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NYC EVENTS FOR 2024 NOVEMBER ================================ 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 --- --- --- ---- --- --- --- ------- -27 -28 -29 -30 -31 .1#. 2 17:50 EDST 3 4 5 6 7 8 .9) 16:43 EST 10 11 12 13 14 (15#) 16 16:37 EST 17 18 19 20 21 (22. 23 16:32 EST 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 16;29 EST ------- ----- ----------------------------------------- All hours from Nov 1 to Bov 2 are Eastern Daylight Savings Time (UT - 4h). All hoUrs from Nov 3 and out are Eastern Standar 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' for uncertain or low-interest event '!!!' = event in 'skipped' for having no in-person event ------- ----------------------------------------------- BROOKLYN - BK ------------- Secret Science club- - - ??? 3 CONNECTICUT - CT ------------------- *Astro Soc of Gtr Hartford ??? Astro Sco of Greenwich - !!! *Astro Soc of New Haven - -!!! Boothe Memorial Astro Soc 1, 15 *Bowman Observatory - - - - 6, 20 2, 16 Litchfield Hills AAC mtg AUT Litchfield Hills AAc lect AUT *McCarthy Observatory - - 9 New Pond Farm - - - - 9 Stamford Museum - - - - - 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 - - - - 4, 11, 18, 25 Van Vleck Obsy (ASGH) - 2 Van Vleck Obsy (WU) - --- 6, 13, 20, 27 Westport Astro Soc mtg - 19 Westport Astro Soc starvw 6, 13, 20, 27 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 LONG ISLAND - LI -------------------- *Amateur Observers Soc m - 3 *Amat Obsrs Soc starvwing 0 Amer Instt Aeron & Astron ??? Astro Soc of Long Island - 6, 13, 20 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 Custer Institute - - -- 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, 26 Hamptons Observatory - - ??? Hofstra Univ Obsy - - - - 3 LuminoCity Festival - - - 8-Jan 5 SUNY Stony Brook Astro - 1 *Susan Rose Observatory- 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 - - - - - MANHATTAN - MH ---------------- *Amat Astro Assn starvwg 0 *Amat Astro Assn lecture --!!! Amer Instt Archaeology - !!! Ctr for Atmos & Ocean Sci 13 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 Ctr for Sci & Soc - - - 0 Central Pk (Great Lawn) - !!! Columbia Univ Astro - - - ??? CUNY Graduate Center - - 7, 13, 15 Eastern Standard Time - 3 Election Day - - - - - - 5 Globe at Night - - - - - 22-Dec 1 Govvernors Island - - -- 0 Hayden Planetarium - - - 20 Instt Stud Ancnt World - 6, 13, 19, 25 Intrepid Museum - - - -- SPR Macy's Thanksgi'ng parade 28 Milky War autumn seaaason 1-30 Natl Musm of Mathematics 6 NYC-H2O - - - - - - - - 0 New York Map Society - - !!! NYU Astrop & Relatvty - 5, 12, 19, 26 *NYSkies Astronomy Seminar 1, 15 (digital sessions) New York City Marathon - - 3 SciCafe' - - - - - - - - 6 9 Simons Foundation - - - - AUT Thanksgiving Day - - - - - 28 *Top of the Laawn - - - -!!! Urban Park Rangers - - - 0 Veterans Day - - - - - - 11 -------------------------------------- Ctr for Space Sci Edu - -- info@nyccsse.reading org, www.nyccsse.org, 212-598-6164 METRO-NORTH - NY ------------------ Bear Mountain - - - - - - 23 Lamont-Doherty Obsy - - !!! Mid-Hudson Astro Assn - -- 29 Vassar Collee Obsy - - - 6, 13, 0, 27 Ward Pound Ridge - - - - 23, 30 Westchester AmatAstro - - 8 NEW JERSEY - NJ ----------------- A A A of Princeton - - - ??? *Amat Astro Inc meeting =- - 1 Amat Astro Inc lecture - - 15 20 Astro Soc of Toms Rv Area ?8 Morris Musm Astro Soc - -- - 9 NJ Astro Assn lecture - - - SPR NJ Astro Assn sunviewing - SPR NW Jersey Amat Astro - - - !!! North Jersey Astro Group - - 12 Peyton Observatory - - - - ??? Plasma Physics Lab - - - - AUT Rutgers Univ Astro Collqm !!! Rutgers Univ Astro Semnr - !!! *S*T*A*R - - - - - - - - - - !!! Schommer Observatory - - - - 7, 14, 21 Sheep Hill Asro Assn - - - - 15 *Utd Astro Clubs of NJ - - - SPR Washington Xing St Pk - - - SPR ----------------------------------------- Dark Sky Observers - www.users.nac.net/gburke/club Montclair Telescope Club - 973-948-5284,, users.erols.com/njastro/orgs/mtc.htm 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 n QUEENS -QN --------------- York College ObserVatory - - 13 REST OF WORLD --------------- STATEN ISLAND - SI --------------------- THE BRONX - bx ------------- Holiday Train Show - - - - 16-Jan 20 ============================================== nGOING 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 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 Hall, Rm 513. 