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NYC EVENTS FOR JUNE 2023 ------------------------ John Pazmino NYSkies Astronomy In+c www.nyskies.org nyskies@nyskies.org The following astronomy activities in the NYSkies region,roughly 100km radius from Herald Square on Manhattan, are open to the public. A few cultural items of interest to astronomers are also included. Altho NYC Events confirms the items, they are subject to change after NYC Events is issued. Inquire at the event's contact for addiurnate news. Let the contact know that you learned of its event thru NYC Events. Frequently asked questions about NYC Events are at 'www.nyskies.org/nyc-faq.htm'. Only the current issue is in the web. It is replaced by next month's issue. You may request previous NYC Events thru 'nyskies@nyskies.org'. These are archived offline and incorporate corrections refered to our attention since their issuance. For events missing NYC Events, check the NYSkies email GROUP at 'nyskies@groups.io'. When ADVISING about a new event deliberately account for the seven W's: What, Where, When, Who, Wht, Why, hoW, Wow. Join the nyskies group by sending an empty, blank, email to nyskies+subscribe@groups.io'. Any text and subject in the email are ignored. The email addressfrom where you sent the subscribe is the one you then after converse with the group. Messages come to you when posted in the group. Send messages to the group AT 'nyskies@groups.io'. General notes ------------ 'whole City' means the event has no specific or dedicated place. It may be enjoyed from the whole 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. Facilities may have limited hours per day or days per week. Check with the event contact. 'adv regn reqd', for 'advance registration required/requested', means that YOU MUST SIGN UP before the event. You must have your ticket in hand at the gate. There could be a deadline some days before the event, after which no more signups are accepted. Check with the event contact for specifics. Mind well all instructions in he ticket. skipping or improperly following them may complicate your admision. Admission prices are the 'rack rate'. You could qualify for discounts, as may be offered by the event. Besides the admission price there may be collateral or optional fees to consider. Current Month calendar -------------------- Plain dates are in current month; -, previous month; +, next month. #, NYSkies Astronomy Seminar, digital sessions at 'www.nyskies.org/av-files/av-files.htm' Moon phase: .NM., .FQ), (FM), (LQ. Sunset is given for each Saturday --------------------------------- Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat sunset --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ------ -28 -29 -30 -31 1 2# (3) 20:22 4 5 6 7 8 9 (10. 20:27 11 12 13 14 15 16# .17. 20:30 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 20:31 25 .26) 27 28 29 30 +1 20:31 ----------------------------------------------- All hours are Eastern Daylight Savings Time (UT - 4h). Index of Events ------------- * = NASA-JPL Night Sky Network affiliate date = in-person event in 'list of events' section ' 0 ' = in-person event in 'ongoing and continuing events' section 'AUT'= event in 'skipped, autumn resumption' section 'SPR' = event in 'skipped, spring resumption' secrion '???' = event in 'skipped, uncertain resumption' section, '!!!' = event in 'skipped, encumbered by lingering lockdowns ------- ----------------------------------------------- BROOKLYN - BK Secret Science Club - - - 8 CONNECTICUT - CT *A S of Gtr Hartford - AUT Astro Sco of Greenwich - !!! *Astro Soc of New Haven - !!! *Bowman Observatory - -- - 7, 21 LightsOutCT - - - - - - - 7 Litchfield Hills AAC mtg 9 Litchfield Hills AAC lect 16 *McCarthy Observatory - 13 New Pond Farm - - - - - ?? Stamford Museum - - - - 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 Van Vleck Obsy (ASGH) - 3 Van Vleck Obsy (WU) - - AUT Western Conn St Uv - - - AUT Westport Astro Soc mtg - ??? Westport Astro Soc starvg 7, 14, 21, 28 ------------------------- Boothe Meml Astro