Popping The Big Bang

**JOHN PAZMINO** · #**671** February 6th 07, 01:59 AM posted to sci.astro

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Bklyn Downtown subways are under major work at various
hours. Check posters and flyers for your routes.
www.mta.info/nyct/srvice/lower_manh
all day - Mus of the Moving Image - QN - cultural exhibit
Thru Apr 15. 'Star Trek - 40 years of fandom', artefacts,
litteature on ST series from 1966 to 1986. $10 adm.
718-784-4520, www.movingimage.us
all day - Princeton - NJ - science exhibit
Thru May 1. Princeton Univ, Friend Center. 'Art of science'
images produced thru or inspired by science, Free.
www.princeton.edu/artofscience/about.html
all day - NY Hall of Science - QN - science exhibit
Thru Feb 25. 'Places & spaces' on mapping and visual
display of data, same at at SIBL in 2006. $11 adm.
718-699-0006, www.nyscience.org
all day - Amer Mus Natl Hist - MH - astronomy lecture
Indefinite duration. LeFrak Thtr. 'Roving Mars' IMAX cinema.
$17 adm. www.amnh.org/programs, 212-769-5100
all day - Amer Mus Natl Hist - MH - science exhibit
Thru Aug 19. 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 - Julia Miles Theater - MH - science show
Thru Feb 11. 424 W 55 St, 9 Av. 'Victoria Martin, math team
queen'.play about female mathelete. $40 minus % = # of
digits of 'Oi[ recited from memory[!]. 212-239-6200,
www.womensproject.org.
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 Haven - CT - astronomy exhibit
Thru May 6. Yale Univ, Peabody Museum. 'Alien Earths'
on search for planets of other stars. $7 adm. 203.432.3188.
www.yale.edu/peabody,
all day - Centerport - LI - science exhibit
Indefinite duration. Vanderbilt Museum. 'Dino-Stars' outdoor
life-size replicas of dinosaurs, indoor computer simulations
and gideos of dinosaurs. $7 adm. www.vanderbiltmuseum.org,
14:00 - CUNY Grad Ctr - MH - science show
'Robotic dance competition'. Free. web.gc.cuny.edu/cepp,
212-817-8215, ,
17:00 - Danbury - CT - astronomy lecture
Western Connecticut St Uv, Plm/Obsy. Free.
www.wcsu.edu/starwatch, 203-837-8671,
18:00 - CUNY Grad Ctr - MH - science show
'Physics of the buffyverse'. Free. web.gc.cuny.edu/cepp,
212-817-8215, ,
19:00 - St Paul's Luthrn Ch - MH - NYSkies Astro Semnr
SPECIAL FEATURE 'OBSERVATORY DESIGN ON STEROIDS'
315 W 22nd St. Discussion of astronomy topics, show & tell,
skywatching reports, news of astro activity in NYSkies
territory. Free. ,
212-273-5958
19:00 - 92nd St Y - MH - science lecture
Lexington Av & 92 St. 'Black holes and other quanderies'.
$25 adm. www.92y.org, 212-415-5500
19:30 - Riverdale - NJ - Metra Rocketry Assn meeting
Zeppelin Hobby store, Riverdale Sq Mall. Free.
metrarocketclub.org, , 973-831-7717
20:00 - Red Room theater - MH - science show
Thu-Fri-Sat thru Feb 24. 85 E 4 St, 2/3 Avs. 'Many worlds'
love story tangled with quantum mechanics. $15 rkr.
212-868-4444, www.workingmansclothes.com.
20:00 - Middletown - NJ - S*T*A*R meeting
King of Kings Lutheran Ch. Free. www.starastronomy.org,

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

Fri - 2 Feb
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. physics,nyu.edu/
cgi-bin/astro, , 212-998-7706
18:00 - NY Acady of Sci - MH - science lecture
'CUNY-DOE undergraduate intiative to prepare exceptional
teachers for NYC'' $20 adm + opt dinner, adv regn reqd.
www.nyas.org, 212-838-0230
19:30 - Stony Brook - LI - astronomy lecture

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**JOHN PAZMINO** · #**672** March 1st 07, 03:21 AM posted to sci.astro

NYC EVENTS FOR MARCH 2007
--------------------------
John Pazmino
NYSkies

[part 1 of 2 parts]0

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'.
Hours from March 1 thru 10 are Eastern Standard Time. From March
11 to 31 they are Eastern Daylight Savings Time. Recall that daylight
savings time in 2007 inaugurates its new extended duration, from the
2nd Sunday of march thru the 1st Sunday of November.

