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The following is a listing of astronomy-related activities in and around New York City for the week of November 9-15, 2009. If any activities are missing, please leave a comment!
Monday, November 9
“Journey to the Stars” planetarium show – Hayden Planetarium, American Museum of Natural History, Manhattan – shows every half hour from 10:30 AM – 4:30 PM ($12 per person, includes general admission)
Observatory stargazing – College of Staten Island Astrophysical Observatory, Staten Island – 8 PM
Tuesday, November 10
“Journey to the Stars” planetarium show – Hayden Planetarium, American Museum of Natural History, Manhattan – shows every half hour from 10:30 AM – 4:30 PM ($12 per person, includes general admission)
“What Is a Star? What Is a Planet?” – Hayden Planetarium, American Museum of Natural History, Manhattan – 6:30 PM ($15, $13.50 members, students, seniors)
Stargazing – Highline, Manhattan – 7:30-9:45 PM
Wednesday, November 11
“Field Trip to the Moon” planetarium show – Hayden Planetarium, American Museum of Natural History, Manhattan – 10:30 AM ($12 per person, includes general admission)
“Journey to the Stars” planetarium show – Hayden Planetarium, American Museum of Natural History, Manhattan – shows every half hour from 11 AM – 4:30 PM ($12 per person, includes general admission)
Astronomy Colloquium by Nadia Zakamska – Columbia University Astronomy Colloquium, Manhattan – 4:15 PM
“AAA Class on Descriptive Astronomy” – Amateur Astronomers Association Headquarters, Manhattan – 6:30-8:30 PM ($45 members, $70 non-members)
Astronomy DVD Presentation – Vanderbilt Planetarium, Centerport, Long Island, NY, 8:30 PM
Stargazing – Inwood Hill Park Baseball Diamonds, Manhattan – 8:30-11:30 PM
Thursday, November 12
“Journey to the Stars” planetarium show – Hayden Planetarium, American Museum of Natural History, Manhattan – shows every half hour from 10:30 AM – 4:30 PM ($12 per person, includes general admission)
“Star Formation in the Early Universe: From Zero to the Solar Metallicity” by Sean O’Neill and Naoki Yoshida – Columbia University Astronomy Seminar, Manhattan – 4:15 PM
Recent Advances in Astronomy Seminar – Amateur Astronomers Association Headquarters, Manhattan – 6:30-8:30 PM
Friday, November 13
“Journey to the Stars” planetarium show – Hayden Planetarium, American Museum of Natural History, Manhattan – shows every half hour from 10:30 AM – 4:30 PM ($12 per person, includes general admission)
“Probing Primordial Non-Gaussianity with Today’s Universe” by Anze Slosar – New York University Astrophysics and Relativity Seminar, Manhattan – 2:30 PM
Observing – Field #2, Robert Moses State Park, Fire Island, NY – dusk
“The Sky Tonight: Meteor Showers” – Andrus Planetarium, Hudson River Museum, White Plains – 6:30 PM
Star Party – Wilcox Park, Stanfordville, NY – 7:30 PM
“Lives of Stars” by Jim Stekas – Sperry Observatory, Cranford, NJ –8:30 PM, followed by telescope observing
Saturday, November 14
“Journey to the Stars” planetarium show – Hayden Planetarium, American Museum of Natural History, Manhattan – shows every half hour from 10:30 AM – 4:30 PM ($12 per person, includes general admission)
“The Friendly Stars” – Andrus Planetarium, Hudson River Museum, White Plains – 12:30 PM
“Rocket Science: The Current NASA Missions to Mercury, Saturn, Mars, Pluto and the Moon” – Uptown Planetarium Lecture Series, New York Public Library, Inwood Branch, Manhattan – 1 PM
“The Sky Tonight” – Andrus Planetarium, Hudson River Museum, White Plains – 1:30 PM
“Space Science for Children: All About the Planets” – New York Hall of Science, Queens – 2 PM
“Eyewitness Video: Planets” – New York Hall of Science, Queens – 2 PM
“Solar System Safari” – Andrus Planetarium, Hudson River Museum, White Plains – 2:30 PM
“Bad Astronomy” – Andrus Planetarium, Hudson River Museum, White Plains – 3:30 PM
Observing – Field #2, Robert Moses State Park, Fire Island, NY – dusk
Starway to Heaven Observing – The Meadow, Ward Pound Ridge Reservation, Cross River, NY – 7-9 PM
Observing – Inwood Hill Park West Overlook Meadow, Manhattan – 7:30 PM
Night of the Planets Party – Custer Observatory, Southold, NY – 8 PM
Public Observing – Rensselaer Astrophysical Society, Hirsch Observatory, Troy, NY – 8-10 PM
Observatory stargazing – Custer Observatory, Southold, NY – 8:30 PM-midnight
Sunday, November 15
“Journey to the Stars” planetarium show – Hayden Planetarium, American Museum of Natural History, Manhattan – shows every half hour from 10:30 AM – 4:30 PM ($12 per person, includes general admission)
“One World, One Sky: Big Bird’s Big Adventure” – Liberty Science Center, NJ – 10:30 AM ($3 child, $4 adult)
“One World, One Sky: Big Bird’s Big Adventure” – Liberty Science Center, NJ – 11:30 AM ($3 child, $4 adult)
“The Friendly Stars” – Andrus Planetarium, Hudson River Museum, White Plains – 12:30 PM
“The Sky Tonight” – Andrus Planetarium, Hudson River Museum, White Plains – 1:30 PM
“Space Science for Children: All About the Planets” – New York Hall of Science, Queens – 2 PM
“One World, One Sky: Big Bird’s Big Adventure” – Liberty Science Center, NJ – 2 PM ($3 child, $4 adult)
“Eyewitness Video: Planets” – New York Hall of Science, Queens – 2 PM
“Solar System Safari” – Andrus Planetarium, Hudson River Museum, White Plains – 2:30 PM
“One World, One Sky: Big Bird’s Big Adventure” – Liberty Science Center, NJ – 3 PM ($3 child, $4 adult)
“Bad Astronomy” – Andrus Planetarium, Hudson River Museum, White Plains – 3:30 PM
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- Amateur Astronomers, Inc.
- Amateur Observers' Society of New York, Inc.
- Astronomical Society of Long Island
- Brooklyn Astronomy Meetup
- Columbia University Astronomy Public Outreach
- Inwood Astronomy Project
- New Jersey Astronomical Association
- NYC Physics and Astronomy Meetup
- NYSkies Astronomy, Inc.
- United Astronomy Clubs of New Jersey, Inc.
- Westchester Amateur Astronomers
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- College of Staten Island Observatory
- Custer Institute
- Edwin E. Aldrin Astronomical Center
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- New York Hall of Science
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- Sperry Observatory
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