Soc - 203-377-9933, ww w.facebook.com/Boothe-Memorial-Astronomical-Society LONG ISLAND - LI *Amateur Observers Soc - - 4 *Amat Obsrs Soc starvwing !!! Amer Instt Aero & Astro - !!! Astro Soc of Long Island 7, 14, 21, 28 Custer Institute - - - - 3, 10, 17, 24 Hmaptons Observatory - - !!! Hofstra Univ Obsy - - - AUT SUNY Stony Brook Astro - AUT *Susan Rose Observatory - 3, 10, 17, 24 . MANHATTAN - MH *Amat Astro Assn starvwg - 0 *Amat Astro Assn lecture - !!! Amer Instt Archaeology - !!! Ctr for Atmos & Ocean Sci AUT Ctr for Science & Society AUT Central Pk (Great Lawn) - !!! Columbia Climate School - !!! Columbia Univ Astro - - - AUT Govvernors Island - - -- 0 Hayden Plm 'Frontiers' -- AUT Hayden Plm 'Live!' - - - AUT Instt Stud Ancnt World - AUT Intrepid Museum - - - -- 30 *Inwood Astronomy Project !!! Jupiter Joe's Astronomy - !!! Milky Way spring season - 1-30 Natl Musm of Mathematics 7 NYC-H2O - - - - - - - - 0 New York Map Society - - !!! NYU Astrop & Relatvty - - AUT *NYSkies Astronomy Seminar 2, 16 (digital Seminars) Simons Foundation - - - - AUT *Top of the Laawn - - - - !!! Urban Park Rangers - - - 0 ------------------------------- Ctr for Space Sci Edu - - info@nyccsse.reading org, www.+nyccsse.org, 212-608-6164 METRO-NORTH - NY Lamont-Doherty Obsy - - !!! Mid-Hudson Astro Assn - - 16 Vassar Collee Obsy - - - AUT Ward Pound Ridge - - - - 10 Westchester Amat Astro - 9 NEW JERSEY - NJ A A A of Princeton - - - 13 *Amat Astro Inc meeting - 2 *Amat Astro Inc lecture - AUT A S of Toms Rv Area - - 9 Morris Musm Astro Soc - - 10 NJ Astro Assn starviewing 3, 10, 17, 24 NJ Astro Assn sunviewing 4, 11, 18, 25 No Jersey Astro Gp mtg - 13 No Jersey Astro Gp starvg ??? Peyton Observator y - - - 21 Plasma Physics Lab - - - !!! Rutgers Univ Astro Collqm AUT Rutgers Univ Astro Semnr AUT *S*T*A*R -- - - - - - - - !!! Schommer Observatory - - 8, 15, 22 *Sheep Hill Astro Assn - - !!! *Sheep Hill Observatory - !!! *Utd Astro Clubs of NJ - - 3, 10, 17, 24 Washington Xing St Pk - - 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 ----------------------------- Dark Sky Observers - www.users.nac.net/gburke/club Montclair Telescope Club - 973-948-5284,, users.erols.com/njastro/orgs/mtc.htm NW Jersey Amat Astro - www.nwjaa.org, info@nwjaa.org Passaic Co Astro Assn - www.users.nac.net/gburke/PCAA, 973-523-0024 *Raritan Vy Co Coll Plm - www2.raritanval.edu/planetarium Skyland Stargazers - skylandstargazers.tripod.com QUEENS - QN York College Observatory - AUT REST OF WORLD STATEN ISLAND - SI THE BRONX - BX ============================= going and continuing events -------------------------- all day - Governors Island - MH - cultural shows HOURS VARY BY SEASON; INQUIRE AT CONTACT Open all year! Walk and tour thru former military base and \ new urban park. Shows vary each day or visit by foot or bike. Ferries run every 40 min from Battery Marine Terml, MH. On weekdays also from Pier 6, BK; and Atlantic Basin, BK. Island is free but ferry fare is $3 RT. Adv regn reqd, no at-door tkts. www.nps.gov/gois, www.govisland.com allday - whole City - MH - cultural tours & lectures VARIOUS PLACES, DATES, HOURS; INQUIRE AT CONTACT Urban Park Rangers. Tours of parks, landmarks, nabes, hoods. Lectures on history and culture of NYC. Program varies each month. Free. www.nyc.gov/parks all day - whole City - MH - cultural tour VARIOUS LOCATIONS AND TIMES; INQUIRE AT CONTACT NYC-. Walk, bike, ride thru history and culture of NYC muwater system facilities and natural waterways in and near the City. Events are pay orfree, adn regn reqd. Bike tours need own bike. www.nych2o.org, matt@nych2o.org all day - whole City - MH - clearsky starviewing VARIOUS PLACES, DATES, HOURS; INQUIRE AT CONTACT Amat Astro Assn. Sessions convene in parks usually at dusk. Occasional daytime sunviewing. Free. Cancelled for clouds. president@aaa.org, 718-522-5014, www.aaa.org List of events ------------ # By January 2023 sessentially all restrictions due to the vius # # are removed by public authorities in NYSkies. Ther is no more # # threat of penalty for violating