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NYC EVENTS FOR 2026 JANUARY ========================= 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 address from 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) 16:41 4 5 6 7 8 9 (10. 16:48 11 12 13 14 15 16# 17 16:56 .18. 19 20 21 22 23 24 17:04 .25) 26 27 28 29 30 31 17:12 ------- -------------------------------------------- All houurs are Eastern Standard Time (UT - 5h). INDEX OF EVENTS ------------- * = NASA-JPL Night Sky Network affiliate date = in-person event in 'list of events' /ection '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 or irregular event ------- ----------------------------------------------- BROOKLYN - BK ------------- Secret Science club - - - ??? telescope borrow progrqm - 0 ---------------------- CONNECTICUT - CT ------------------- *Astro Soc of Gtr Hartford 21 *Astro Soc of New Haven - SPR Boothe Memorial Astro Soc 2, 16 *Bowman Observatory - - - 7, 21 Litchfield Hills AAC mtg 9 *McCarthy Observatory - - 10 New Pond Farm - - - - - ??? Stamford Museum - - - - 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 Van Vleck Obsy (ASGH) -SPR Van Vleck Obsy (WU) - -- 7, 14, 21, 28 Westport Astro Soc mtg - 20 Westport Astro Soc starvwg 7, 14, 21, 28 3, --------------------------------------- Astro Soc of Greenwich mtg - greenwichtars@gmail.com, astrogreenwich.org LONG ISLAND - LI -------------------- *Amateur Observers Soc mtg 4 *Amat Obsrs Soc starvwing 0 Astro Soc of Long Island - 7, 14, 21, 28 Custer Institute - - -- 3, 10, 17, 24, 31 Hamptons Observatory - - ??? Hofstra Univ Obsy - - - - SPR SUNY Stony Brook Astro - SPR *Susan Rose Observatory - 3, 10, 17, 24, 31 -------------------------- MANHATTAN - MH ---------------- *Amat Astro Assn starvwg - 0 Ctr for Atmos & Ocean Sci SPR Ctr for Sci & Soc - - - 0 Civl Rights Day - - - - - 19 Columbia Univ Astro - - - SPR CUNY Graduate Center- - - SPR 'Divine Egypt' exhibit - 1-19 Federal govt shutdwon - - 30 Globe at Night - - - - - 10-19 Google Plqy Store refunds 1 Govvernors Island - - -- 0 Hayden Planetarium - - - 8 inauguration block party - 1 Instt Stud Ancnt World - 20, 29 Intrepid Museum - - - -- SPR Natl Musm of Mathematics 14 New Years Day - - - - - - NYC-H2O - - - - - - - - 0 NYU Astrop & Relatvty - 20, 27 *NYSkies Astronomy Seminar 2, 16 (digital sessions) Obamacare cost increase - 1 Path of Liberty show - - - 0 Perihelion Day - - - - - 3 SciCafe' - - - - - - - - 7 Simons Foundation - - - - SPR student loan payback - - - 4 Urban Park Rangers - - - 0 -------------------------------------- Central Pk (Top of the Laen) - tags_p@yahoo.com, www.nyskies.org Amat Astro Assn lecture - 718-522-5014, www.aaa.org Ctr for Space Sci Edu - info@nyccsse.reading org, www.nyccsse.org, 212-598-6164 METRO-NORTH - NY ------------------ Bear Mountain - - - - - - - SPR Mid-Hudson Astro Assn mtg - 20 Mid-Hudson A A starvwg - - - 16 Vassar Collee Obsy - - - - 7, 14, 21, 28 Ward Pound Ridge - - - - - SPR Westchester Amat Astro - - SPR ------------------------------ NEW JERSEY - NJ ----------------- A A A of Princeton - - - - -13 Amat Astro Inc meeting - - 2 Amat Astro Inc lecture - - 16 Astro Soc of Toms Rv Area - 9 McDowell Observatory - - - - 7, 14, 21, 28 measles infection risk - - - 1 Morris Musm Astro Soc - - - 10 NJ Astro Assn starviewing - SPR NJ Astro Assn sunviewing - SPR NW Jersey Amat Astro - - - SPR North Jersey Astro Group - - 13 Peyton Observatory - - - - ??? Plasma Physics Lab - - - - 10, 24, 31 Schommer Observatory - - - - 8, 15, 22 Sheep Hill Asro Assn - - - - ??? *Utd Astro Clubs of NJ - - SPR Washington Xing St Pk - - - SPR ----------------------------------------- S*T*A*R - www.starastronomy.org, s-walters@comcast.net *Raritan Vy Co Coll Plm - www2.raritanval.edu/planetarium QUEENS - QN --------------- York College ObserVatory - - 14 REST OF WORLD --------------- STATEN ISLAND - SI --------------------- THE BRONX - BX --------------- Holiday train show - - - - - 1-11 ============================================== ONGOING AND CONTINDUING EVENTS ----------------------------- all day - Brooklyn Publ Liby - BK - telescope borrow program Library lends out telesopes.3-week borrow time, no renewing. Pick up and return at Grand Army Plaza branch. scope is Celestron StarSense Explorer 102mm refractor, altaz mount. telescope@!bklunlibrary.org www.bbklynlibrary/branches/central/telescope, all day - Freedom Plaza - MH - Path of Liberty exhibit VARIOUS DATES/HOURS; INQUIRE AT CONTACT Thru summer 2026. 