Lunar eclipse and occultation
---------------------------
On the evening of match 3rd is a total lunar eclipse. MNoon rises
in umbra quite at sunset. You need a clear view to the east horizon. A
couple astronomy centers set up lunar eclipse watchs, but please ask
at your own local one for last minute arrangements.
During totailty the 5th magnitude star 59 leonis is occulted, an
uncommon feature of lunar eclipses. The ingress is in bright twilight;
egress, at night. The overall eclipse can be enjoyed with binoculars
but the occultation requires at least a small telescope.

Index of events
-------------
Dates for events; contact if no events
--------------------------------------
BROOKLYN - BK
BMT Myrtle & Canarsie - - 10
Brooklyn College - - - - 27
Floyd Bennett Field - - - 23
Fort Greene park - - - - 3, 4
Marine Park - - - - - - - 5
Owl's Head Park - - - - - 10
Secret Science Club - - - 7

CONNECTICUT - CT
A S of Gtr Hartford - - - 21
Astro Soc of Greenwich - 7
Astro Soc of New Haven - 27
Bethany Observatory - - - 30
Boothe Meml Astro Soc - - 2, 16
Bowman Observatory - - - 13, 27
CT Antiqrn Book Fair - - 18
CT Tripoli Rocketry Assn www.ctra-narconn.org, 860-583-1690
Ephemera 27 bookfair - - 9-11
Mattituck Astro Soc - - - 15
Peabody Museum - - - - - 1-May 6
Stamford Observatory - - 2, 9, 16, 23, 30
Van Vleck Observatory - - 7, 21. 28
Western CT St Univ - - - 1, 3, 15, 29
Westport Astro Soc - - - 1, 7, 8, 14, 15, 20, 21, 22, 28, 29

LONG ISLAND - LI
Amat Obsrs Soc - - - - - 4
Astro Soc of Long Is - - 7, 14, 21
Brookhaven Natl Lab - - - 2
Carl Schurz Park - - - - 3
Caumsett St Histrcl Pk - www.aosny.org,
Custer Institute - - - - 3, 10, 17, 24, 31
LI Book & Ephemera Fair - 31-Apr 1
Natl Space Soc-LISS - - - chapters.nss.org/ny/longisland,

Robert Moses St Pk - - - 16, 17, 23, 24
Science Club of Long Is - www.sciencecluboflongisland.com,
631-421-1523,
SUNY Stony Brook - - - - 2, 30
Venderbilt Museum - - - - 1-indef
Vanderbilt Planetarium - 28

MANHATTAN - MH
2nd Avenue subway - - - - XX
92nd Street Y - - - - - - 8
Amer Mus Natl Hist - - - 1-Aug 19, 1-indef, 1, 3, 10-11, 26
Big Apple Colloqium - - - 9
Cafe' Science - - - - - - 12
Cafe' Scientifique - - - 6

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**JOHN PAZMINO** · #**673** March 1st 07, 03:21 AM posted to sci.astro

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Cathedral St John Divine 31
Central Park - - - - - - 3, 4
Columbia Univ Obsy - - - 23
Columbia University - - - 7, 14, 21, 28
Cornelia St cafe' - - - - 4
Courant Institute - - - - 21, 28
CUNY Graduate Center - - 21
Daylight Savings Time - - 11
Dorkbot - - - - - - - - - 7
Earth Institute - - - - - 22
Goddard Inst for Spc Std 2
Hayden Planetarium - - - 6, 13, 27
Highbridge Water Tower - 18
Inst Strings, Cosmology - 2, 9, 16, 23, 30
Intl Polar Weekend - - - 10-11
Inwood Hill Park - - - - 4
IRT first segment - - - - 24
IRT Flushing line - - - - 1-31
Isaac Asimov Debate - - - 26
Little Red Lighthouse - - 11
lunar eclipse - - - - - - 3
Lwr Manh-Bklyn DT subways 1-indef
Mus of City of New York - 1-May 26
Natl Space Soc-NYC - - - 3
NY Acady of Sciences - - 2, 20
New York University - - - 2
NYSkies - - - - - - - - - 1, 15
Rockefeller University - www.rockefeller.edu, 212-327-8000,