the forer rules. There still # # be individual properties that continue cornovirus tules for # # their visitors and guests. Please have with you your vax card # # and faace mask to avoid unpleasant encounters at entry. Aomw # # properties have limited vistor presence, timed entry, shorter # # open hours, advnace registration. Ask at the event contact for # # particulars. Some properties no longer allow outside orgs to # # avail of their facilities. # ################################################################## Thu 1 Jun 02:00 - whole City - MH - Milky Way speing season Thru Jun 30. Spring season for sighting Milky Way from within NYC. Requires dark clear sky and thoro knowledge of normal luminous graffiti in sky. Milky Way is in high east sky at about 02:00. www.nyskies.org/articles/pazmino/milky-ny.htm Fri 2 Jun 18:30 - McBurney Houall - MH - NYSkies Astronomy Seminar SEMINARS ARE OFFERED AS DOWNLOAD AUDIO-VIDEO FILES AT 'www.nyskies.org/av-files/av-files.htm' UNTIL ON-SITE MEETINGS RESUME AFTER THE LOCKDONW ERA. 125 W 14 St, 6/7 Av. Discussion of astronomy topics, show & tell, skywatching reports, news of astro activity in NYSkies territory. Free. nyskies@nyskies.org, www.nyskies.org 20;00 - Wash'n X'ing - NJ - clearsky starviewing Amat Astro Assn of Princeton. Simpson Obsy. Free, cancelled for clouds. www.princetonastronomy.org, 609-737-2575, info@princetonastronomy.org 20:00 - Stamford - CT - astronomy lecture MEETS ON CERTAIN FRIDAYS; INQUIRE AT CONTACT Stamford Muum & Natr Ctr. Live planetarium show and talk. $14 musm adm. Stamford Obsy itself is closed. 203.977.652, Sat 3 Jun 19:00 - Southold - LI - Custer Institute meeting Custer Instt. Indoor program, clearsky starviewing. $5-$15. Varies with program. www.custerobservatory.org, president@custerobservatory.org, 631-765-2626 19:00 - Susan Rose Obsy - LI - clearsky starviewing Amat Obsrs Soc. capus of Custer Institt. Sessions concurrent with Custer's own events. Free, cancelled for clouds. www.aosny.org, suerose@optonline.net 21:00 - Middletown - CT - clearsky starviewing Astro Soc of Gtr Hartford, Wesleyan U, Van Vleck Obsy. Free. cancelled for clouds. asgh.org, 860-872-9069, pparkerrs@cs.com 20:00 - New Milford - CT - astronomy lecture McCarthy Obsy, New Miford HS. Indoor lecture, clearsky starviewing. Free. www.mccarthyobservatory.org, 860-354-1595, mccarthyobservatory@gmail.com 20:00 - Jenny Jump St Forest - NJ - Utd A C of NJ mtg UACNJ Obsy. Indoor talk, clearsky starviewing. Free. 20;30 - Voorhees St Pk - NJ - NJ Astro Assn lecture Robinson Obsy. Indoor talk, clearsky starviewining. Free. www.njaa.org, 908-368-8500 Sun 4 Jun 13:30 - Uniondale - LI - Amat Obsrs Soc meeting Hofstra University,Berliner Hall, Rm 117. Free, www.aosny.org, suerose@optonline.net 14;00 - Vorhees St Pk - NJ - clearsky sunviewing Robinson Obsy. clearsky sunrviewining. Free. www.njaa.org, 908-368-8500 Wed 7 Jun 16:00 - Natl Musm of Mathematics - MH - scienceshow Also 19:00. 'Mathematical Encounters'. Free, adv regn reqd. 212-542-0566, www.momath.org, info@momath.org 19:00 - Old Greenwich - CT - LightsOutCT meeting Perrott Library. Panelists discuss luminous graffiti for migratory birds and darker skies for astronomy. Free. astrogreenwich.org, greenwichstars@gmail.com 20:00 - Westport - CT - clearsky starviewing Westport Astro Soc. Rolnick Obsy. Free. Cancelled for clouds. www.was-ct.org, 203-227-0925 20:00 - Centerport - LI - Astro Soc of LI meeting Vanderbilt Plm. Free. asliastronomy@yahoo.com, www.asliclub.org 21:00 - Greenwich - CT - clearsky starviewing Astro Soc of Greenwich. Curtis Elem Schl, .a Obsy. Free. Cancelled for clouds. greenwichstars@gmail.com, / astrogreenwich.org Thu 8 Jun 18:30 - Bell House - BK - Secret Science Club meeting 149 7 St, 2/3 Av. (Gowanys Hills) Lecture and music on various science topics. Free, adv regn reqd. secretscienceclub.blogspot.com, secretscienceclub@gmail.com 20:30 - Piscataway - NJ - clearsky starviewng Rutgers Univ,`Schommer Obsy. Free. Cancelled for clouds. 