41 St & 1 St (Turtle Bay MH, next to UN HQ). Self- paced walk thru 40 panels, 6m X 12m, playing films & images of American history and culture. Show commemorates US 250th anniversary. Free, time tkt, adv regn reqd. pathofliberynyc.com 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 00:01 - whole City - potential Obamacare cost hike Obamacare providded 5-yr temporary premium abarement in 2020 to ease costburden during coronavirus wpisode. The abatementexpires on 2025 Dec 31. Unless Obamacare offers alternate moderation of premiums, expect premiums to swell, perhaps doubling, starring on 2026 Jan 1. As at issue date there is no action in this matter. 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 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 - Columbia Univ - MH - Ctr for Sci and Soc lecture VARIOUS LOCATIONS, DATES, TIMES; INQUIRE AT CONTACT Fayerweather Hal..Free, adv regn reqd. 212-853-1612 scienceandsociety@columbia.edu, cienceandsociety.columbia.edu all day - whole City - MH - cultural tour VARIOUS LOCATIONS AND TIMES; INQUIRE AT CONTACT NYC-H2O. Walk, bike, ride thru history and culture of NYC muwater system facilities and natural waterways in and near the City. Events are pay or free, adv 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 718-522-5014, www.aaa.org LIST OF EVENTS ------------- Thu 1 Jan all day - whole City - MH - New Years Day Please check with event contact for session falling on this day by rule or ediurnate schedule all day - Bronx Botanical Garden - BX - holiday strain show Thru Jan 11. marvel at gigantic model train layout with some NYC landmarks in scene. Indoors, reest of Garden open tor viit. $39 timed tkt, adv regn reqd. nybg.org. all day - Metropolitan Musm of Art - MH - 'dIvine Egypt' exhibit Thru Jan 19. ~200 artifacts from worldwide collections for 25 selected deities of ancient Egypt. See interaction between deities and humans in society. Display spand Old Kingsom thru Roman period. Free with musm adm. www.metmuseum.org, 212-535-7710. 00:00 - Newark airport - NJ - measles infection risk NJ DOH laets to possible meales infection risk at Newark airport. An mesles-carrier passenger passed thru Terml B & C on Dec 19 from 07h thru 19h EST.. As at Dec 27 ~250 possible victims are in quaratntinegs with hundreds more searched for. If you were in Terml B or C from 07h thru midenight on 19 Dec, get medl prompt attentionl attention. 00:00 - whole City - MH - Google Play Stoe refunds Goggle settled antitrust case from all50 states by giving refunds to Play Store customers. If you did an antitrust-qualifying Play Store purchase from 2016 Aug 16 tkru 2023 Sep 30 you may request the refund. The amount, to be refunded is $750 million, spread over he immense number of customers, is a few dollars. support.google.com/googleplay 00:01 - whole City - MH- Obamacare cost increase Obamacare in 2020 added premuym abatement to ease burden on patients during coronavirus episode. It was for 5 yrs, expiring 2025 Dec 31. With no extension or otheref support, premiums could steeply h increase. As at issue date there is no action by Obamacare. 11::00 - City Hall - MH - Inauguration blacok party EVENT IS IN DAYTIME, NOT RIGHT AFTER SWEAING-IN After mayor Mandani is sworn in at 00:01 on 1st, mayor's office puts on public block party in Broadway, Liberty St to Murray St. Music, dancing, performeres, merry-making. Free with tkt, adv regn reqd. transition2025.com/inauguration. Fti 2 Jan 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'. 