Sci Ind Biz Liby - - - - 29
South Street Seaport - - 1-May 31
Top of the Lawn - - - - - XX
Wallach Art Gallery - - - 1-Apr 14

NEW JERSEY - NJ
A A A of Princeton - - - 13, 30
A S of Toms Rv Area - - - 9
Amat Astro Inc - - - - - 2, 9, 16, 23, 30
Buehler-Columbia AAA - - 3, 10, 17, 24, 31
Inst for Advd Studies - - 6, 13, 20, 27
Metra Rocketry Assn - - - 1
Morris Museum Astro Soc - 8
New Jersey Astro Assn - - 24
Natl Space Soc-NJN - chapters.nss.org/nj/njn,
North Jersey Astro Gp - - 1, 7, 8, 22
Ocean Co Coll - - - www.ocean.edu/campus/planetarium, 732-255-0343,
Princeton Univ Obsy - - - 13
Princeton University - - 1-May 1, 16-17
Rutgers University - - - 7, 21, 28
S*T*A*R - - - - - - - - - 1
Schommer Observatory - - 8, 22
Sheep Hill Astro Assn - - 4
Sheep Hill Observatory - 16
Stevens Inst of Techny - 21
Utd Astro Clubs of NJ - - www.uacnj.org
Washington Xing Pk - - - www.princetonastronomy.org, 609-737-2575,

PENNSYLVANIA - PA
Bucks-Mont Astro Assn - - 7
Delaware Vy Amat Astro - 9
Lackawanna Astro Soc - - 6
Lehigh Vy Amat Astro Soc 11

QUEENS - QN
Alley Pond Park - - - - - 17
Fort Totten - - - - - - - 3, 4
Museum of Moving Image - 1-Apr 15
Queens Museum of Art - - 1-May 27
York College - - - - - - 14

STATEN ISLAND - SI
Coll of Staten Is - - - - 3
Great Kills Park - - - - 3
SI Community TV - - - - - 5
South Beach - - - - - - - 24
St George ferry depot - - 10
THE BRONX - BX

UPSTATE - NY
Anthony Wayne Rec Area - www.rocklandastronomy.com, 201-768-3298,
,
Bear Mountain St Pk - - - 17
Catskills Astro Club - - 17, 24
Lamont-Doherty Obsy - - - 2
Lwr Hudson Vy Challr Ctr 18
Mid-Hudson Astro Assn - - 20
Orange Co Astro Assn - - XX
SUNY Purchase - - - - - - 6

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**JOHN PAZMINO** · #**674** March 1st 07, 03:21 AM posted to sci.astro

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Swinging Bridge dam - - - 1-indef
Vassar College - - - - - 7, 28
Ward Pound Ridge - - - - 17
Westchester Amat Astro - 2
Wilcox Park - - - - - - - 16

List of events
------------
XXX - XX Mar
DATE NOT SET; INQUIRE AT CONTACTS
---------------------------------
XX:XX - 2nd Avenue subway - MH - construction resumes
91-95 St, 2 Av. Street opened to carve chamber for tunnel
'mole'. After assembly, mole chews thru bedrock to junction
with 63 St line. www.mta.info.
20:00 - Chester - NY - clearsky starviewing
Orange Co Astro Assn, Deis Obsy. Free, cancelled for clouds.
www.ocastronomy.org, , 845-641-2672