732-205-0020, www.physics.rutgers.edu/ast/ast-serin.html pryor@physics.rutgers.edu Fri 9 Jun 19:00 - Toms River - NJ - Astro Soc of Toms Rv Area meeting Ocean Cnty Coll, Novins Planetarium. Free. www.astra-nj.com, 732-255-0343, webmaster@astra-nj.org 19:30 - Torrington - CT - Litchfield Hills A A C meeting Five Points Arts Cttr. Free. lhaacsec@gmail.com, lhastro.org Details at www.nyskies.org/gannyc.htm. 19:30 - Pleasantville - NY - Westchester Amat Astro meeting Pace Univ, Wilcox Hall, Free. www.westchesterastronomers.org, waa-president@westchesterastronomers.org 20;00 - Wash'n X'ing - NJ - clearsky starviewing see Jun 2 20:00 - Stamford - CT - astronomy lecture - see Jun 2 sat 10 Jun 11:30 - Morristown - NJ - Morris Museum Astro Soc meeting Morris Museum. Free. 973-386-1848, 973-386-1848,, www.morrismuseum.org/astro-society, info@morrismusem.org, ckkrish@gmail.com, www.mmastrosociety.org 19:00 - Southold - LI - Custer Institute meeting - see Jun 3 19:00 - Susan Rose Obsy - LI - clearsky starviewing- see Jun 3 20:00 - Jenny Jump St Forest - NJ - Utd A C of NJ mtg - see Jun 3 20:00 - Ward Pound Ridge - NY - clearsky starviewing Westchester Amat Astro. Meadows Picnic Area. Free. Cancelled for clouds. waa-president@westchesterastronomers.org www.westchesterastronomers.org, 20;30 - Voorhees St Pk - NJ - NJ Astro Assn lecture - see Jun 3 Sun 11 Jun 14;00 - Vorhees St Pk - NJ - clearsky sunviewing - see Jun 4 Tue 13 Jun 19:30 - Princeton - NJ - Amat Astro Assn of Princeton meeting Princeton U, Peyton Hall. Free. www.princetonastronomy.org, 609-737-2575, info@princetonastronomy.org Union Co Coll, Sperry Obsy. Indoor talk, clearsky starviewing. Free. www.asterism.org 20:15 - Upper Montclair - NJ - No Jersey Astro Gp meeting Montclair St Univ, Richardson Hall, Room 232. Free. njastro.org, 973-655-7266 Wed 14 Jun 20:00 - Westport - CT - clearsky starviewing - see Jun 7 20:00 - Centerport - LI - Astro Soc of LI meeting - see Jun 7 Thu 15 Jun 20:30 - Piscataway - NJ - clearsky starviewng - see Jun 8 Fri 16 Jun 18:30 - McBurney Hall - MH - NYSkies Astronomy Seminar SEMINARS ARE OFFERED AS DOWNLOAD AUDIO-VIDEO FILES AT 'www.nyskies.org/av-files/av-files.htm' UNTIL ON-SITE MEETINGS RESUME AFTER THE LOCKDONW ERA. 125 W 14 St, 6/7 Av. Discussion of astronomy topics, show & tell, skywatching reports, news of astro activity in NYSkies territory. Free. nyskies@nyskies.org, www.nyskies.org 19:30 -Litchfield - CT - Litchfield Hills A A C lecture White Memorial. Inddor talk, clearsky starviewing. Free. lhaacsec@gmail.com, lhastro.org, 20;00 - Wash'n X'ing - NJ - clearsky starviewingsee Jun 2 20:00 - Stamford - CT - astronomy lecture - see Jun 2 21:00 - Lk Taghkanic St Pk - NY - clearsky starviewing Mid-Hudson Astro Assn. West Beach parking lot. Free, , cancelled for clouds. Free, adv regn reqd with vehicle make, model, plate number for park security. ` www.mhaa.nidhudsonastro.org Sat 17 Jun 19:00 - Southold - LI - Custer Institute meeting - see Jun 3 19:00 - Susan Rose Obsy - LI - clearsky starviewing- see Jun 3 20:00 - Jenny Jump St Forest - NJ - Utd A C of NJ mtg - see Jun 3 20;30 - Voorhees St Pk - NJ - NJ Astro Assn lecture - see Jun 3 Sun 18 Jun 14;00 - Vorhees St Pk - NJ - clearsky sunviewing - see Jun 4 Wed 21 Jun 20:00 - Westport - CT - clearsky starviewing - see Jun 7 20:00 - Centerport - LI - Astro Soc of LI meeting - see Jun 7 21:00 - Greenwich - CT - clearsky starviewing- see Jun 7 21:30 - Princeton - NJ - clearsky starviewing Princeton Univ, Peyton Hall. Free. Cancelled for clouds www.astro.princeton.edu/observatory/publicobserving.php, jeg@astro.princeton.edu, lee@astro.princeton.edu Thu 22 Jun 20:30 - Piscataway - NJ - clearsky starviewng - see Jun 8 Fri 23 Jun 20;00 - Wash'n X'ing - NJ - clearsky starviewing - ee Jun 2 Sat 24 Jun 19:00 - Southold - LI - Custer Institute meeting - see Jun 3 19:00 - Susan Rose Obsy - LI - clearsky starviewing- see Jun 3 20:00 - Jenny Jump St Forest - NJ - Utd A C of NJ mtg - see Jun 3 20;30 - Voorhees St Pk - NJ - NJ Astro Assn lecture - see Jun 3 Sun 25 Jun 14;00 - Vorhees St Pk - NJ - clearsky sunviewing - see Jun 4 Wed 28 Jun 20:00 - Westport - CT - clearsky starviewing - see Jun 7 20:00 - Centerport - LI - Astro Soc of LI meeting - see Jun 7 Fri 30 Jun 17:00 - Intrepid Museum - MH - Free Friday show Pier 86 and ship. Exhibits, demos, talks. Clearsky movies and starviewing. Free. www.intrepidmuseum.org 20;00 - Wash'n X'ing - NJ - clearsky starviewin - gsee Jun 2 20:00 - Stamford - CT - astronomy lecture - see Jun 2 Events skipped in this month -------------------------- EVENT MAY RESUME AT A DIFFERNT PLACE AND TIME; INQUIRE AT CONTACT ====================================== [AUT] AUTUMN RESUMPTION OF ACTIVITY ----- 10:30 - Piscataway - NJ - astronomy lecture Colloquium series. Rutgers Univ, Busch Campus, Astro & Phys Lecture Hall. Free. www.physics.rutgers.edu/colloquium, 732-445-3974 13:30 - Piscataway - NJ - astronomy lecture Seminar series. Rutgers Univ, Serin W330. Free. 732-445-3974, www.physics.rutgers.edu/ast/seminar 14:00 - New York University - MH - astronomy lecture 726 Broadway, Rm 940. Various topics in astrophys and relativity. Free. Have GI photo ID for campus security. physics.nyu.edu/events.htm 15:00 - Columbia Univ - MH - Ctr for Sci and Soc lecture Fayerweather Hall, Rm 513. 'Exploring Mars with Perserverance and ingenuity''.Free, adv regn reqd. 212-853-1612, scienceandsociety@columbia.edu, scienceandsociety.columbia.edu 15:300 - Courant Institute - MH - science lecture Ctr for Atmosp & Ocean Studies. Weaver Hall, 251 Mercer St. Various topics in geophysics and earth science. Free. caos.cims.nyu.edu, shafer@cims.nyu.edu 17:00 - Inst Stud Anc World - MH - cultural lecruee 15 E 84 St, 5/Madison Av. Various topics on history and culture of ancient societies. Free, adv regn reqd. isaw.nyu.edu, isaw@nyu.edu, 212-992-7800 17:00 - Simons Foundation - MH - scinece lecture 160 5 Av & 21 St. 'Quantum simulation: A microscopic view of the quantum qorld'. Free, adv regn reqd. 646-654-0066, www.simonsfoundation.org 19:00 - Hayden Planetarium - MH - 'Frontiers' lecture Enter at 81 St/Cntl Pk W, then follow usher. $15, adv regn reqd. 212-769-5100, www.amnh.org/programs 19:00 - Hayden Planetarium - MH - 'Astronomy live!' lecture Live narrated planetarium show. Enter at 81 St/Cntl Pk W. $15, adv regn reqd. 212-769-5100, www.amnh.org/programs 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, slutterbie@notes.cc.sunysb.edu 19:30 - New Brittain - CT - Astro Soc of Gtr Hartford meeting Central CT St Univ, Copernicus Plm. Free. www.asgh.org, 860-872-9069, pparkerrs@cs.com 20:00 - Middeltown - CT - cleasky starviewing MEETS ONLY DURING CLASSES; INQUIRE AT CONTACT Wesleyan U, Van Vleck Obsy. Free, cancelled for clouds. 860-685-3664, www.wesleyan.edu/astro/events 20:00 - Columbia University - MH - astronomy lecture Pupin Hall, follow signs to room. Insdoor talk, clearsky starviewing. Free. www.astro.columbia.edu/content/outreach, 212-854-3278, 212-854-3257 20:00 - Uniondale - LI - clear starviewing Hofstra University,Berliner Hall, Rm 117. Free, adv regn reqd. Cancelled for clouds. 516-463-2759, www.hofstra.edu/starsonsunday, observatory@hofstra.edu 20:00 - Danbury - CT - astronomy lecture Westn Conn St Uv, Obsy/Plm. Indoor planetarium show, clearsky starviewing. Free. www.wcsu.edu/starwatch, 203-837-8671, dawsond@wcsu.edu 20;00 - York College - QN - astronomy lecture . Core Academic Bdg, Rm AC-2E01. Indoor lecture, clearsky starviewing. Free, adv regn reqd. 718-262-2082, www.york.cuny.edu/centers-institutes/observatory, 20:30 - Cranford - NJ - Amat Astro Inc lec lecture Union Commty Coll, Smith Audm. Free. indoor talk, clearsky starvireing.www.asterism.org 21:00 - Poughkeepsie - NY - clearsky starviewing MEETS ONLY DURING CLASSES; INQUIRE AT CONTACT Vassar College, Observatory. Free. Cancelled for clouds. physicsandastronomy.vassar.edu/observatory.html, 845-437-7340 -------------------------------------------- ;???] UNCERTAINDATE OR NO EVENT OF INTEREST ----------------------------------- info@worldsciencefestival.com 19:30 - Upper Montclair - NJ - clearsky starviewing No Jersey Astro Gp meeting. Montclair St Univ, CELS Hall. Free, adv