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 r 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. Obsy itself is closed. www.stamfordmuseum.org, 203.977.652, 20:00 - Srattford - CT - Bootge Meml Astro Soc mtg Boothe Memorial Pk, Museum. Free. 203-375-9675 sites.google.com/view/bmas-ct/home, friendsofboothepk@gmail.com 20:30 - Cranford - NJ - Amat Astro Inc - meeting Union Commty Coll, Sperry Obsy. Indoor talk, clearsky Sat 3 Jan all day - whole City - MH - Perihelion Day Easrth is closest to Sun for 2026. Sun has fastest angular spped in ecliptic and largest angular diameter. Earth has greatest sunshine. Many astro/sci clubs and classes celebrate with mperihelion parties. With no commercial perihelion greting cards, astro/sci folk send homemade ones to friends. 20:00 - Southold - LI - Custer Institute meeting Custer Instt. Indoor program, clearsky starviewing. $5-$15. Varies with program. www.custerobservatory.org, president@custerobservatory.com, 631-765-2626 20:00 - 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 Sun 4 Jan 00:01 - whole City - MH - student loan payback US steps up enforccement of delinquent student loans from coronavirus wea. Enforcement can include salary confidcation, blocking payment for other loans, attachments on persona property. Discuss your situation with your loan agent. 13:30 - Uniondale - LI - Amat Obsrs Soc meeting Hofstra University,Berliner Hall, Rm 117. Free, www.aosny.org, suerose@optonline.net Wed 7 Jan 19:00 - Amer Musm Natl Hist - MH - SciCafe' social Enter at 77 St, follow ushers to event hall. Discuss various science topics with Musm sceintists. Re reshments and drinks. Free, adv regn reqd. For 21+ YO. Have fedl/state photo ID. 212-769-5100, www.amnh.org/programs 19:00 - Greenwich - CT - clearsky starviewing Astro Soc of Greenwich. Curtis Elem Schl, .a Obsy. Free. Cancelled for clouds. greenwichstars@gmail.com, astrogreenwich.org 19:00 - Lyndhurst - NJ - clearsky starviewing úú MccDowell Observatory, 2 DeKorte Pk Pz. Free. www.njsea.com/observatory, 201-460-4001 20:00 - Westport - CT - clearsky starviewing Westport Astro soc. Westport Obsy. Free, cancelled for clouds. www.was-ct.org, 203-227-0925 20:00 Centerport - LI - Astro Soc of LI meeting CERTAIN MEETINGS ARE ONLY ONLINE; INQUIRE AT CONTACT Vanderbilt Plm. Free. asliastronomy@yahoo.com, www.asliclub.org 20:00 - Middletown - CT - clearsky 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 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 end Thu 8 Jan 19:00 - Hayden Planetarium - MH - astronomy lecture TOPIC IS MANHATTANHENGE FOLLOWED BY CLEARSKY VIEWING Lecture in 'Live!' or 'Frontiers' series, besides routine SKY shows. Enter at 81 St/Cntl Pk W, then follow usher. $15, adv regn reqd. 212-769-5100, www.amnh.org/calendar 20:30 - Piscataway - NJ - clearssky starviewing Rutgers Univ, Schommer Obsy. Free. Cancelled for clouds. 732-205-0020 , www.physics.rutgers.edu/ast/ast-serin.html Fri 9 Jan 19:00 - Toms River - NJ - Astro Soc of Toms Rv Area meeting Ocean Cnty Coll, Building #13. Free. www.astra-nj.com, webmaster@astra-nj.or 19:30 - Torrington - CT - Litchfield Hills A A C meeting Five Points Arts Cttr. Free.lhaacsec@gmail.com, lhastro.org 20:00 - Stamford - CT - astronomy lecture - see Jan 2 Sat 10 Jan 09:00 - Princeton - NJ - science lecture Plasma Physics Lab. Various topics related to PPPL work. Free,. Have state/fedl photo ID for campus security. www.pppl.gov/events/science-saturday 11:30 - Morristown - NJ - Morris Museum Astro Soc meeting Morris Museum. Free adv regn reqd. 973-386-1848 www.morrismuseum.org/astro-society, info@morrismusem.org, ckkrish@gmail.com, www.mmastrosociety.org 20:00 - New Milford - CT - astronomy lecture NcCarthy Obsy, New Milford HS. indoor lecture, clearsky starviewing. Free. www.mccarthyobservatory.org, 860-354-1595, 20:00 - whole CIty - MH - Globe at Night NYSkies runs its Globe at Night