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

Thu - 1 Mar
all day - South Street Seaport - MH - 'Bodies' exhibit
CHILDREN SHOULD OBTAIN ADULT GUIDANCE!
Thru May 31. 11 Fulton St. About 30 human cadavers,
some intact, some dissected and laid out for inspection of
organs. $27.50 adm. www.southstreetseaport.com
all day - Museum of City of New York - MH - cultural exhibit
Thru May 26. 1220 5 Av & 103 St. 'Robert Moses and the
modern city' life and works og the master builder. $9 adm.
212-534-1672, , www.mcny.org
all day - IRT Flushing line - MH - service disruption
Every Sat & Sun, thru Mar 31. No service btwn Times Sq and
74 St-Bway due to preparation for robotrain. Use BMT 60 St,
IND 53 or 63 St, LIRR, shuttle or interboro bus for travel
btwn Qns and Manh. www.mta.info/nyct
all day - Lwr Manh-Bklyn DT - MH - subway reconstruction
Every Sat & Sun. Indefinite duration. Many Lwr Manh and
Bklyn Downtown subways are under major work at various
hours. Check posters and flyers for your routes.
www.mta.info/nyct/service/lower_manh
all day - Queens Museum of Art - QN - cultural exhibit
Thru May 27. World's Fair, NYC Bdg. 'Robert Moses and the
modern city' life and works of the master builder. $5 adm.
incl 0panorama ride. www.wuuensmuseum.org, 718-592-9700
all day - Mus of the Moving Image - QN - cultural exhibit
Thru Apr 15. 'Star Trek - 40 years of fandom', artefacts,
litteature on ST series from 1966 to 1986. $10 adm.
718-784-4520, www.movingimage.us
all day - Princeton - NJ - science exhibit
Thru May 1. Princeton Univ, Friend Center. 'Art of science'
images produced thru or inspired by science, Free.
www.princeton.edu/artofscience/about.html
all day - Amer Mus Natl Hist - MH - astronomy cinema
Indefinite duration. LeFrak Thtr. 'Roving Mars' IMAX cinema.
$17 adm. www.amnh.org/programs, 212-769-5100
all day - Wallach Art Gallery - MH - cultural exhibit
Thru Apr 14. Columbia U, Schermerhorn Hall, 8th fl. 'Robert
Moses and the modern city' life and work of the master
builder. Free. www.columbia.edu/cu/wallach, 212-854-6800
all day - Amer Mus Natl Hist - MH - science exhibit
Thru Aug 19. 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 Haven - CT - astronomy exhibit
Thru May 6. Yale Univ, Peabody Museum. 'Alien Earths'
on search for planets of other stars. $7 adm. 203.432.3188.
www.yale.edu/peabody,
all day - Centerport - LI - science exhibit
Indefinite duration. Vanderbilt Museum. 'Dino-Stars' outdoor
life-size replicas of dinosaurs, indoor computer simulations
and videos of dinosaurs. $7 adm. www.vanderbiltmuseum.org,
17:00 - Danbury - CT - astronomy lecture
Western Connecticut St Uv, Plm/Obsy. Free.
www.wcsu.edu/starwatch, 203-837-8671,
19:00 - St Paul's Luthrn Ch - MH - NYSkies Astro Semnr
315 W 22nd St. Discussion of astronomy topics, show & tell,
skywatching reports, news of astro activity in NYSkies
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**JOHN PAZMINO** · #**675** March 1st 07, 03:21 AM posted to sci.astro

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18:34 59 Leo ingress 09 88 4:30 o'clock on limb
18:48 nautcl twilight 11 90 full night for NYC
18:57 totality ends 13 92
19:11 59 Leo egress 15 95 2:00 o'clock on limb
20:12 partl phase ends 26 105 umbra leaves Moon
20:32 paenumbra leaves 29 110 ~20 min after umbra
00:17 Moon transit 55 180 on March 4th
------------------------------------------------------
17:30 - Carl Schurz Park - MH - lunar eclipse watch
Promenade at 86th St & East Rv. Informal gathering of local
astronomers to view and show eclipse. Free, cancelled for
clouds. , 212-273-5958.
18:00 - Paramus - NJ - lunar eclipse watch
Buehler-Columbia A A A. Bergen Commty Coll, Buehler Obsy.
Free, cancelled for clouds. www.bergen.edu/buehler,
.
18:00 - Great Kills Park - SI - lunar eclipse watch
Natl Park Svc. Model airplane flying field. Free,
cancelled for clouds. , www.aaa.org,
718-494-1370
18:00 - College of SI - SI - lunar eclipse watch
Astrop Obsy. Free, cancelled for clouds. 718-982-2818,
,
supernova7.apsc.csi.cuny.edu
18:00 - Danbury - CT - lunar eclipse watch
Western Connecticut St Uv, Plm/Obsy. Free, cancelled
for clouds. www.wcsu.edu/starwatch, 203-837-8671,

18:00 - Southold - LI - lunar eclipse watch
Custer Inst. Free, cancelled for clouds.
www.custerobservatory.org,
20:00 - Southold - LI - Custer Inst meeting
Custer Inst. Free. www.custerobservatory.org,

20:15- Paramus - NJ - Buehler-Columbia A A A lecture
Bergen Commty Coll, Buehler Obsy. Free.
www.bergen.edu/buehler, .

