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Skriven 2006-03-31 01:04:00 av John Pazmino (1:278/230)
Ärende: NYC Events 1/2 Apr   3/ 6
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   20:00 - Anthony Wayne St Rec Area - NY - clearsky starviewing 
          Rockland Astro Club. Palisade Intst, Exit 17. Free, 
          cancelled for clouds  www.rocklandastronomy.com,
          201-768-3298, webnaster@rocklandastronomy.com, 
    20:00 - Middletown - CT - clearsky starviewing 
          Astro Soc of Gtr Hartford.  Weslwyan Univ, Van Vleck Obsy. 
          Free, cancelled for couds. www.asgh.org, 860-872-9069, 
          pparkerrs@cs.com       
    20:00 - Chester - NY - clearsky starviewing 
          Orange Co Astro Assn, Deis Obsy. Free, cancelled for clouds. 
          www.ocastronomy.org, info@ocastronomy.org, 845-641-2672 
    20:00 - Liberty - NY - clearsky starviewing 
          Catskills Astro Club. Walnut Mountain Pk. Free, cancelled 
          for clouds. www.catskillsastro.org, kocis@verizon.net. 

XXX - XX Apr
    20:00 - Central Park - MH - clearsky starviewing 
          OCCASIONAL SESSIONS; INQUIRE AT CONTACTS 
          Informal gathering of local astronomers on perimeter path 
          on north side of Great Lawn. Free, cancelled for clouds. 
          tags_p@yahoo.com 

Sat -  1 Apr
    all day - whole City - MH -Lower Manh station reconstruction 
          Every Sat & Sun. Indefinite duration. Many Lwr Manh subway 
          stations closed for major work at various hours. Check 
          posters and flyers for your routes. www.mta.info. 
    all day - NY Publ Liby - MH - science exhibit 
          Thru 2006 Apr 9. Main Branch, 3rd fl. 'Treasured maps' on 
          the library's map collection. Free. training@nypl.org, 
           212-930-9284, www.nypl.org/research 
    all day - Amer Mus Natl Hist - MH - science exhibit 
          Thru 2006 May 29. 'Darwin' on evolution and creationism, has 
          live turtles, iguanas, frogs like ones that Darwin examined. 
          $21 timed tkt. www.amnh.org/programs, 212-769-5100.   
    all day - Swinging Bridge - NY - potential flood emergency 
          Indefinite duration. Flood alert on Mongaup & upper Delaware 
          rivers due to sinkhole in Swinging Bridge dam. Listen for 
          news and advice from local emergency management agencies. 
          www.ferc.gov/industries/hydropower/safety/swinging.asp 
    all day - Newark - NJ - astronomy exhibit 
          Thru 2006 Apr 2. Newark Museum. 'Solar fireworks' on the 
          Sun and Big Bear Obsy. $5 mus adm. www.newarkmuseum.org, 
          973-596-6550 
    00:01 - whole City - MH - IRT service disruption 
          weekday nights and entire weekends. From 2006 March 18 thru 
          fall 2006. IRT sevice disruptions for construction of South 
          Ferry station and Fulton St interchange. CStudy flyers and 
          posters for reroutes and suspensions. www.mta.info. 
    02:00 - whole City - MH - Daylight Savings Time 
          Set clocks AHEAD, FORWARD, one hour. There is no valid time 
          from 02:00 thry 02:59. 
    11:00 - Garden City - LI - LI Book & Ephmera Fair 
           Also on Sun 2 Apr. Graden City Field House. Source of astr 
           books, maps, prints. $6 2-day tkt. 631-261-4990, 
           www.libda.com. 
    12:00 - CUNY Graduate Center - MH - science lecture 
          'Cosmology and racism' on inner-city influence on 
          astronomy development[!]. $25, includes lunch. 
          web.gc.cuny.edu/cepp, 212-817-8215 
    13:00 - Fort Greene Pk - BK - cultural tour 
          Urban Park Rangers. Ft Greene Pk Vstr Ctr. Walk thru history 
          and culture of park and surrounds. Free. www.nyc.gov/parks 
    14:00 - Ft Totten - QN - cultural tour 
          Urban Park Rangers. Fort entrance on Cross Is Py. Walk thru 
          history and culture of fort and surrounds. Free. 
          www.nyc.gov/parks 
    15:30 - New York University - MH - Natl Space Soc meeting 
          32 Waverly Pl. Ask at lobby desk for room. Bring photo ID 
          for campus security. Free. www.nsschapters.org/ny/nyc, 
          nssnyc@aol.com. 
    18:20 - whole City - MH - Pleiades occultation 
          Moon passes thru Pleiades cluster in twilight thru late 
          night. 
    PLEIADES IN NEW YORK ON 2006 APRIL 1 
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    EST     event              comments 
    ------  -----------------  ---------------------------------
      18h20m  sunset             early events occur in twilight 
      18 42   Electra ingress    75deg from N cusp on dark limb 
      19 16   Celaeno graze      at N cusp, S and SW of NYC 
      19 20   nautical twilight  Moon 17% illum, 48deg E elong 
      19 22   Merope ingress     55deg fron S cusp on bright limb 
      19 45   Electra egress     63deg from S cusp on bright limb 
      19 53   Alcyone ingress    80deg from S cusp on dark limb 
      20 19   Merope egress      69deg from S cusp on bright limb 
      20 39   Atlas ingress      59deg from N cusp on dark limb 
      20 39   Pleione ingress    75deg from S cusp on dark limb 
      20 54   Alcyone egress     84deg from N cusp on bright limb 

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