exercise this season while Orion is in sky at nighfall. Same method and procedure as for prior years for documenting sky transparency over City. Dates this year ar: ---------------- 2025 Nov 11-20 2025 Dec 10-19 2026 Jan 10-19 2026 Feb 9-48 2026 Mar 10-19 -------------------- 20:00 - Susan Rose Obsy - LI - Custer Institute meeting see Jan 3 20:00 - Southold - LI - Custer Institute meeting see Jan 3 Tue 13 Jan 19:30 - Princeton - NJ - Amat Astro Assn of Princeton meeting Princeton U, Peyton Hall. Free. www.princetonastronomy.org, 609-737-2575, info@princetonastronomy.org 20:30 - Upper Montclair - NJ - No Jersey Astro Gp meeting Montclair St Univ, Ctr Enviro & Life Sci. Free. njastro.org, 732-255-0343 g Wed 14 Jan 16:00 - Natl Musm of Mathematics - MH - scienceshow Also 19:00. 'Mathematical Encounters'. Free, adv regn reqd. www.momath.org, 212-542-0566 19:00 - Lyndhurst - NJ - clearsky starviewing - see Jan 7 19:330 - 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, 20:00 - Westport - CT - clearsky starviewing - see an 7 20:00 - Middletown - CT - clearsky starviewing - see Jan 7 20:00 Centerport - LI - Astro Soc of LI meeting - see Dec 7 21:00 - Poughkeepsie - NY - clearsky starviewing - see Jan 7 Thu 15 Jan 20:30 - Piscataway - NJ - clearssky starviewing - see Jan 8 Fri 16 Jan 16:30 - Lk Taghkanic St Pk - NY - clearsky starviewing M6d Hudson Astro Assn. West Beach parking lot. Free, , cancelled for clouds. Free, adv regn reqd. www.mhaa.nidhudsonastro.org 18:30 - McBurney Houall - MH - NYSkies Astronomy Seminar - see Jan 2 20:00 - Stamford - CT - astronomy lecture - see Jan 2 20:00 - Cranford - NJ - Amat Astro Inc lecture Union Commty Coll, Roy Smith audm. indoor talk, clearsky starvireing. free. www.asterism.org Sat 17 Jan 20:00 - Susan Rose Obsy - LI - Custer Institute meeting see Jan 3 20:00 - Southold - LI - Custer Institute meeting see Jan 3 Mon 19 Jan all day - whole City - MH - Civil Rights Day Please check with event contact for session falling on this day by rule or ediurnate schedule Tue 20 Jan 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 17:30 - Instt Stud Anct World - MH - cultural lecture 15 E 84 St, Masison & 5 Av. Various topics on history and culture of ancient societies. Free, adv regn reqd. isaw.nyu.edu, isaw@nyu.edu, 212-992-7800, 20:00 - New Paltz - NY - M6d3H udson Astro Assn mtg SUNY New Paltz, CSB Audm. Free. www.mhaa.nidhudsonastro.org 20:00 - Westport - CT - Westport Astro soc meeting- see Oct 1 Westport Obsy. Free. www.was-ct.org, 203-227-0925 203-227-0925 Wed 21 Jan 19:00 - Greenwich - CT - clearsky starviewing - see Jan 7 19:00 - Lyndhurst - NJ - clearsky starviewing - see Jan 7 19:30 - Rocky Hill - CT - Astro Soc of Gtr Hartford meeting Rocky Hill Commty Ctr, Rn 1C,761 Old Main St. Free asgh.org 1 20:00 - Westport - CT - clearsky starviewing - see an 7 20:00 Centerport - LI - Astro Soc of LI meeting - see Dec 7 20:00 - Middletown - CT - clearsky starviewing - see Jan 7 21:00 - Poughkeepsie - NY - clearsky starviewing - see Jan 7 Thu 22 Jan 20:30 - Piscataway - NJ - clearssky starviewing - see Jan 8 Frri 23 Jan 20:00 - Stamford - CT - astronomy lecture - see Jan 2 Sat 24 Jan 09:00 - Princeton - NJ - science lecture - see Jan 10 20:00 - Susan Rose Obsy - LI - Custer Institute meeting see Jan 3 20:00 - Southold - LI - Custer Institute meeting see Jan 3 Wed 28 Jan 19:00 - Lyndhurst - NJ - clearsky starviewing - see Jan 7 20:00 - Westport - CT - clearsky starviewing - see an 7 20:00 Centerport - LI - Astro Soc of LI meeting - see Dec 7 20:00 - Middletown - CT - clearsky starviewing - see Jan 7 21:00 - Poughkeepsie - NY - clearsky starviewing - see Jan 7 Fri 30 Jan 23:59 - whole City - NH - Federal government shutdown Current funding for govt ops expires on 30th, possible forcing new shutdown on Feb 1. When govt reopened on Nov 12, funding was in place thru Jan 30 with no expectation of further extension. No action in sight as at issue date. 20:00 - Stamford - CT - astronomy