Sun - 4 Mar
11:00 - Central Park - MH - science workshop
Urban Park Rangers. Belvedere Castle. Use of maps and
compass. Free. www.nyc.gov/parks
13:00 - Inwoos Hill Park - MH - science workshop
Urban Park Rangers. Inwood Hill Natr Ctr. Winter survuval
for outdoor work and stargazing. Free. www.nyc.gov/parks
13:00 - Fort Totten - QN - cultural tour
Every Sun. Urban Park Rangers. Fort entrance. Walk thru
history and culture of fort and surrounds. www.nyc.gov/parks
13:15 - Uniondale - LI - Amat Obsrs Soc meeting
Nassau Commty Coll, Bdg F, Room 123. Free. www.aosny.org,

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

18:00 - Ft Greene Park - BK - clearsky starviewing
Urban Pk Rangers. Ft Greene Vstr Ctr. Free, cancelled for
clouds. www.nyc.gov/parks
18:00 - Cornelia St Cafe' - MH - Entertaining Science show
29 Cornelia St & W 4 St, 'Atypical antipsychotics'
treatment of schizophrenia. $10 adm.
www.corneliastreetcafe.com, 212-989-9319

Mon - 5 Mar
19:00 - Marine Park - BK - cultural lecture
Urban Park Rangers. Slat Marsh Natr Ctr. 'The wild parrots
of Brooklyn'. Free. www.nyc.gov/parks
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 - 6 Mar
11:00 - Princeton - NJ - Inst Advd Stud lecture
Princeton Univ, Bloomberg 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
19:00 - Purchase - NY - science lecture
SUNY Purchase, Performing Arts Ctr. 'How the ocean is
changing and what it means to you'. 914-254-8631
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,
19:30 - Fleetville - PA - Lackawanna Astro Soc meeting
Keystone Coll, Cupillari Obsy. Free. ,.
members.aol.com/sabiajohn/LAS.html Wed - 8 Nov

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Wed - 7 Mar
16:15 - Columbia University - MH - astronomy lecture
Pupin Hall, Rm 1332. Free. 212-854-3278,
www.astro.columbia.edu/outreach,

16:45 - Piscataway - NJ - science lecture
Rutgers Univ, Physics Lecture Hall. Free. 732-445-3974,
www.physics.rutgers.edu/colloquium
19:00 - Location One - MH - Dorkbot meeting
26 Greene St & Canal St. Scinece-inspired art and music.
Free. 212-334-3347, dorkbot.org.
19:30 - Union Hall - BK - Secret Science Club meeting
707 Union St & 5 Av. Lecture and music on various science
topics. Free. www.secretscienceclub.org, 718-638-4400
19:30 - Greenwich - CT - A S of Greenwich meeting
Bruce Museum. Free. ,
www.geocities.com/astrogreenwich, 203-896-6786-x338
20:00 - Upr Montclair - NJ - No Jersey Astro Gp meeting
Montclair St Univ, Richardson Hall, Room 232. Free.
njagweb.tripod.com, 973-655-7266,

20:00 - Westport - CT - clearsky starviewing - see Mar 1
20:00 - Doylestown - PA - Bucks-Mont Astro Assn meeting
Peace Valley Natr Ctr. Free. www.bma2.com,
, 215-579-9973
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
20:30 - 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 - 8 Mar
19:30 - Morristown - NJ - Morris Mus Astro Soc meeting
Morris Museum. Free. 973-386-1848, ,
http://www.morrismuseum.org/static/e...onomical.html-
20:00 - Westport - CT - clearsky starviewing - see Mar 1
20:00 - Upr Montclair - NJ - clearsky starviewing - see Mar 1
20:15 - 92nd St Y - MH - science lecture
Lexington Av & 92 St. 'In serch of memory' development and
evolution of conscious memory. $25 adm. www.92y.org,
212-415-5500
21:00 - Piscataway - NJ - clearsky starviewing
Rutgers Univ, Schommer Obsy. Free, cancelled for clouds.
732-205-0020, www.physics.rutgers.edu/ast/ast-serin.html

