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NYC Events 2008 December
NYC EVENTS FOR DECEMBER 2008
--------------------------- John Pazmino NYSkies Astronomy Inc www.nyskies.org 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 are also included. Altho NYC Events confirms the listed items, they are subject to change by their sponsors. Check with their contacts. Let the sponsor know that you learned of its event thru NYC Events. You may ask for previous NYC Events thru ', because only the current issue is in the website. It is replaced by next month's issue. For events which missed NYC Events, check the NYSkies Yahoogroup forum. Join NYSkies by visiting 'www.nyskies.org/yahoo.htm' and picking either the email or website option. All hours are Eastern Standard Time. Observer's Handbook ----------------- NYSkies once again offers the Observer's Handbook, from Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, at steep discount, with NO MINIMUM number of copies required. The price is $20, with pack & post to your US postal address. The requests in hand as at late November already consumed a large portion of our supply, but you can still grab your copy. Details are at 'www.nyskies'org/oh.htm' and 'www.nyskies.org/ohclub.htm'. Economy considerations -------------------- With the decline of the global economy, there could be sudden changes in the listed events. Many are hosted by facilities subject to shortfalls of funding, such as museums and parks. Cutbacks may force the event to shift day, hour, location, or be cancelled. The change may be issued with short leadtime. Please check with the event contact for last minute advisements. Mind well that the event sponsor usually has no effective influence on the necessity to alter the event. Events that have an admission fee may offer extra discounts or waive the fee. Some already did so during October and November 2008. The free or reduced admission may apply only for certain days or hours and may be announced on short notice. Please check with the event contacts for latest news. Holiday meetings -------------- Many NYC Events members have special meetings during the yearend holiday season. Some are separate from the normal meeting dates and places. I omit these from NYC Events being that they tend to be in- house meetings, like at a restaurant or private house. Some are celebrations at the normal meeting with perhaps a fee for food, drink, decorations. You'll be generally welcome at these sessions as a means of acquainting with other local astronomers. In cases when no actual dates are issued for December meetings, I omit those which 'by rule' fall on Dec 24, 25, 31. These dates are commonly skipped to accommodate holiday celebrations. Index of Events ------------- Dates for events; contact if no events -------------------------------------- BROOKLYN - BK Floyd Bennett Field - - - 5 Secret Science Club - - - 3 CONNECTICUT - CT A S of Gtr Hartford - - - 17 Astro Soc of Greenwich - 3 Astro Soc of New Haven - www.asnh.org, Bethany Observatory - - - 5 Boothe Meml Astro Soc - - 5, 19 Bowman Observatory - - - 9, 23 CT Tripoli Rocketry Assn 14 Litchfield Hills AAC - - , http://www.fortunecity.com/victorian.../1206/id19.htm . Mattituck Astro Soc - - - 18 McCarthy Observatory - - 13 Stamford Observatory - - 5, 12, 19, 26 Van Vleck Obsy (ASGH) - - 6 Van Vleck Obsy (WU) - - - 3 Western CT St Univ - - - 6, 13 Westport Astro Soc - - - 3, 4, 10, 11, 16, 17, 18 LONG ISLAND - LI Amat Obsrs Society - - - 7 Astro Soc of Long Island 3, 10, 17 Brookhaven Natl Lab - - - www.bnl.gov, 631-344-8000 Custer Institute - - - - 6, 13, 20, 27 Hofstra Univ Obsy - - - - 7 Innovative Stone Co - - - 1-indef Jones Beach State Park - 5 Montauk Observatory - - - 1 Natl Space Soc-LISS - - - chapters.nss.org/ny/longisland, Robert Moses St Pk - - - www.aosny.org, Science Club of Long Is - www.sciencecluboflongisland.com, 631-421-1523, SUNY Stony Brook - - - - 5 MANHATTAN - MH 92nd Street Y - - - - - - www.92y.org, 212-415-5500 Adorama Camera - - - - - XX Amer Mus Natl Hist - - - 1-, 1-, 1-, 13 Cafe' Science - - - - - - 8 Cafe' Scientifique - - - www.sciencecafenyc.org, Central Park - - - - - - 1 Charmin restrooms - - - - 1-2009 Jan 1 Citigroup Center - - - - 1-2009 Jan 2 City College Physics - - 3, 10 Columbia Univ Astro - - - 10 Columbia Univ Obsy - - - 5 Cornelia St Cafe' - - - - 7 Courant Institute - - - - 3, 10 Cunard Building - - - - - 8 CUNY Graduate Center - - 3, 8 Day the Earth Stood Still 17 Earth Institute - - - - - , www.earthinstitute.columbia.edu, Goddard Inst for Spc Std www.giss.nasa.gov, 212-678-5540, Hayden Planetarium - - - 2, 3, 10, 17, 30 Inst Strings, Cosmology - 5, 12, 19 leapsecond - - - - - - - 31 Lwr Manh-Bklyn DT subways 6-indef, 7-indef Macy's department store - 1-10 Natl Space Soc-NYC - - - 4-18 New York Univ Astro - - - 5 NY Academy of Sciences - www.nyas.org, 212-838-0230. NY Lg Conservtn Voters - 2, 11 NYPL 42nd St - - - - - - 2-8 NYPL Bloomingdale - - - - 11 NYPL Morningside Hts - - 1 NYSkies Astro Seminar - - 1, 18 Observer's Handbook - - - 1 Physics Club of NY - - - 12 Pleiades occultation - - 11 Rock and Roll Museum - - 2 Rockefeller University - 212-327-8000, www.rockefeller.edu, Sci Ind Biz Liby - - - - 11 Serving Science - - - - - 1 South Street Seaport - - 1-indef, 1-2009 Feb 28 Surveillance camera tour , 212-561-0106, www.notbored.org/the-scp.html, Top of the Lawn - - - - - 5-7, 12-14, 19-21, 26-28 Urban Park Rangers - - - 1 Venus-Moon-Jupiter - - - 1 NEW JERSEY - NJ A A A of Princeton - - - 9 A S of Toms Rv Area - - - 12 Amat Astro Inc - - - - - 5, 12, 19, 26 Buehler-Columbia AAA - - 3, 13, 20, 27 Dark Sky Observers - - - www.users.nac.net/gburke/club Inst for Advd Study - - - 2, 9 Metra Rocketry Assn - - - metrarocketclub.org, 973-831-7717 Montclair Telescope Club 973-948-5284, , users.erols.com/njastro/orgs/mtc.hrm Morris Mus Astro Soc - - 11 N W Jersey Amat Astro - - www.nwjaa.org, Natl Space Soc-NJN - chapters.nss.org/nj/njn, New Jersey Astro Assn - - www.njaa.org, 908-368-8600 North Jersey Astro Gp - - 4, 10, 11 Ocean County Coll - - - - 13 Passaic Co Astro Assn - - 11 Princeton Univ Obsy - - - www.astro.princeton.edu/events.htm, Rutgers Univ Astro - - - 3, 12 S*T*A*R - - - - - - - - - 4 Schommer Observatory - - 2 Sheep Hill Astro Assn - - 7 Sheep Hill Observatory - 19 Skyland Stargazers - - - skylandstargazers.tripod.com Utd Astro Clubs of NJ - - www.uacnj.org Washington Xing Pk - - - www.princetonastronomy.org, 609-737-2575, QUEENS - QN Alley Pond Park - - - - - www.alleypond.com, 718-229-4000 Queens College Physics - 1, 8, 15 REST OF WORLD STATEN ISLAND - SI College of Staten Is - - 16 Great Kills Park - - - - www.nps.gov/gate, 718-987-6790 Staten Is Community TV - 1 Staten Island Mall - - - 1-31 THE BRONX - BX UPSTATE - NY Andrus Planetarium - - - 5, 12, 19, 26 Anthony Wayne Rec Area - 201-768-3298, , www.rocklandastronomy.com Catskills Astro Club - - 20, 27 Chappaqua Publ Luby - - - 4 Lamont-Doherty Obsy - - - 5, 12 Lwr Hudson Vy Challgr Ctr 21 Mid-Hudson Astro Assn - - 16 Rockland Astronomy Club - 12 Swinging Bridge dam - - - 1-indef Vassar College Obsy - - - 3 Ward Pound Ridge - - - - 20 Westchester Amat Astro - 5 White Plains Library - - 9 Wilcox Park - - - - - - - 19 Monthly Calendar -------------- Plain dates are in current month; minus, last month; plus, next month. Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat --- --- --- --- --- --- --- -30 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 +1 +2 +3 General notes ----------- 'whole City' means the event has no specific or dedicated place. It may be enjoyed from everywhere in the NYSkies territory or at a number of individual places. Celestial events are typicly 'whole City' events. 'all day' means the event is continuous or repeating during the open hours of the host facility. Some facilities may have limited hours per day or days per week. Check with the sponsor's contacts. Prices, for admission or ticket, cited are the 'rack rate'. You could qualify for discounts as may be offered by the sponsor. Besides the base price there may be optional extra fees to consider. List of events ------------ XXX XX Dec 10:00 - Adorama camera - MH - astronomy show TENTATIVE EVNET; INQUIRE AT CONTACTS 47 W 18 St 5-6 Av. Exhibit and demo of astro products from various companies. Plans not finalized, may be several shows in Dec-Jan. Free. www.adorama.com. Mon 1 Dec XX:XX - whole City - MH - cultural tours & lectures VARIOUS PLACES, DATES, HOURS; INQUIRE AT CONTACTS Urban Park Rangers. Tours of parks, lanmdmarks, surrounds. Lecutres on history and culture of NYC. Program varies each month. Free. www.nyc.gov/parks all day - whole City - MH = Observer's Handbook service Until supply runs out, pretty quickly. NYSkies discount on Observer's Handbook 2009 from RASC, $20/copy incl P&P. www.nyskies.org/oh.htm, www.nyskies.org/ohclub.htm, , 212-273-5958. all day - Staten Island Mall - SI - cultural show Thru Dec 31. SI Dist Atty Offc. Video images of convicted shoplifters rotate continuously. Deters new shoplifters, assures customers and storekeepers. Free. all-day - Times Square - MH - Charmin holiday restrooms Thru 2009 Jan 1. 