lecture - see Jan 2 Sat 31 Jan 09:00 - Princeton - NJ - science lecture - see Jan 10 20:00 - Susan Rose Obsy - LI - Custer Institute meeting see Jan 3 20:00 - Southold - LI - Custer Institute meeting see Jan 3 EVENTS SKIPPED IN THIS MONTH -------------------------- EVENT MAY RvESUME AT DIFFERNT PLACE AND TIME INQUIRE AT EVENT CONTACT ========================================= [SPPR] SPRING RESUMPTION OF ACTIVITY OR IRREGULQR QCTIVITY ---------------------------------------------------------- 14;00 - Vorhees St Pk - NJ - clearsky sunviewing Robinson Obsy. clearsky sunrviewining. Free. www.njaa.org, 908-368-8500 15:30 - 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 - Simons Foundation - MH - scinece lecture TOPIC IS THE APRIL 8TH SOLAR WCLIPSE 160 5 Av & 21 St. Various topics on physics, astronomy, maths. Free, adv regn reqd. 646-654-0066, www.simonsfoundation.org 18:00 - Intrepid Museum - MH - astronomy & movie show Pier 86 and ship. Exhibits, demos, talks. Clearsky movies and starviewing. Free. www.intrepidmuseum.org 18:30 - CUNY Graduate Center - MH - cultural lecture 365 5 Av & 34 St. Various history and culture topics elated New York City. 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 19:00 - Uniondale - LI - clear starviewing Hofstra University,Berliner Hall, Rm 117. Free, adv regn reqd. Cancelled for clouds. 516-463-2759 516-463-2759, www.hofstra.edu/starsonsunday, 19:00 - Coluubia 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 19:30 - Boonton - NJ - clearsky starviewing Sheep Hill Astro Assn, Sheep Hill Obsy. Free, cancelled for clouds. www.sheephillastro.org 19:30 - Pleasantville - NY - Westchester Amat Astro meeting Pace Univ, Wilcox Hall, Free. www.westchesterastronomers.org, waa-president@wes 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, astro.sunysb.edu 20:00 - Beear Mountain - NY - clearsky starviewing Rockland Astro Club. Anthony Wayne Rec Pk, picnic field. Free, cancelled for clouds. www.rocklandastronomy.com 20:00 - Middletown - CT -clearsky starviewing astro Soc of Gtr Hartf11ord, Wesleyan U, Van Vleck Obsy. Free. cancelled for clou1ds. asgh.org, 860-872-9069 pparkerrs@cs.com 1111111111111111111111111111111 20:00 - Blairstown - NJ - NW Jersey Amat Astro meeting Alan Observatory. Indoor talk, clearsky starviewing. Free, adv regn reqd. www.nwjaa.org, info@nwjaa.org 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;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;30 - Voorhees St Pk - NJ - NJ Astro Assn lecture Robinson Obsy. Indoor talk, clearsky starviewining. Free. www.njaa.org 20:00 - Jenny Jump St Forest - NJ - Utd A C of NJ mtg UACNJ Obsy. Indoor talk, clearsky starviewing. Free. www.uacnj.org ================================================ ;???] UNCERTAIN DATE OR LOW-INTEREST EVENT ------------------------------------------ 14:00 - New York University - MH - astronomy lecture - see Jan 20 14:00 - Bell House - BK - Secret Science Club meeting MEETS AT ENSEMBLE STUDIO, 545 W 52 ST, 10/11 AV, $24 ADM 149 7 St, 2/3 Av. (Gowanys Hills) Lecture and music on various science topics. Free, adv regn reqd. secretscienceclub.blogspot.com, 18:00 - West Reqding - CT - astronomy lecture New Pond Farm, obseratory. outdoor clearsky starviewing. $10, adv regn reqd, cancelled for clouds. www.newpondfarm.org www.newpondfarm.org d 0 19:00 - 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 19:00 - East Hampton -LI - astronomy lecture Hampatonns Obsy. East Hampton Liby,159 Main St.Indoor talk, clearsky starviewing. Free, adv regn reqd. www.hamptonsobservatory.org 11111111111111111111111g. Free. GENERAL NEWS ---------- I promoted, like an employee, AI to handle much of info collection for NYC Events. Itresolved some '???' enteiws and confirmed seasonal recesses. It digged into webs that under redesign smothered event details.And this was for the toughest month of issue. December-January is when many hosts, such as schools, tgo on holiday, leaving short or no staff to line up