Fri - 9 Mar
10:00 - Stamford - CT - Ephemera 27 bookfair
Thru Mar 11. Stamford marriott hotel. Source for astronomy
books,. prints, maps. #12 3-day adm. 631-261-4990,
flamingoshows.com
14:00 - Columbia Univ - MH - ISCAP meeting - see Mar 2
14:30 - Columbia University - MH - Big Apple Colloquium
Pupin Hall, 13th floor. Free. 212-998-7706,
physics,nyu.edu/cgi-bin/astro, ,
19:00 - Toms River - NJ - Astro Soc of Toms Rv Area mtg
Ocean Co Coll, College Ctr, Cafeteria. 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 mAR 2
20:00 - Stamford - CT - clearsky starviewing - see Mar 2

Sat - 10 Mar
all day - Amer Mus Natl Hist - MH - International Polar Weekend
Thru Sun 11 Mar. Various locations in Mus, lectures, demos,
exhibits to begin Intl Polar Yr. Free with Mus adm.
www.amnh.org/programs, 212-769-5100.
11:00 - BMT Myrtle & Canarsie lines - BK - cultural tour
NY Transit Mus. Gastronomical journey by subway, foot, and
stomch in north Brooklyn. $45, incl food samples, adv regn
reqd, 718-694-1867
12:30 - St George ferry depot - SI - cultural tour
Urban Park Rangers. boarding gate for 12:30 boat. Ride thru
history and culture of NY Harbor and Battery Pk. Free.
www.nyc.gov/parks
13:00 - Owl's Head Park - NK - cultural tour
Urban Park Rangers. Parkkeeper's house. Walk thru history
and culture of park and surrounds. free. www.nyc.gov/parks
20:00 - Southold - LI - Custer Inst meeting - see Mar 3
20:15- Paramus - NJ - Buehler-Columbia A A A lecture - see Mar 3

Sun - 11 Mar
02:00 - whole City - MH - Daylight Savings Time
Set clocks AHEAD, FOREWARD, LATER by one hour. New earlier
shift to EDST takes effect in 2007. Shift back to EST is on
1st Sunday of November.
11:00 - Little Red Lighthouse - MH - cultural tour
Also 15:00. Urban Park Rangers. at Lighthouse. Walk thru
history and culture of lighthouse and surrounds. Free.
www.nyc.gov/parks
19:00 - Allentown - PA - Lehigh Vy A A S meeting
LVAAS HQ, South Mt. Free. www.lvaas.net,

Mon - 12 Mar
17:30 - PicNic cafe' - MH - Cafe' Science show
2665 Broadway & 101 St. Supper/chat with Columbia Univ
profs. $10, incl 1 drink, plus own supper. 212-222-8222,
alumni.columbia.edu/learn/s3_6.html,

Tue - 13 Mar
11:00 - Princeton - NJ - Inst Advd Stud lecture - see Mar 6
19:00 - Hayden Plm - MH - astronomy lecture
'The ssearch for life on exoplanets'. $12 adm.
www.amnh.org/programs, 212-769-5100
20:00 - Princeton - NJ - A A A of Princeton meeting
Princeton U, Peyton Hall. Free. www.princetonastronomy.org,
609-737-2575,
20:00 - Greenwich - CT - clearsky starviewing
Astro Soc of Greenwich. Julian Curtis Elem Schl, Bowman
Obsy. Free, cancelled for clouds. ,
www.geocities.com/astrogreenwich, 203-896-6786-x338
21:00 - Princeton - NJ - clearsky starviewing
Princeton Univ, Peyton Hall. Free, cancelled for clouds
www.astro.princeton.edu/events.htm,