1540 Broadway, 45-46 St. Public restrooms, lounge, souvenir shop, photo stagem, kiddie playroom for yearend holiday season. CLOSED Dec 25 and evening of Dec 31. OPEN 00h-02h on Jan 1 AFTER ball drops. Free. www.charmin.com all day - South Street Seaport - MH - Bodies exhibit CHILDREN SHOULD OBTAIN ADULT GUIDANCE FOR THIS EVENT! Indefinite duration. 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 - Macy's department store - MH - cultural exhibit Thru Dec 10. Herald Square outlet, Broadway gate. Time ball for New Tear's eve on display at end of midway. Waterford crystal 2-m globe shifts pattern and color every few seconds. First time ever the ball was publicly accessible up close. Free. www.timessquarenyc.org all day - Amer Musm Natl Hist - MH - science exhibit Thru 2009 Aug 16. 'Climate change'. $24 timed tkt, incl Mus adm. www.amnh.org/programs, 212-769-5100 all day - Hauppauge - LI - Freedom Tower cornerstone exhibit Indefinite duration. Innovative Stone Company, show yard. Actual 20-ton granite inscribed block for Freedom Tower cornerstone, placed in tower's foundation on 4 July 2004. Removed for safekeeping until construction can resume. Free. all day - South Street Seaport - MH - skating rink Thru 2009 Feb 28. Pier 17. $5 adm. Skate rental & food svc. www.thenewseaport.com/icerink, all day - Amer Musm Natl Hist - MH - astronomy exhibit Thru 2009 Mar 29. IMAX Corridor. 'Saturn, a new view' with Cassini images of planet, rings, mooons. Free with Mus adm. www.amnh.org/programs, 212-769-5100 all day - Citigroup Center - MH - cultural exhibit Thru 2009 Jan 2. 53 St & Lexington Av. 'Station at Citigroup', huge realistic model of Hudson Rvier railroads from Weehaawken NJ to Asirondacks. Animated props, day-night lighting, contextual scenery, multiple gauge of trains. Free. www.dunhamstudios.com. all day - Amer Mus Natl Hist - MH - Ross Skating Rink Thru 2009 Feb 28. Ross Terrace. $8, excl Mus adm. Skate rental & food svc. 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 12:00 - Queens College - QN - science lecture Physcics Conf Rm, B326. Various topics in physics and astronomy. Free. www.physics.qc.edu/colloq.php, 718-997-3350 17:00 - whole City - MH - Venus-Moon-Jupiter convention Thru moonset. Venus-Moon-Jupiter in tight triangular foration in southwest in twilight. Venus & Jupiter were closing in during Nov and is on Dec 1st joined by 3-1/2-day Moon. , , 212-273-5958 17:00 - Central Park - MH - Venus-Moon-Jupiter watch Thru moonset. Top of the Lawn, other astronomers. North walkway of Great Lawn to watch convention of Venus-Moon- Jupiter. Free, cnacelled for clouds. www.nyskies.org, , , 212-273-5958 18:00 - NYPL Morningside Hts - MH - science lecture Earth Instt, Broadway & 113 St. 'Breaking the ice: carbon, climate and change'. Free. www.columbia.edu/cu/climatesociety, , 18:00 - Kouzan Restaurant - NH - Serving Science lecture 685 Amsterdam Av, 93/94 St. Supper/chat with Citu College profs on sci topics. $10 fee, incl 1 drink, + own meal. web.cuny.edu/research/Serving-Science-CUNY-Science-Cafe.html 18:00 - Montauk - LI - astronomy lecture OCCASIONAL SESSIONS; INQUIRE AT CONTACTS Montauk Obsy, Montauk Publ Liby. Indoor talk, clearsky starviewing. Free. www.montaukobservatory.com 19:30 - Staten Island Community TV - SI - science show 100 Cable Way, Mariners Hr SI. Live audience, televised on SI cable. Free. www.sictv.org, 718-727-1414 Tue 2 Dec all day - NYPL 42nd St - MH - cultural exhibit Thru Dec 8. Blass Catalog Room. Specimen of new book 'La dotta mano' by Giorgio Vasari. Most expensive price ~$100,000, 28Kg, ~55x70cm, all hand crafted, takes 6 month to build. Book discusses Michelangelo's life and work. Free (to look at). www.fmronline.com all day - Rock and Roll Museum - MH - opening of new facility 76 Mercer St. Annex of main museum in Ohio. Chronicles New York stripe of music with artifacts, maps, exhibits. $26 adm. www.rockannex.com 11:00 - Princeton - NJ - Inst Advd Stud lecture Princeton Univ, Bloomberg Hall. Free. www.sns.ias.edu/astro/astrocal.php, 18:00 - Russian Tea Room - MH - science show NY Lg Conservtn Voters, 150 W 57 St. 