club events for the new year. And some clubs turn over officers at yearend, letting new ones to fire up the new year's events. Like a human worker 'AI' can stand or 'Abysmal Ignorance'.It at times gave info for january 2025, not 2026 or confused details of a club's several events. CITY NEWS -------- The NYS tax refgund checks continue to go out into December. Apparently there are more qualifying recipients than anticipated. Checks range from $150 to $450, baed on NYX tax status. NYS MTA stresses that only SALES of MetroCard ended on Dec 31. Current MCs are valid until their eexpiry date on card back. As cards deplete, shift to OMNY card, with leftover MC amount tranfered to new oc. There is no 'unlimited' OC because OCs are capped at $33/ek, Non-Sun, not Sun-Sat. When this limit is hit, all further fares are free thru the next Sunday. Remaining value on OC picks up on mext Monday., counting toward next $33 cap. When MetroCard was new in 1990s discarded ones were often used in arts & crafts. Expect burst of A&C with flood of discontinued MCs now replaced by OMNY cards. WABC radio, 770AM in NYSkies, placed full-page as in NY Post on Dec 23 with holiday reetings and tahnks for its audience support. Heading proclaimed '... Merry Christsmas and Happy New ...', with the extra 's'. Cpany's telephones and social media were flooded with comments and other radio statons made jokes about the ad.. Altho as at Jan 1 no new MetroCard are offered for NYC transit, exisiting MCs remain in force, with refills as needed, until the expity noted on back of card. MC slots in farebox and turnstile eill eork thru 2026, alongside the tap-pad for new OMNY card. Leftover value on expired MC can be applied to OMNY ccard. US HHS advises about sudden spike in fly cases in NYSkies and else wher. Strand resists current flu vaccine but is curable when interepted quicky by physician.If allowed to linger untreated the new flu can turn into serious chest/lung illness and possible death. Curtis Sliwa, mayoor candidate losing to Nolran Mandani in Nov 2025, returned to radio service on Dec 22. He subbed for Mark Simone on WOR, 710AM in NYSkies, who was on holiday. Curtis was on air 06h-10h weekdays discussing local and national events. Simone returns on Jan 5, 2026. Potential US government shudown looms on Jan 30. Reopening on Nov 12 was a shortterm actionuntil then, with certain agenice funded thru Sep 30. No hint for length of a new shutdown may be. Many parts of Big Beautiful Bill passed in early 2025 begin on Jan 1. Those related to income taxes and investments should be discussed with finance advisor and payroll office. In genera wutggikdubgs should decrease, giving more dollars of pay back to you. NYC achieved one of the longest spans with no homicides, Nov 25-Dec 7.There many assaults, attacks, shootins with serious injuries but no deaths. Streak broke on 8th when 911 respondents in soundview BXhandled a man jilled by gunshot to head. A suspect was arrested. New arcbishop Ronald Hicks for New York received by outgoing Cardinal Timothy Dolan on Dec 18. Dolan retires by 75UO age limit and shifts to apostolic ambassador for NY. Hicks was bisdhop of Joliet IL. In Church 'New York' is Manh, Bx, Staten Is, part of Hdson Vy. Bklyn and Qns are in Brooklyn arcdiocese with its own bishop. 'Coast to coast AM' on EOR radio, 740 AM in NYSkies, on Dec 5 discussed possible ancient society on Mars. Conjecture is that primitive people, like outs on Earth ~20,000 yers agom liked on mars and died out when climate shifted against them. They lived not in our time but ~200 million years ag and were humanoid in form and behavior. Hope is to do archaeological search by astronauts to retrieve artifacts.The people never had spacefaring avility and lived out existence entirely on Mars, like out own ancient societies. SKY NEWS ----- December 2026 was a poor observing month with most nights cloudy or rain/snow. air in NYSies was cold, 0 to -5 C, worsened by stiff winds. Geminid