'Exploring Mars with Perserverance and ingenuity''.Free, adv regn reqd. 212-853-1612, a scienceandsociety@columbia.edu, scienceandsociety.columbia.edu 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 lLIST OF EVENTS -------------- Fri 1 Nov 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 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 20:00 - whole City - MH - Milky Way autumn season Thru Nov 30. Fall 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 west sky at at nightfall. www.nyskies.org/articles/pazmino/milky-ny.htm 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 P, Museum. Free. 203-375-9675, www.facebook.com/Boothe-Memorial-Astronomical-Society, friendsofboothepk@gmail.com, www.bothememorialpark.org 20:30 - Cranford - NJ - Amat Astro Inc - meeting Union Commty Coll, Sperry Obsy. Indoor talk, clearsky starvireing.Free. www.asterism.org Sat 2 Nov 20:00 - 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 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. 20:00 - 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 Sun 3 Mov 02:00 - whole City - MH - Eastern Standard Time returns Set clocks BACK, BEHIND, one hour to return to EST. Most readers will do this on the previous night when they go to sleep so they wake up in the proper time. The clock hour 01:00 to 01:59 repeats, first for EDST and again for EST. 08:00 - whole City - MH - New York City Marathon Starts at SI end of Verazzano Bridge, then BK, QN, MH, BX. MH again, Ends in Central Pk. ~50,000 tunners take ~3h to complete race. Free, view from any where along route except on bridges. www.nyrr.org, local News media 13:30 - Uniondale - LI - Amat Obsrs Soc meeting Hofstra University,Berliner Hall, Rm 117. Free, www.aosny.org, suerose@optonline.net 19:00 - 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 Tue 5 Mov all day - whole City - MH - Elections Day Please check with event contact for session falling on this day by rule or outdated schedule 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 Wed 6 Nov 16:00 - Natl Musm of Mathematics - MH - scienceshow Also 19:00. 'Mathematical Encounters'. Free, adv regn reqd. www.momath.org, 212-542-0566,info@momath.org 17:30 - Instt Stud Anct World - MH - cultural lecture 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 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. 19:30 - Greenwich - CT - clearsky starviewing Astro Soc of Greenwich. Curtis Elem Schl, .a Obsy. Free. Cancelled for clouds. greenwichstars@gmail.com, astrogreenwich.org 20:00 - Centerport - LI - Astro Soc of LI meeting SOME MEETINGS ARE REMOTE ACCESS; INQUIRE AT CONTACT Vanderbilt Plm. Free. asliastronomy@yahoo.com, www.asliclub.org 20:00 - Westport - CT - clearsky starviewing Westport Astro soc. Rolnick Obsy. Free, cancelled for clouds. www.was-ct.org, 203-227-0925 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 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 Thu 7 Mov 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 20:30 - Piscataway - NJ - clearssky starviewing 1 Rutgers Univ, Schommer Obsy. Free. Cancelled for clouds. 