'Celebrate a greener skyline' fundraiser. Fee not set yet. www.nylcvef.org, 212-361-6350, 18:30 - Hayden Plm - MH - Virtual Universe shoe Live skyshow of computer graphics and astro databases. $15 adm. 212-769-5100, www.amnh.org/programs 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 Wed 3 Dec 10:30 - Hayden Plm - MH - Field Trip to the Moon show Live skyshow of rocket trip to the Moon. $17, incl mus adm. 212-769-5100, www.amnh.org/programs Thu - 8 Nov 15:30 - Courant Institute - MH - science lecture 251 Mercer St. Various topics in geophysics and earth science. Free. caos.cims.nyu.edu, 16:00 - City College - MH - science lecture Marshak Hall, Rm 418N. Various topics in physics and astronomy. Free. www.sci.ccny.cuny.edu/physics/calendar, , 212-650-6832 16:45 - Piscataway - NJ - astronomy lecture Rutgers Univ, Phys Lectr Hall. Free. 732-445-3974, www.physics.rutgers.edu/colloquium 18:00 - CUNY Graduate Center - MH - science lecture 'The role of fashion in mathematics: how an important theorem was lost for 150 years'. Free. 212-817-8481, 19:30 - Greenwich - CT - Astro Soc of Greenwich meeting Bruce Museum. Free. , www.seocom.com/asg, 203-896-6786-x338 20:00 - Middletown - CT - clearsky starviewing Wesleyan U, Van Vleck Obsy. Free, cancelled for clouds. 860-685-3664, www.wesleyan.edu/astro/events 20:00 - Union Hall - BK - Secret Science Club meeting 702 Union St, 5 Av. Lecture and music on various science topics. Free. secretscienceclub.blogspot.com, 718-638-4400, www.unionhallny.com/events 20:00 - Westport - CT - clearsky starviewing Westport Astro Soc. Rolnick Obsy. Free, cancelled for clouds. www.was-ct.org, 203-227-0925 20:30 - Centerport - LI - Astro Soc of LI meeting Vanderbilt Plm. 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 Thu 4 Dec 19:00 - St Paul's Lutheran Ch - MH - NYSkies Astronomy Seminar TOPIC: PLANETARY CONJUNCTIONS Combined meeting with Natl Spc Soc-NYC Chap 315 W 22nd St & 8 Av. Discussion of astronomy topics, show & tell, skywatching reports, news of astro activity in NYSkies territory. Free. , www.nyskies.org, 212-273-5958 19:00 - St Paul's Luthrn Ch - MH - Natl Spc Soc meeting TOPIC: PLANETARY CONJUNCTIONS Combined meeting with NYSkies Astronomy Inc 315 W 22nd St & 8 Av. Discussion of astro/space topics, show & tell, skywatching reports, news of astro/space activity in NYC vicinity. Free. chapters.nss.org/ny/nyc, 19:00 - Upr Montclair - NJ - clersky starviewing No Jersey Astro Gp. Montclair St Univ, Richardson Hall. Free, cancelled for clouds. njastro.org, 973-655-7266, 20:00 - Lincroft - NJ - S*T*A*R meeting Brookdale Commty Coll, Mommouth Museum. Free. www.starastronomy.org, 20:00 - Westport - CT - clearsky starviewing - see Dec 3 Fri 5 Dec 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 fl. Various topics in astrophys and relativity. Free. physics,nyu.edu, , 212-998-7706 15:30 - Palisades - NY - science lecture Lamont-Doherty Earth Obsy, Monell Audm. Various topics in geophysics and earth science. Free, 845-365-8634, www.ldeo.columbia.edu, , 19:00 - Yonkers - NY - astronomy show Hudson Rv Mus, Andrus Plm. 19:00 show is free, sponsored by FujiFilm USA Inc. Free, different topics each Friday. www.hrm.org, 914-963-4550 19:00 - Jones Bh St Pk - LI - astronomy lecture Amat Obsrs Soc. Roosevelt Natr Ctr, Indoor lecture, clearsky starviewing. $3 fee, advd regn reqd. www.aosny.org, , 516-679-7254 19:00 - Bethany - CT - clearsky starviewing Astro Soc of New Haven. Yale Univ, Bethany Obsy. Free, cancelled for clouds. www.asnh.org, 19:00 - Columbia University - MH - astronomy lecture Pupin Hall, signs to levture room. Indoor lecture, clearsky starviewing. Free. www.astro.columbia.edu/outreach, 212-854-3278, 19:30 - Cranford - NJ - Amat Astro Inc meeting Union Co Coll, Sperry Obsy. Indoor talk, clearsky starviewing. Free. www.asterism.org 19:30 - Stony Brook - LI - astronomy lecture SUNY Stony Brook, Earth & Spc Sci Hall. Indoor lecture, clearsky starviewing. Free. www.ess.sunysb.edu/astro, 631-632-8100, 20:00 - Central Park - MH - clearsky starviewing PLUS OCCASIONAL EXTRA SESSIONS; INQUIRE AT CONTACTS Weekends. Top of the Lawn. North side of Great Lawn. Free cancelled for clouds. , www.nyskies.org 20:00 - Yonkers - NY - Westchester Amat Astro meeting Hudson Rv Mus, Andrus Plm. Free. www.westchesterastronomers.org, 20:00 - Floyd Bennett Field - BK - clearsky starviewing Natl Park Svc. Model airplane flying field. Free, cancelled for clouds. www.nyskies.org, , 20:00 - Stratford - CT - Boothe Meml Astro Soc mtg Boothe Meml Pk, Obsy. Free. www.bmas.org, 20:00 - Stamford - CT - clearsky starviewing Stamford Obsy. $3 adm, cancelled for clouds. www.stamfordmuseum.org, , 203-322-6537 Sat 6 Dec all day - Lwr Manh-Bklyn DT - MH - subway reconstruction Every Saturday. 