Wed - 14 Mar
16:15 - Columbia University - MH - astronomy lecture - see Mar 7

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

Sat - 31 Mar
11:00 - Garden City - LI - LI Book & Ephemera Fair
Thru Apr 1. Garden City Field House. Source for astronomy
maps, books, prints. $6 2-day adm. 631-261-4990,
flamingoshows.com
12:30 - Cathedral of St John Divine - MH - cultural tour
NY Transit Mus. Walk thru history and culture of cathedral
and surrounds. $20, adv regn reqd. 718-694-1867.
20:00 - Southold - LI - Custer Inst meeting - see Mar 3
20:15- Paramus - NJ - Buehler-Columbia A A A lecture - see Mar 3

General News
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There are many items this month about evolution its relation to a
god. These are important themes for astronomers, both home and campus,
in the ongoing contention between education based on objective science
and that based on belief or faith.
I include the exhibit 'Bodies' at South Street Seaport. It opened
on 19 November 2006 for a short run. It was extended several times to
the point that now it's running thru May 31st. I left it out because
it was a mite and a meter beyond astronomy and space.
In January and February 2007 many readers urged me to see it. OK,
it still has little to do with space and astronomy but it IS one hell
of a fascinating show. Just don't figure to combine it with a picnic
lunch on the Seaport pier or a noon lunch sail in the harbor.
In brief, it is the remains of about 25 real humans, some intact,
others dissected apart. Their organs and nerves and vessels are laid
out to show how the various body systems work. They look live from a
special acrylic fluid that displaced the water and moisture in the
tissue.
I do caution that this is NOT for young children -- even tho the
Seaport has a children's admission -- or weak stomachs!! You ARE
inspecting items once functioning within living people who, ahem, gave
their lives for science.
Princeton University shuffled its astronomy lectures, dropping the
Tuesday sessions at 16:15. Replacing them, at about the same academic
level, are those of the Institute for Advanced Studies, at 11:00.
The New York City and Long Island chapters of National Space
Society are also known as New York Space Society and Long Island Space
Society. These names endure from the time before the clubs became NSS
chapters. You may see them under either the legacy or chapter names in
their litterature.
Welcome back, Urban Park Rangers! There is a detailed roster of
events on their website, but under a new title and in a deep page.
With it in hand I include here a selection of activities pertinent to
home astronomy.

Event news
--------
The NYSkies Seminar on February 1st hosted NYSkier Claudio Veliz
on 'Observatory design on steroids'. He showed a concept he's working
on for the Adirondack Public Observatory near Tupper Lake NY. His
design helps remove interior heat by the Sun at day and by crowds of
visitors at night.
Several NYSkiers took in a private preview opening of the new
Spitzer Hall of Human Origins at American Museum of Natural History on
February 8th. In addition to refreshments and the walkthru of the new
gallery, we were treated to narrated tours to three of the Museum's
laboratories. The hall opened for the public on the 10th as part of
the features of a general admission.
Starting on February 10th and running all thru March, the IRT
Flushing line suspends service between Times Sq and 74 St-Broadway
on weekends. Much of the cause is fitting the line for robotrain, like
the BMT Canarsie line. You better figure to use IND 53 St, BMT 60 St,
IND 63 St, LIRR, shuttle bus, or interboro bus for travel between
Manhattan and Queens.
NYSkiers and NSSers attended a private preview of the space-theme
movie 'Astronaut farmer' on Saturday 10 February at the Loew's cinema
on 34th St, near 9th Av. Following the show, several of us took brunch
at the Starlight diner, also on 34th St.
The film opened on February 23 at various cinemas in the City. By
Warner Brothers, it's about a former NASA engineer, now a farmer, who
builds his own Atlas-Mercury spaceship and then rides in it for
several Earth orbits.
NYSkiers flowed thru the Greenwich Village Antiquarian bookfair on
February 23-25 at Public School #3. They scooped up several astronomy
items, including many original reports from the turn of the 19th
century by William Herschel and a surprisingly new book, from the
early 21st century, on constellation study.
While there are no bookfiars in the City in March, nearby towns
offer a couple within easy reach by train or bus.
Not an 'event' as such, there is a rumble at American Museum of
Natural History. It started last fall but few observers caught on. By
late January the news was in the public eye. It seems that Dr Neil
Tyson is stepping out of the Hayden Planetarium for a year or two, but
he keeps his title and office there. He's working with science media on

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