732-205-0020, www.physics.rutgers.edu/ast/ast-serin.html fti 8 Nov 16:30 - East Measow - LI - LuminoCity festival light show Thru Jan 5. Eisenhower Pk. Luminous holiday and artistic scenes, some animated, some operated by visitor cellphone. Tees & a bushes with lighted leafs, birds. Closing fireworks display. Music, docents. performers, kids activities, vendors, food service. $38.80 timed entry, adv regn reqd. www.luminocityfestival.com, info@luminocityus.com 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 - Pleasantville - NY - Westchester Amat Astro meeting Pace Univ, Wilcox Hall, Free. www.westchesterastronomers.org, waa-president@westchesterastronomers.org 20:00 - Stamford - CT - astronomy lecture- see Nov 1 Sat 9 Mov 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 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.aosny.org, suerose@optonline.net 19:00 - New Milford - CT - astronomy lecture NcCarthy Obsy, New Milford HS. indoor lecture, clearsky starviewing. Free. www.mccarthyobservatory.org, 860-354-1595, mccarthyobservatory@gmail.com 20:00 - Southold - LI - Custer Institute meeting- see Nov 2 20:00 - Susan Rose Obsy - LI - clearsky starviewing- see Nov 2 Mon 11 Nov all day - whole City - MH - Veterans Day Please check with event contact for session falling on this day by rule or outdated schedule Tue 12 Nov 14:00 - New York University - MH - astronomy lecture- see Nov 5 20:00 - Upper Montclair - NJ - No Jersey Astro Gp meeting Montclair St Univ, Ctr Enviro & Life Sci. Free. njastro.org, 732-255-0343 Wed 13 Nov 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 17:30 - Instt Stud Anct World - MH - cultural lecture- see Nov 6 18:30 CUNY Graduate Center - MH - cultural lecture - see Nov 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 - Centerport - LI - Astro Soc of LI meeting- ssee Nov 6 20:00 - Westport - CT - clearsky starviewing- see Nov 6 20:00 - Middeltown - CT - cleasky starviewing- see Nov 6 21:00 - Poughkeepsie - NY - clearsky starviewing - see Nov 6 Thu 14 Nov 20:30 - Piscataway - NJ - clearssky starviewing 1- see Nov 7 fri 15 Mov 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 18:30 CUNY Graduate Center - MH - cultural lecture - see Nov 7 19:00 - Boonton - NJ - clearsky starviewing TENTATIVE DATE; INQUIRE AT CONTACT Sheep Hill Astro Assn, Sheep Hill Obsy. Free, cancelled for clouds. www.sheephillastro.org 20:00 - Cranford - NJ - Amat Astro Inc lecture Union Commty Coll, roy Smith audm. or talk, clearsky starvireing. free. www.asterism.org 20:00 - Stamford - CT - astronomy lecture- see Nov 1 20:00 - Srattford - CT - Bootge Meml Astro Soc mtg- see Nov 1 Sat 16 Nov 10:00 - NY Botanical Garden - BX - Holiday Train Show Thru Jan 20. Haupt Conservatory. Huge model train layout with larg-scale vehicles. Scenety has many NYC landmarks. Display lighted at night. Certain days only for 21+ YO because hard drinks are offered at food service. Else all ages are admitted. 10h-18h + certain evenings. $35 & up timed-entry, adv regn reqd. www.nybg.org, 718-817-8716 20:00 - Southold - LI - Custer Institute meeting- see Nov 2 20:00 - Susan Rose Obsy - LI - clearsky starviewing- see Nov 2 Tue 19 Nov 14:00 - New York University - MH - astronomy lecture- see Nov 5 17:30 - Instt Stud Anct World - MH - cultural lecture- see Nov 6 20:00 - Westport - CT - Westport Astro soc meeting- see Oct 1 Rolnick Obsy. Free. www.was-ct.org, 203-227-0925 Wed 20 Nov 19:00 - Hayden Planetarium - MH - astronomy lecture 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 19:30 - Greenwich - CT - clearsky starviewing- see Nov 6 20:00 - Centerport - LI - Astro Soc of LI meeting- ssee Nov 6 20:00 - Westport - CT - clearsky starviewing- see Nov 6 20:00 - Middeltown - CT - cleasky starviewing- see Nov 6 21:00 - Poughkeepsie - NY - clearsky starviewing - see Nov 6 Thu 21 Nov 20:30 - Piscataway - NJ - clearssky starviewing 1- see Nov 7 Fri 22 Nov 20:00 - whole CIty - MH - Globe at Night Thru Dec 1. 