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 cccc 15:00 - Danbury - CT - astronomy lecture Also 17:00. W Conn St Uv, Plm/Obsy. Indoor plm show, clearsky starviewing at 20:00. Free. www.wcsu.edu/starwatch, 203-837-8671, 20:00 - Middletown - CT - clearsky starviewing Astro Soc of Gtr Hartford, Wesleyan U, Van Vleck Obsy. Free, cancelled for clouds. www.asgh.org, 860-872-9069, 20:00 - Paramus - NJ - Buehler-Columbia AAA lecture Bergen Commty Coll, Buehler Obsy. Free. www.bergen.edu/buehler, . 20:00 - Southold - LI - Custer Instt meeting Custer Instt. Free. www.custerobservatory.org, 20:00 - Central Park - MH - clearsky starviewing - see Dec 5 Sun 7 Dec all day - Lwr Manh-Bklyn DT - MH - subway reconstruction Every Sunday. 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 cccc 13:15 - Uniondale - LI - Amat Obsrs Soc meeting Nassau Commty Coll, Bdg F, Room 123. Free. www.aosny.org, 18:00 - Hempstead - LI - clearsky starviewing Hofstra University, Chem-Phys Bdg, Rm 117. Free, cancelled for clouds. 516-463-2759, www.hofstra.edu/Academics, 18:00 - Cornelia St Cafe' - MH - Entertaining Science show 29 Cornelia St & W 4 St, Play & music on various science themes. $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, 20:00 - Central Park - MH - clearsky starviewing - see Dec 5 Mon 8 Dec 12:00 - Queens College - QN - science lecture - see Dec 1 17:30 - PicNic cafe' - MH - Cafe' Science lecture 2665 Broadway & 101 St. Supper/chat with Columbia Univ profs on sci topics. $10 fee, incl 1 drink, + own meal. 212-222-8222, alumni.columbia.edu/learn/s3_6.html, 18:00 - Cunard Building - MH - sceince lecture Center for Worker Education. 25 Broadway, 7th floor. 'The role of clouds in Earth's climate'. Free. 212-925-6625, www1.ccny.cuny.edu/prospective/cwe 18:30 - CUNY Graduate Center - MH - science lecture 'Interantional polar year celebration'. Free. 212-817-8215, web.gc.cuny.edu/cepp, Tue 9 Dec 11:00 - Princeton - NJ - Inst Advd Stud lecture - see Dec 2 19:00 - Greenwich - CT - clearsky starviewing Astro Soc of Greenwich. Julian Curtis Elem Schl, Bowman Obsy. Free, cancelled for clouds. , www.seocom.com/asg, 203-896-6786-x338 19:30 - White Plains - NY - science lecture Earth Instt. White Plains Liby, 100 Martine Av. 'What's the big deal with one degree?'. Free. , www.columbia.edu/cu/climatesociety, 20:00 - Princeton - NJ - Amat Astro Assn of Princeton meeting Princeton U, Peyton Hall. Free. www.princetonastronomy.org, 609-737-2575, Wed 10 Dec 10:30 - Hayden Plm - MH - Field Trip to the Moon show - see Dec 3 15:30 - Courant Institute - MH - science lecture - Dec 3 16:00 - City College - MH - science lecture - see Dex 3 16:15 - Columbia University - MH - astronomy lecture Pupin Hall, Rm 1332. Free. www.astro.columbia.edu/outreach, 212-854-3278, 20:00 - Upr Montclair - NJ - No Jersey Astro Gp meeting Montclair St Univ, Richardson Hall, Room 232. Free. njastro.org, 973-655-7266, 20:00 - Westport - CT - clearsky starviewing - see Dec 3 20:30 - Centerport - LI - Astro Soc of LI meeting - see Dec 3 Thu 11 Dec 02:30 - whole City - NH - Pleiades occultation Occultation of Pleiades. Moon is 2 days before full, 97% illum, 159d E elong. Timetable for Dec 10-11 in NYC: ---------------------------------------------------- PLEIADES OCCULTATION FOR NEW YORK ON 2008 DECEMBER 11 ================================================== === EST | event | alt-az | remarks --------+-------------------+--------+---------- 14h25m | moonrise | 0 59 | on Dec 10 16 28 | sunset | 0 240 | 17 33 | nautical twilight | -- --- | night begins 22 09 | Moon culminates | 70 180 | 00 00 | midnight | -- --- | Dec 10 - Dec 11 02 46 | Celaeno immersion | 33 275 | CA +71S, PA 108 02 56 | Taygeta immersion | 31 277 | CA +74N, PA 73 03 10 | Maia immersion | 28 279 | CA +84S, PA 95 03 15 | Electra near miss | 27 279 | CA +03S, PA 176 03 17 | Asterope immersion| 27 280 | CA +57N, PA 56 03 53 | Taygeta emersion | 20 285 | CA -80N, PA 279 04 07 | Maia emersion | 18 287 | CA -78S, PA 257 06 04 | moonset | 0 304 | 06 04 | nautical twilight | -- --- | night ends 07 08 | sunrise | 0 120 | on Dec 11 ------------------------------------------------ 09:00 - New York University - MH - science convference NY Lg Conservtn Voters, Kimmel Ctr, Rm 914. 'Greening the Empire State: nuclear power'. Free. www.nylcvef.org, 212-361-6350, 17:30 - Sci Ind Biz Liby - MH - science lecture 'Electric power: traditional and potential future options'. Free. 212-592-7000, www.nypl.org/research/sibl 18:00 - NYPL Bloomingdale - MH - science lecture Earth Instt, 190 W 100 St. 