies Astronomy Seminar completed is first year; the kickoff
session was on 2005 March 17. We'll have a little party, with clicking
wine glasses, at our April 6th session. Come on down and mingle with
the City's home astronomers!!
The mega events, yes, events in the plural, are the TWO festivals
for Earth Day. Traditionally, America celebrated Earth Day with a
giant street fair or indoor exhibition in New York. NYSkies is n
annual exhibitor at these fun-filled events.

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JOHN PAZMINO · #**610** March 31st 06, 05:57 AM posted to sci.astro

Continued from previous message.

With the upsurge in public awareness of its stewardship of planet
Earth, this year we got TWO separate festivals! The first is inside
Grand Central Terminal on April 14-15 with the NYSkies booth. The
other is an outdoor street party on April 21-22 next to the depot.
Both are free! That price includes sample food snacks, dance and
acts, music, handouts, and midtown Manhattan all around you.
With this year being the Darwin year, anchored by the monster
exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History, many events relate
to evolution. They are spread over much of the NYSkies turf, not just
on Manhattan. These are particularly timely for the upswing in the
debate about Bible-based creation in public schools.
Amateur Astronomer Association Inc sticks to its despotic ways,
with no indication of reform. Thus, certain of its activities carry
the risk of abuse and hostility to their visitors, as marked in the
index and annotated in the listings.
On 2005 December 2 three AAA Board members, including president
Michael O'Gara, displayed hostile behavior at its lecture at the
American Museum of Natural History. They tried to harass a Museum
visitor by posturing and gesturing!
Because there now seems to be more than just a 'risk' of abuse and
hostility, NYC Events no longer lists AAA events at the Museum. These
were so far this year their Friday lectures in Kaufmann Theater and
their starviewing in the Planetarium's Monday shows.
Two bookfairs on Manhattan, on the same IRT subway line! Both
start on Friday the 21st in armories!! One is the Carriage House fiar
in the 69th Regiment Armory; the other is in the Park Avenue Armory.
Both are founts of astronomy, and other special interst, material.
Since they run for two ro three day,s stop at each!
I included the show of 'Saga of Pale Male' on April 17th. He's the
red-tail hawk that made home on top of Mary Tyler Moore's 5th Av house
because many NYSkiers admire him and his family. The hawks are easiest
viewed from inside Central Park next to 74th-75th St on Fifth Avenue.
Central Park's fabled bridges star in two independent events. A
walking tour by the Urban Park rangers on April 8th, followed by a
lecture at SIBL on the 18th. Central Parkk has the world's largest set
of bridges in one location!!.
With the return of nighttime stargazing sessions, after
hibernating during the winter, understand that even the lingering cold
and wind are most merciless to the unprepared astronomer! This is
specially true in a field with no shelter.

Sky News
------
Weather in March varied fro cool crisp star-filled nights to
miserable cloudy nights. We had a small snowstorm on March 2nd,
nothing big, just a dozen centimeters of accumulation. It didn't even
impede the NYSkies Astronomy Seminar on that evening, we came to the
meeting with snow on our shoes.
Saturn is in high south at night, to rule the evening sky all thru
spring. His rings are slowly closing up, making him more 'classical'
in appearance.
A half dozen NYSkiers flocked to Carl Schurz Park to watch the
paenumbral lunar eclipse on March 14th. Thru passing clouds they saw
a definite darker edge near mid eclipse. But it seemed a bit TOO dark
and definite.
It usually happens that the umbra blooms a percent or two larger
than calculated from geometry. In this eclipse, the umbra was just off
of the Moon with only the deepest paenumbra on the disc. Could it be
that the extra dark nibble around mid eclipse was the outer edge of
the bloomed umbra?
April 2006 opens with a twilight occultation of the Pleiades on
the 1st. In a dark sky this would be a stupendous spectacle. In the
early brighter twilight you'll likely miss some of the stars, but will
catch the ones later in darker twilight. You'll need a low horizon in
the west and northwest for the later occultations, close to moonset.
We're starting to rev up for comet Schwassmann-Wachmann-3
approaching Earth in May. It's still far too soon to make any credible
forecast of its brightness and showiness. Please calm down a bit. OH?

NYSkies
-----
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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