shower and aurora watches were clouded out. Globe at Night scored few nights with visible stars. NYSkies got its first substantial winter snowstorm on Dec 2 predaen.It dropped 8-20 cm acover in N & W sectors, less closer to NYC. City got mostly thin rain that ended by sunrise. Apparent solar-induced blackout of certain AM radio bands in overnight Nov 30-Dec1. Stations in these bands were replaced by low-pitch hmm. A couple stations were replaced by weak audio from beyond NYDies. Reports indicate the interference was in 500-800 kHz zone while higher freqs were left intact. By dawn of Dec 1 reception was back to normal. Gobe at Night set out officre in early Dec posted dates for 2026 They are Jan 10-19, Feb 9-18, Mar 10-19. NYSies no longer does April because in past years Orion was then often too low in west in evening tewilight. Also, we do Earth Hour on Mar 28. See under Jan 10 and in www.nyskies.org/gannyc.htm. Humongous sunspot group rounded to frotn side of Sun on Nov 28. Took two days for entrire group to move into disc. E-W length ~400,000km, nore that Earth-Moon distance, about 1/4 full Sun diameter. It blased out CMEs which reach ed Earth on 8 Dec with geomag disturbances and aurorae. Hazy/cloudy skies in NYSkies screened good views from most observers. I saw the gigantic sunspot on Sun 7 Dec thru eclipse glasses. It to me was like a long scratch or tear on disc, a little off centered. On following days I watched the train slide toward SW limb and over to far side of Sun. The Quadrantids showe peaks on Jan 2-3, first mahor meteor shower of year, may be wiped out by Full Moon, on Jan 3, in sky all night. Reaalizd rate could be decimated to a couple tens/hr, against ook rate of 10++/hr. Quadrantids and Geminids were the last of major showers with no known comet origin until 1990s. Since then they were found to come from asteroids, which coud e depelted comets. Globe at Bight session for Dec 2026 was mostly clouded out. Nights cqalled 'clear' by weather news were in most cases slicked with haze. Next session is 2026 Jan 10-19. 'Dr Sky ecperience' radio show on Dec 13, WABC 770aM in NYSkies, discussed fallacies in climate change sundrome. Among examples were classing methane as fissul fuel when Titan's air and ocean is made of methane that surely was neer created as fissil material. An other was using sudden changes in clinate data colected from collapsed USSR. Economy and records keeping were then torn apart, maing trending of data all wrong. And a third is calssing CO2 as a greenhouse gas causing global warming, yet Mars with all-CO2 air is frigid. First snowfall with cover for 2025-26 winter in NYC came in morning of Dec 14. ~4cm IN cITY, Up to 10cm else where in NYSkies. City missed earlier snow in NYskies, specially in N & w sectors. On those instances NC gott rain or brief flurryweith no cover. Snow melted away by 22nd inder warmer air. Geminis meteors were clouded or snowed out in NYSkies on Dec 13-14. Then after roads were too hazardous for causal travel to observing sites. S*T posted in its web on Oct 6 short piecve on Pazmino's Cluster.It gave history of cluster, noted its prior absence from observing litterature, mentioned surrounding nebula. Piece featured sstunningg photo of cluster with patches of nebula and lots of faint stars. News media hyped in Oct and Nov the sumper Moon, a full Moon occurring at or near lunar perigee. There is no astro significance to event and lay person will not casually notice that the Moon was larger or righter than usual. There is no formal definition of super Moon, or supermoon. Dates differ according as each author's computation mrthod. Dec 20 surprised NYC observers asas being clear and clean with solid blue color. Sun was warm, himidity low, few clouds. Night was clear, tho not overly dark, transp 3-1'2 magn. This was after the Dec 10-19 Glove at Night round, which had no really cear nights. Nights since 20 lapsed back to haze, cloud, rain/snoq thru issue date.