'Did we do that?: natural and man- made causes of climate change'. Free. , www.columbia.edu/cu/climatesociety, 19:00 - Upr Montclair - NJ - clersky starviewing - see Dec 4 19:30 - Morristown - NJ - Morris Mus Astro Soc mtg Morris Museum. Free. 973-386-1848, , http://www.morrismuseum.org/static/e...ronomical.html 19:30 - Rifle Camp Park - NJ - Passaic Co Astro Assn meeting Nature Center. Free. www.users.nac.net/gburke/PCAA, 973-523-0024 20:00 - Westport - CT - clearsky starviewing - see Dec 3 Fri 12 Dec 14:00 - Columbia Univ - MH - ISCAP meeting - see Dec 5/ 15:00 - Piscataway - NJ - astronomy lecture Rutgers Univ, Serin Lab, Rm 385E. Free. 732-445-3974, www.physics.rutgers.edu/colloquium 15:30 - Palisades - NY - science lecture - see Dec 5 19:00 - Toms River - NJ - Astro Soc of Toms Rv Area mtg Ocean Co Coll, College Ctr, Solar Lounge. Free. www.astra-nj.org, 732-255-0343, 19:00 - Yonkers - NY - astronomy show - see Dec 5 19:15 - New York University - MH - Physics Club of NY meeting Silver Ctr, Rm 207. Jointly with Chemistry Teacher's Club. Free, bring GI photo ID for campus security.. , www.sconyc-ny.org 19:30 - Cranford - NJ - Amat Astro Inc meeting - see Dec 5 20:00 - Stamford - CT - clearsky starviewing - see Dec 5 20:00 - Central Park - MH - clearsky starviewing - see Dec 5 20:00 - West Nyack - NY - Rockland Astro Club lecture Clarkstown South Plm, Free, , www.rocklandastronomy.com, 201-768-3298 Sat 13 Dec XX:XX - Toms River - NJ - astronomy show HOUR NOT SET YET; INQUIRE AT CONTACT Ocean Co Coll, Student Ctr, Solar Lounge. astro book sale, workshops, portable planetrium shows. Free. 732-255-0343, www.ocean.edu/campus/planetarium, 13:30 - Amer Musm Natl Hist - MH - science tour Roosevelt Rotunda. Walk thru exhibits and displays relating to global climate. Free with musm adm. www.amnh.org/programs, 212-769-5100 15:00 - Danbury - CT - astronomy lecture - see Dec 6 20:00 - New Milford - CT - astronomy lecture McCarthy Obsy, New Miford HS. Indoor lecture, clearsky starviewing. free. www.mccarthyobservatory.org, 860-354-1595, , 20:00 - Paramus - NJ - Buehler-Columbia AAA lecture - see Dec 6 20:00 - Southold - LI - Custer Instt meeting - see Dec 6 20:00 - Central Park - MH - clearsky starviewing - see Dec 5 Sun 14 Dec 12:00 - Bethany - CT - CT Tripoli Rocketry Assn meeting Bethany Town Hall. Free. www.ctra-narconn.org, 860-583-1690 20:00 - Central Park - MH - clearsky starviewing - see Dec 5 Mon 15 Dec 12:00 - Queens College - QN - science lecture - see Dec 1 Tue 16 Dec 19:00 - Coll of Staten Is - SI - clearsky starviewing Astrophys Obsy. Free, cancelled for clouds. 718-982-2818, , supernova7.apsc.csi.cuny.edu 19:30 - New Paltz - NY - Mid Hudson Astro Assn meeting SUNY New Paltz, Coykendall Audm. Free. 845-485-5669, www.midhudsonastro.org, 20:00 - Westport - CT - Westport Astro Soc meeting Rolnick Obsy. Free. www.was-ct.org, 203-227-0925 Wed 17 Dec all day - whole City - MH - 'Day the earth stood still' cinema various theaters and hours. Modernization of 1951 classic sci- fi movie. Anyone remember the code words that saved Earth in original film? varous tkt prices. Check local vinema news. 10:30 - Hayden Plm - MH - Field Trip to the Moon show - see Dec 3 19:30 - New Britain - CT - Astro Soc of Gtr Hartford meeting Centl Conn St Uv, Copernicus Plm. Free, www.asgh.org, 860-872-9069, 20:00 - Westport - CT - clearsky starviewing - see Dec 3 20:30 - Centerport - LI - Astro Soc of LI meeting - see Dec 3 Thu 18 Dec 19:00 - St Paul's Lutheran Ch - MH - NYSkies Astronomy Seminar TOPIC: ORBITS AROUND EARTH Combined meeting with Natl Spc Soc-NYC Chap 315 W 22nd St & 8 Av. Discussion of astronomy topics, show & tell, skywatching reports, news of astro activity in NYSkies territory. Free. , www.nyskies.org, 212-273-5958 19:00 - St Paul's Luthrn Ch - MH - Natl Spc Soc meeting TOPIC: ORBITS AROUND EARTH Combined meeting with NYSkies Astronomy Inc 315 W 22nd St & 8 Av. Discussion of astro/space topics, show & tell, skywatching reports, news of astro/space activity in NYC vicinity. Free. chapters.nss.org/ny/nyc, 19:00 - Waterbury - CT - Mattituck Astro Soc meeting Naugatuck Vy Commty Coll, Ekstrom Hall. Free. mastransit.org, 20:00 - Westport - CT - clearsky starviewing - see Dec 3 Fri 19 Dec 14:00 - Columbia Univ - MH - ISCAP meeting - see Dec 5/ 19:00 - Yonkers - NY - astronomy show - see Dec 5 19:30 - Wilcox Pk - NY - clearsky starviewing Mid Hudson Astro Assn. Free, cancelled for clouds www.midhudsonastro.org. 845-485-5669, 19:30 - Boonton - NJ - clearsky starviewing Sheep Hill Astro Assn obsy, Free, cancelled for clouds. www.uacnj.org/clubs/shaa.htm, 20:00 - Stratford - CT - Boothe Meml Astro Soc mtg - see Dec 5 20:00 - Stamford - CT - clearsky starviewing - see Dec 5 20:00 - Central Park - MH - clearsky starviewing - see Dec 5 20:00 - Cranford - NJ - Amat Astro Inc lecture Union Co Coll, Smith Audm. Indoor talk, clearsky starviewing. Free. www.asterism.org Sat 20 Dec 19:00 - Ward Pound Ridge - NY - clearsky starviewing Westchester Amat Astro. Meadows Picnic Area. Free, cancelled for clouds. www.westchesterastronomers.org, 20:00 - Liberty - NY - clearsky starviewing Catskills Astro Club. Walnut Mountain Pk. Free, cancelled for clouds. www.catskillsastro.org, . 20:00 - Southold - LI - Custer Instt meeting - see Dec 6 20:00 - Paramus - NJ - Buehler-Columbia AAA lecture - see Dec 6 20:00 - Central Park - MH - clearsky starviewing - see Dec 5 Sun 21 Dec 14:00 - Airmont - NY - science show Lwr Hudson Vy Challenger Ctr, 225 Rt 29. Multimedia simulation of space missions. $20 adm. www.lhvcc.com, , 845-257-3416. 20:00 - Central Park - MH - clearsky starviewing - see Dec 5 Yue 23 Dec 19:00 - Greenwich - CT - clearsky starviewing - see Dec 9 Fri 26 Dec 19:00 - Yonkers - NY - astronomy show - see Dec 5 19:30 - Cranford - NJ - Amat Astro Inc meeting - see Dec 5 20:00 - Stamford - CT - clearsky starviewing - see Dec 5 20:00 - Central Park - MH - clearsky starviewing - see Dec 5 Sat 27 Dec 20:00 - Southold - LI - Custer Instt meeting - see Dec 6 20:00 - Liberty - NY - clearsky starviewing - see Dec 20 20:00 - Paramus - NJ - Buehler-Columbia AAA lecture - see Dec 6 20:00 - Central Park - MH - clearsky starviewing - see Dec 5 Sun 28 Dec 20:00 - Central Park - MH - clearsky starviewing - see Dec 5 Tue 30 Dec 18:30 - Hayden Plm - MH - Celestial Highlights Live skyshow of current evening sky. $15 adm. 212-769-5100, www.amnh.org/programs Wed 31 Dec 23:59 - whole City - MH - addition of leapsecond A leapsecond is inserted after 23:59:59 UT to bring atomic and Earth rottion back in synch. Centralized time services add it at 18:59:59 EST but local services wait until the ball drops in Times Square at midnight. Free. General news ---------- December has major holidays near their end. This typicly shoves activity to the front of the month or skips events at the end. This is specially the situation for events held at schools, which recess during these holiday periods. The String Cosmology conference, a favorite for NYSkiers, is in January 2009. It usually is in December, but scheduling conflicts caused a postponement. Liberty Science Center apparently finished its series 'Pulse of the planet' that ran for about two years. The last lecture was in may 2008 and no no schedule was issued since then. International Year of Astronomy clarified in 2008 November its multiple websites. Each is separate from others with few links among them. ------------------------------------------------------- www.astronomy2009.org - only for UK with little content www.astronomy2009.net - different one for UK, little content www.astronomy2009.com - forwards to 'www.astronomy2009.org' www.astronomy2009.us - only for US, under construction -------------------------------------------------------- Columbia University's Friday lectures may shift rooms, not being always on the top floor of Pupin Hall. Signs at entrance and in halls direct you to the lecture room. I revised the entry to note this. Astronomical Society of Greenwich has new website address 'www.seocom.com/asg', The old one at geocities seems still to be active but apparently does not link or jump to the new one. Secret Science Club is back at its old home in Union Hall, Park Slope BK. It seems that the shift to Bell House was temporary. Surveillance Camera Players suspended for several months their walking tours of security cameras around NYC. for a while they had tours in other towns. They may start up again with the massive installation of hundreds of new cameras (and other sensors!) thruout Lower Manhattan. It is NOW the time to get about lining up your events for January! The yearend period is the toughest time to compile NYC Events. Sponsor and host staff are away, the facility may be closed, and, now with the downswing of the economy, arrangements may finalize at the last minute, possibly with abrupt unexpected changes. 