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: 20:00 - Stamford - CT - astronomy lecture- see Nov 1 ---------------- 2024 Nov 32-Dec 01 2024 Dec 22-31 2025 (not yet issued) Sat 23 Nov 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 - Beear Mountain - NY - clearsky starviewing Rockland Astro Club. Anthony Wayne Rec Pk, picnic field. Free, cancelled for clouds. www.rocklandastronomy.com 20:00 - Jenny Jump St Forest - NJ - Utd A C of NJ mtg- see Oct 5 20:00 - Southold - LI - Custer Institute meeting- see Nov 2 20:00 - Susan Rose Obsy - LI - clearsky starviewing- see Nov 2 Mon 25 Nov 17:30 - Instt Stud Anct World - MH - cultural lecture- see Nov 6 Tue 26 Nov 14:00 - New York University - MH - astronomy lecture- see Nov 5 -- Wed 27 Nov 20:00 - Westport - CT - clearsky starviewing- see Nov 6 20:00 - Middeltown - CT - cleasky starviewing- see Nov 6 21:00 - Poughkeepsie - NY - clearsky starviewing - see Nov 6 Thu 28 Nov all day - whole City - Thanksgiving Day Please check with event contact for session falling on this day by rule or outdated schedule 08:300 - Midtown - MH - Macy's Thansgiving parade Starts at 77 St & Centl Pk w, then CPW, Columbus Cr, Centl Pk S, 6 Av, 34 St, ends at 34 St & 7 Av. Balloons, floats, nusic, performers. Christmas season worldwide begins when Santa's float passes memorial Gate of macy's store at 12:00 EST. Viewing along all 4km route. Free. www.macys.com/s/parade Fri 29 Nov 16:30 - Lk Taghkanic St Pk - NY - clearsky starviewing M6d3Hudson Astro Assn. West Beach parking lot. Free, , cancelled for clouds. Free, adv regn reqd. www.mhaa.nidhudsonastro.org 20:00 - Stamford - CT - astronomy lecture- see Nov 1 20:00 - Susan Rose Obsy - LI - clearsky starviewing- see Nov 2 Sat 30 Nov 20:00 - Southold - LI - Custer Institute meeting- see Nov 2 20:00 - Susan Rose Obsy - LI - clearsky starviewing- see Nov 2 20:00 - Ward Pound Ridge - NY - clearsky starviewing- see Nov 23 EVENTS SKIPPED IN THIS MONTH EVENT MAY RvESUME AT DIFFERNT PLACE AND TIME INQUIRE AT EVENT CONTACT ====================================== = = = = = [SPR] SPRING RESUMPTION OF ACTIVITY -------------------------------- 17:00 - Intrepid Museum - MH - Free Friday show Pier 86 and ship. Exhibits, demos, talks. Clearsky movies and starviewing. Free. www.intrepidmuseum.org 14;00 - Vorhees St Pk - NJ - clearsky sunviewing Robinson Obsy. clearsky sunrviewining. Free. www.njaa.org, 908-368-8500 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 - Jenny Jump St Forest - NJ - Utd A C of NJ mtg UACNJ Obsy. Indoor talk, clearsky starviewing. Free. www.aosny.org, suerose@optonline.net- see Jul 1 20;30 - Voorhees St Pk - NJ - NJ Astro Assn lecture Robinson Obsy. Indoor talk, clearsky starviewining. Free. www.njaa.org ================================================ [AUT] AUTUMN RESUMPTION OF ACTIVITY -------------------------------- 10:00 - 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 18:00 - 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 19:00 - Litchfield - CT - Litchfield Hills A AC lecture White Memorial. Inddor talk, clearsky starviewing. Free. 19:30 - Torrington - CT - Litchfield Hills A A C meeting Five Points Arts Cttr. Free.lhaacsec@gmail.com, lhastro.org - ============================================== ;???] UNCERTAIN DATE OR LOW-INTEREST EVENT ------------------------------------------ 14:00 - Bridgehampton - LI astronomy workshop Hamptons Obsy. South Fork Natl Hist Musm. diurnal motion of Sun and shadow. Construct a take-home sundial . www.hamptonsobservatory.org 18:00 - East Meadow - LI - Amer Instt Aeron & Astron lecture Borelli's Restaurant, 1580 Hempstead Tk. $50 incl dinner. Adv regn reqd. 516-458-8593, davidparis@twc.com 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, - 19:00 - Rocky Hill - CT - Astro Soc of Gtr Hartford meeting Rocky Hill Commty Ctr, Rn 1C,761 Old Main St. Free asgh.org 19:00 - 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 c 19:30 - Princeton - NJ - Amat Astro Assn of Princeton meeting Princeton U, Peyton Hall. Free. www.princetonastronomy.org, 609-737-2575, info@princetonastronomy.org 212-769-5100, www.amnh.org/programs 20:00 - 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 ===================================================== [!!!] no IN-PERSON EVENTS DUE TO ASSORTED CAUSES -------------------------------------------------------- 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 - 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 15:30 - Greenwich - CT - Astro Soc of Greenwich meeting Greenwich Audubon Ctr. Free with musm adm. greenwichtars@gmail.com, astrogreenwich.