regn reqd, cancelled for clouds. njastro.org, 9 www.njastra.org, 732-255-0343, webmaster@astra-nj.org 20:00 - Westport - CT - Westport Astro soc meeting- see Oct 1 Rolnick Obsy. Free. www.was-ct.org, 203-227-0925 20:45 - West Reading - CT - cleatsky starviewing New Pond Farm, obseratory. outdoor clearsky starviewing. $10, adv regn reqd, cancelled for clouds. www.newpondfarm.org, ====================================================== [!!!] ENCOMBERED BY CORONAVIRUS; UNCERTAIN RESUMPTION -------------------------------------------------------- all day - whole Island - LI - clearsky starviewing VARIOUS PLACES, DATES, HOURS; INQUIRE AT CONTACT Amat Obsrs Soc. Sessions convene in parks usually at dusk. Occasional daytime sunviewing. Free. Cancelled for clouds. www.aosny.org, suerose@optonline.net all day - whole City - MH - clearsky starviewing VARIOUS PLACES, DATES, HOURS; INQUIRE AT CONTACT Jupiter Joe's Sidewalk Astronomy. Sessions convene in parks usually at dusk. Occasional daytime sunviewing. Free. ` Cancelled for clouds. www.jupiterjoesastronomy.org, jupiyerjoesastronomy@gmail.com = = = = = 10:00 - Princeton - NJ - science tour Plasma Physics Lab. Walk thru history and culture of fproject to capture energy from controled hydrogen fusion. Free, adv regn reqd. Have GI photo ID for campus security. www.pppl.gov/events = = = = = 15:30 - Greenwich - CT - Astro Soc of Greenwich meeting Greenwich Audubon Ctr. Free with musm adm. greenwichtars@gmail.com, astrogreenwich.org = = = = = 14:00 - Avenues HQ - MH - New York Map Society lecture 11 E 26 St, 17th floor. Various topics about map making, cartography, geography. Free, adv regn reqd. Have GI photo ID for caampus security. www.newyorkmapsociety.org, mapsocietyny@gmail.com = = = = 18:00 - Columbia Climate School - MH - science lecture Columbnia Univ, Lerner Hall, Arledge Audm.. 'Sea level rise: Causes, impacts and options for solutions'. Free, adv regn reqd. climate.columbia.edu 18:00 - East Meadow - LI - Amer Instt Aero & Astro lecture Borlli's Restaurant, 1580 Hempstead Tk. Various topics in aeronautics and astronautics. 'The road to space, the next thousand years'. $40, incl dinner, adv regn reqd. 516-458-8593, davidparis@twc.com 18:00 - Amagansett - LI - astronomy lecture amptons Obsy. Amagansett Library. Indoor talk, clearsky sunviewing. Free. www.montaukobservatory.com = = = = = 18:30 - Hunter College - MH - Amer Instt Archaeolgy lecture Hemmerdinger Screening Room. Various topics on archaeology and anthropology. Free, adv regn reqd. GI photo ID required for campus security. www.aia-nysociety.org, info@aia-nysociety.org 18:15 - Amer Musm Natl Hist - MH - Amat Astro Assn lecture Kaufmann Theater. Free, no musm adm fee. 718-522-5014, president@aaa.org, www.aaa.org = = = = = 18:30 - CUNY Graduate Center - MH -'GC presents' lecture 365 5 Av & 34 St. 'Climate change:The effects on coastal environments''. Free, adv regn reqd. 212-817-7000, www.gc.cuny.edu/publicprograms = = = = = 19:00 - New Haven - CT - Astro Soc of New Haven meetinG Yale Univ, Leitner Family Obsy. Indoor talk, clearsky starviewing. Free. www.asnh.org, prez@asnh.org = = = = = 19:30 - Boonton - NJ - Sheep Hill Astro Assn meeting Boonton Senior Ctr. Free. www.sheephillastro.org, contacts@sheephillastro.org, wwestura@optonline.net = = = = = 20:00 - Inwood Hill Park - MH cleasky starviewing OCCASIONAL EXTRA SESSIONS; INQUIRE AT CONTACT Inwood Astronomy Project. Meet at park entrance, Seaman Av & Isham St. Free. Cancelled for clouds. 