2009 is International Year of Astronomy. IYA includes NYC Events in its resources to promote astronomy. Please review your entries and give me corrections. Pay special attention to contacts and dates set 'by rule'. When IYA sends NYC Events in reply to inquiries about astronomy services in the New York region, it, and I!, want it have the current correct information for your events. Event news -------- NYSkies Astro Seminar on November 6th hosted Paul Roseman, National Space Society, to discuss solar power obtained from orbiting space stations. He outlined some aspects of a gigantic photovoltaic field in geostationary orbit and how it could be constrcuted. A vivid Q&A followed. The Seminar on the 20th was a double feature! The set topic was 'Exploration of the Moon', almost pushed aside by the news of the new planet around Fomalhaut. The audience discussed the various spacecraft that visited the Moon, from the Soviet Luniks thru the just-arrived India Chandrayaan-1. The group was all gaga about Fomalhaut for not only now having a planet, but one that is the very first one ever imaged in optical light! Some NYSkiers saw the opera 'Doctor Atomic' or went to the final spinoff events relating to it. The show 'Uranium and peaches' on November 10th attracted some NYSkiers, too. S&T December 2008 issue was delayed two weeks by a printer's problem. It arrived at readers in early November. It usually comes in late October. As if to make up, S&T got its January 2009 issue into readers's hands by mid November! The time ball that will ring in the new year in Times Square went on display in Macy's store, the first time ever that the time ball was on close-up public exhibit. NYSkiers flocked to see and take pictures of it. It's at the end of the carpeted midway at the Broadway side of the store and will be on show until December 10th. A couple cultural events in November are the opening of the new Rock and Roll Museum and opening of an updated cinema 'Day the Earth stood still'. The museum is an annex of the main facility in Ohio but focuses on New York's brand of music. The movie is not merely a reissue or a cleaned up master. It's supposed to be a modern version of how aliens from space will threaten us. Oh, well, I put it in for the hell of it, OK? Sky news ------ The 2009 fall Milky Way season for NYC closed on November 30th with no more sightings. We had only the one definite sighting of the Milky Way on October 21-22. Weather really has not been good enough in November, altho nights were suitable for regular starviewing. An extra dense fog sat over NYSkies turf on November 14th. Visibility was litterally only a fe METERS! Airports and highways closed, Road and rail traffic was severely delayed. Fog thinned after about 8AM and cleared up by 9 to 10 AM. The first frost in the City came on November 19th when temperatures slided to about -5C. The surrounding districts had their first frosts earlier or in October, some with deep snow up to 20 cm. Fomalhaut drew extra admiration since November 13th, when its planet was announced, from being now the 2nd brightest planetary star, Fomalhaur has the honor of having the first extrasolar planet ever photographed. There's a difference between having a 'hidden' planet and one that's out in plain sight. even if it did take a deep image by Hubble to see it. After all, now there's the genuine prospect that people on that planet could be staring at our Sun to see Earth. Jupiter was rapidly sliding into twilight during November, on his way to meet Venus on December 1st. Venus was slowly climbing into higher darker sky in evening, now spotted by pretty much every one who looked for her. The two meet on December 1st and are joined by the 3- day old Moon. Look in southwest starting at dusk. Apparently no one went crazy with the change back to Eastern Standard Time on November 2nd. People just let the automatic clocks do their thing in October and manually set other clocks on the new date. The toolbag lost at ISS on November 18 became a bright Earth satellite! It's in an erratic orbit continously altering. Check your satellite news for latest passes. As at Nov 25 the bag ranged between 6th and 8th magnitude, within reach of binoculars from the City. As at late November, astronomers had in hand their Observer's Handbook from early requests. Requests are still coming in and will be filled until supply is exhausted, which may be in mid December. |
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