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 - Hunter College - MH - Amer Instt Archaeolgy lecture Hemmerdinger Screening Room. Various topics on archaeology and 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 20:00 - Blairstown - NJ - NW Jersey Astronomers meeting Alan Observatory. Indoor talk, clearsky starviewing. Free. www.nwjaa.org, info@nwjaa.org 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 GENERAL NEWS ---------- The Paarade of Trains for Sep 2024 was called off. The Brighton line's express tracks, used for Parade, are closed with all traffic on local tracks. shutoff is part of mahor rebuild of Newkirk Pz station. When this is finished, likely by yearend, express service resumes.a Astro soc of LI usually meets every Wed. In Nov it skips the Wed before Thanksgiving. Please know well that NY Marathon runs a few hours after we revert to EST. To correctly engage in Marathon activity make sure you set your clock BACK one hour, preferibly at bedtime on Sat the 2nd. I got many replies about your '!!!' entries, for having no in- person events. Most were news that the event no longer runs. I'm organizing these replies and will blend them into the December NYC Events. Columbia Univ campus is still agitated with anri-Israwl/Jew demonstrations. College restricts oursider bisits. Astro dept called off its public lectures until future notice. I moved Coluambia to '???' CITY NEWS -------- On Oct 4 NYC Dept of Investgtnbegan purging ' no-show' city aofficials appointed to 'no-dhow' pisitions. These were named by Mayor Adams, prior mayors, as thank-yous for suppoering mayor elections. They have no degined function, but carry a title and nest in a city office. Intl Longshoremen's Assn on Oct 1 000h EDST went on strike at East and Culf Coast seaports. It and port managers broke off negotiations for new wok contracts. Dialog resumed on 3rd, with temporary reurn to work until Han 15. Poer for NY-NJ suffered only minor interruption, about like for mahor storms. US FBi continued in Oct to investigate NYC officials for fraus, corruption, bribery. Probe extended to officials's family and outside friends. some resigned when they got FBI notie or visit. John Bachelor Show, WOR radi 710AM New York, on Oct 7 discussed 'Asteroid hunterl with author Dante Lauretta. They laid out story of Osiris-REX spaceprobe to asteroid Benu to retrieve samples of its surface. Craft released sample capsule for Earth landing and is now on way to explore asteroid Apophis. . Msnh FS Bragg on Oct 9 opened own inquest of NYC officials for fraud, money laundering, more. some suspects are already in federal probe, others are new ones. a Flt 204 of Turkish Airlines made wmwrency landing at JFK airport ~06h EDST on Oct 9. It left Seattle WAs heading to Istanbul when its pilot dropped dead at the wheel.. Copilot and other crew took over for the landing. Riders continued to Turkey on other flights. Study in mid Oct of NJ earthquake from Apr 2024 revealed new fault lines in state. At first tied to known Raamapo gault, Apr quake may result from 35k, deep N-S line roughly parallel to Ramapo . It is at issue not fuly mapped. New Jersey counties, tows, then state itself called a water emergency during Oct 2024. since eatly Sep NJ got almost no rain. Reservoirs, rivers,, ponds were drying up. Water shortage also prompted imposing a fire hazard warning in state. a Prez Trump, many local & state officials, on Oct 17 attended annual Al Smith Dinner on Manh. Event is run by NY Archdiocese as fundraiser for church charities. alets guests to mock and spoof each other in jst. trump presented humorous speech on national problems and programs. The Vessel, Hudson Yds MH, reopened after multi-year