917-529-2359 www.inwoodastronomy.org, jasonskendall@gmail.com 20:00 - Lincroft - NJ - S*T*A*R meeting Brookdale Commty Coll, Mommouth Museum. Free. www.starastronomy.org, s-walters@comcast.net 20:00 - Central Park - MH - clearsky starviewing PLUS OCCASIONAL EXTRA SESSIONS; INQUIRE AT CONTACT Top of the Lawn. North path of Great Lawn. Free. Cancelled for clouds. tags_p@yahoo.com, www.nyskies.org, nyskies@nyskies.org = = = = = 20:30 - Boonton - NJ - clearsky starviewing Sheep Hill Astro Assn Obsy.Free, adv regn reqd, cancelled for ` clouds. www.sheephillastro.org, contacts@sheephillastro.org, wwestura@optonline.net General news ---------- I cleaned up text in several NYC Events sections. Obsolete material was removed or reworded. Litchfield Hills A a C has conglicting event info in its wb calendar. It shows monthly meeting and lecture/starviewing, also bold note that there are no events in June. I list the two events for June 9 & 16. Please inquire at contact. Westport Astro Soc meeting in June is in-house summer solstiice picnic. Public meetings resume in July. Clearsky starviewing continues in June on eery Wednesday at 20h. NYSkies, othre astro orgs, in May 2023 got offers to collect free money from US IRS! It, Employee Retention Credit, covers workers during virus era, as much as $26,000/worker. Credit applies to small businesses and NPOs, even if thry separately got PPP funds. Solicitors may look like official agencies to 'remind'org that it didn't yet apply for ERC. Before engaging the offer consult with org's tax advisor. Intrepid Museum resumed its Free Fridays on the 30th. It skipped May likrly due to Fleet Week and memorial Day activities. North Jersey Astro Gp desctibes monthly starviewings vut its calendar shows none for June.Inquire at contact. A A A of Princeton returned to in-person meetings at Peyton Hall, princeton U. June's meeting is on the 13th City news ------ As at May 1 ~60,000 illegal aliens moved to NYC from Mexico border since Seo 2022! A couple buses/day arrive at PA bus depot, where aliens are greeted by City and charity crews and assigned to hotels and motels around City. NYC Mayor Adams on May 4 began shipping illegal aliens from City to Rckland, Orange, Westchester, syffolk counties! His office rented entire motels there to house tthe aliens Counties were not engaged for such transfer aand plan to intercept and turn back incoming aliens. Psychotic agitated man Jordan Neely on May 1 ~14:30 EDST was threatening riders on F train near Broadway-Lafayette sta. Rider Daniel Penny and two others estrained him on floor.Neely died in the incident before polife arrived. Penny on May 11 was booked on 2nd-deg manslaughter at NY Sopm Ct. He reportes for trail on July 17. Shellyne Rodriguez, adjc prof at Hunter Coll, Manh, thratened and chased NY Post news crew on May 22. Shr greeted crew at her Bonx flat with machete held to reporter's nexk. Crew retreated to street with Rodriguez in chase -- with machee -- and ran thru road traffic to escape. Crew was following up earlier incident at HC where she vandalized a pro-life stufent exhibit. HC fired her, who taught 'fine arts' and seemed to have no pro-life concerns. NYS on May 2 passed 2023-24 budget with bacmbdded law banning piped gas hookups after 2026. New buildings up to 7 stories completed after 2026 must offer equibalent non-gas service, such as electric and geothermics. Taller new buildings must comply after 2029. Existing piped gass service is grandfathered. Law allows limited exceptions like medical and emergency appliances. NYC on May 1 began collection efforts for unpaid water service. City suspended billing during virus episode and let customers pay up when billing resumed in 2022. Thousand of customers didn't make good, mmostly commercial properties . Accumulated unpaid bills is some $800 million. NYC Mayor Sams on May 5 getan crash project to take over dormant unused city properties for illegal aline housing. Hosuing will be converted from existing spaces or built on empty lands. He also is expelling exisitng hotel/motel occupants to fill rooms with aliens. leasing Ford Motor Co on May 22 called off plans to discontinue AM radios in future cars. It would have installed only FM radios starting with 2024 models. US FEMA, US FCC, radio stations, broadcaster societies ressed Ford to keep aM radios. Other car factories may pulll back their own removal of AM radios. Roosevelt Hotel, Grand Central MH, on May 19 reopened as housing and service outlet for illegal aliens! It closed in 2020 due to coronavirus, bought by Pakistani Intl Airlines for possble revival. NYC leased whole building from PIA for $225 million for 3 yr. On/about May 20 NYC took in 70,000 illegal aliens since Sep 2022! putting them into ~50,000 hotel/motel rooms thruout City regin. Of the ~100,000 lodging rooms in City, fully 1/2 are occupied by IAs. On/abt May 19 NYC Mayor Adams issued all-ponts-bulletin for any rental propery holdrs to offer their rooms for illegal aliens. City will pay full rack rate for full occupancy for at least one year, with renwal options. Hundreds of properties in tristate took up offer. Magn 2.2 quake rattled northern NYSkies on May 19 ~01:50 EDST. Epicenter ~1.5km s of Hastings-on-Hudson, 10km depth. Minor shaking, no reported injuries /damage. Felt in Tappan Zee, w CTT. N NJ, N Bx. Sky news ------ May 2023 was a good observing month with long runs of clear dark sky. Some days had deep blue sky, stable air, deep transp, mild temps. A few seemed threshold Milky Way nights but so far no positive sightings. No reports of omega Centauri sihtings. From May 29 sky was tinged by smoke from Canada fires, which likely hampered views of supernova SN2023ixf. On May 6 morning thru early afternoon, cumulus clouds over NYC looked like painted designs on flat sky! Clouds changed and moved very slowly, adding to painted desgin' effect. New clouds near sunset were normal 3D ojects. On May 6 mid-late afternnon sky over NYC turned deep dense blue with only small clouds. I was amazedd to actually eew the sky polarization by bare eye! At first I thought an eye floater was obscuring the sky but repeated experimenting showed it was the sky itslef that altered brightness. By periphera vision in the bluest parts of high sky the sky ligithened and darkened with my head movement! Phaenomenon lasted about 1/2 hour, then sky turned a lighter, still deep, blue and new clouds moved in. Manhattanhenge was well observed at end May 2023. Earlu reports note full pre-virus crowdson astreet corners. Apparently wildfire smoke from Canada didn't impair viewing and may have added extra color to the sunset. More in July's NYC Events. ` Meteorite crashed into a house in Hopewell Tp NJ on May 8 ~13:15 EDST. It pierced rood and ceiling, landed on floor. Rock is shiny metallic heavy, ~13cm diam. Home owner was away at the time and recovered the stone upon return. Franklin Instt, Philadelphia PA, is examining the rock. Smoke from wildires in W Canada reached NYSkies on May 28, spreading east from Gt Lks. Day sky was whitened; night, filled with haze. Manhattanhenge on 29th featured orange tempered Sun. Observing was stifled with shallow transp. Conidtions lasted thru issue date. Supernova in M101 galaxy visible in home telescopes! M101 is north point of euilateral trigngle with Alkaid & Mizar in Big Dipper, dipper is in high northwest at nightfall. Most likely you see the new star but galaxy is subdued in gray sky background.Magn as at May 29 ~10.5, holding still, could egin fading within days. Requires >= 12cm scope and good observing skills. More at www.aavso.org and NYSkies digial Seminar on June 2. some dtails from AAVSO: ------------------------------------------------ Event: Supernova in M101 - SN 2023ixf in NGC 5457 (UMa) Discovered by: Koichi Itagaki (Yamagata, Japan) Discovery magnitude: 14.9 unfiltered CCD Discovery date: 2023 May 19.7272569 UT Coordinates (2000.0): R.A. 14 03 38.58 Decl. +54 18 42.1 (located 227.7" east and 134.1" south of the center of M101) Spectra: Spectroscopy indicating the object to be a Type II supernova General observing recommendations: Please observe SN 2023ixf as it continues to evolve, with observations of all types (visual, CCD/CMOS, DSLR, spectroscopy) and multiple bands as instrumentation permits. Frequency of observation depends on the rate of decline; a minimum of one observation per night per band is recommended. -------------------------------------------------------- Sollar activity spiked in May 2023 with sunspot counts exceding the predicted maximum for Cycle 25. Cycle may be peaking in 2023, 2 years early. Geomag storms are possible with radio/electronic interference and aurorae. = = = = =