rebuild on Oct 21. Originally an open-air stack of decks and stairs, sevral people jumped off in suicide. It now is enclosed in steel mesh but weave is so dense it obstructs clelar view and photography. NYC on Nov 1 begins closed-bin garbage collection. Garbage must be contained in solid cans, bot loose bags, with tight-fitting lids. Tickertape parade for women's basketball team Liberty on Oct 23. Team won league champion for first time ever. Parade stepped off at 10h EDST from Bowling Green, ended at City Hall for ceremony. During Oct both baseball teams Yankees and Mets competed for league titles. Hope erupted for 'subway' World Series where fans shuttle by subway between Mets and Yankee stadia. Yankess took AL title but Mets lost to Los Angeles Dodgers. Games are now an East-West series. Prez Trump visited Knockout Barber, Castle Hill BC, on Oct 17. The event was unannounced and ownr Jacier Rodriguez and customers were surprised. All present spoke with Trump, shook hands, wished him wll in election. he then head to Masnh for Al Smith Dinner. Former NYS Gov Patterson & Guardian Agnle anthony Slowa were ssaulted on Oct 4 ~21h EDST. They were on 96 St & 3 Av walking Patterson's dog when sliwa caught teens scaling fence to enter a building. Sliea chased them off and continued on way. The teens with gr own-ups jumped the two. Patterson & Slowa took injuries, treated at hospital, and are rcovering at home. Rockefeller Center on Oct 3 opeed new ride oon its roof dekc. It, Skylift, is glass waal & floor, open top, cabin for 13 riders to walk around in. It rises on tpiston and turns full 360 d. Riders look thru eall, 180cm high, oru fllor and get breeze thru top. It joins existing Beam ride and costs $35 above roof admission for a 3-1/2 minute round. NY Yankees lost the world Series on Oct 30 to LA Dodgers. Dodgers took first three games, Yankees won game #4, dodgers won game #5, making it 4 or 7 to capture thee Series. Yankees keeps league pennant flag thru 2025 season. Prez rump staged grand show on Oct 27 at Madison Sq Gdn. Arena was packed withl20,000 people. Myriads moe surrounded MSG to watch on jumbo displays. Additional myriads lines 5 Av to cheer Trump motorcade from trump Tower to NSG. SKY NEWS ------ October 2024 was a better observing month with long runs of clear nights and mild/cool air. NYSkies got aurora displays around the 10th and peeks at comet 2023-A3 in mid-late month. No night met Milky Way quality but constellations wer filled out with their dimmer stars. Day on Oct 6 was utterly clear dense blue with blinding sun. Sky actually showed bare-eye polarization in high alt opposite Sun. hSky weakened by nightfall but still extra dark and clear. Sky filled with dim stars . Aqr, Psc, Cet, faint parts of other groups, shined thru. No Milky Way of aurora reported. NYSkies got its first major aurora in decades on Oct 10 evening! sky was clear and dark to let glows and rays shine thru, even overr NYC. Dislay seemed to start with broad tall glow in north, peaked with rayed arc/band, eaned back to glow. some observers noted parches elsewhere in sky. Aurora came from massive geomag storm hitting Earth earlier in day. My own view of Oct 10 aurora was near mednight of 10-11. Display was probably eaning then. There was a green blow to ~8 deg alt centered on ~20d azm.. It was stable for couple minutes. I looked again at ~02h on 11 to see no more glow. M On Odt 15 Prez Trump announced a campaign rally for Oct 27 at Madison Square Garden. All 20,000 tickets were snatched up within three hours of the event website opened.a Saturn, Jupiter, Mars are well placed in evening sky. They are joine by Venus in Nov as she climbs into high soutwest. By end Nov she has gibbous phase. As at issue I have scretchy news of comet T-A (2023-A3) or northern lights observed in NYSkies region. While assembling this NYC Events I saw almost nothing on astro webs, altho there was plenty of reports of the April 2024 solar eclipse.