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          on north side of Great Lawn. Free, cancelled for clouds.
          tags_p{at}yahoo.com

Fri -  1 Jul
    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.

    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

    all day - Amer Mus Natl Hist - MH - astronomy exhibit
          Thru Sep 5. 'Our  magnetic Sun' on SOHO picturs of Sun in
          many wavebands. Free. www.amnh.org, 212-769-5100

    12:00 - Prospect Pk - BK - cultural show
          Thru Jul 4. Audubon Ctr & Lefferts House. Exhibits, demos,
          crafts for Independence Day. Free. www.nyc.gov/parks,
          718-965-8999

    19:00 - Cranford - NJ - Amat Astro Inc meeting
          Union Co Coll, Sperry Obsy. Indoor talk, clearsky
          starviewing. Free. www.asterism.org, apatti7253{at}aol.com

    20:00 - Stamford - CT - clearsky starviewing
          Stamford Mus & Natr Ctr, Obsy. $3 adm. Cancelled for
          clouds. www.stamfordmuseum.org/astronomy.html,
          cescovil{at}earthlink.net

    20:00 - Stratford - CT - Boothe Meml Astro Soc mtg
          Boothe Meml Pk, Obsy. Free. www.bmas.org, info{at}bmas.org

    20:30 - R Moses St Pk - LI - clearsky starviewing
          Amat Obsrs Soc, parking lot #2. Permit reqd at
          631-669-1000. Free, cancelled for clouds. www.aosny.org,
          suerose{at}optonline.net

    21:00 - whole City - MH - gamma Virginis periastron
          From nightfall. Periastron of gamma Virginis (Porrima) in
          May 2005. Requires large scope, steady air, keen eyes.
          Ephem from Soderhjelm 1999 orbit, already out of spec! Dist
          is already less than 0.30 arcsec.
          Year    dist ang   Year    dist ang   Year    dist ang
          ------- ---- ---   ------- ---- ---   ------- ---- ---
          2003.00 0.87 236   2003.25 0.82 232   2003.50 0.76 228
          2003.75 0.69 222   2004.00 0.63 216   2004.25 0.56 208
          2004.50 0.50 198   2004.75 0.43 185   2005.00 0.38 168
          2005.25 0.35 147   2005.50 0.35 124   2005.75 0.38 103
          2006.00 0.44  86   2006.25 0.51  73   2006.50 0.58  64
          2006.75 0.65  56

Sat -  2 Jul
    00:54 - whole city - MH - Mars apparition
          From Mars rise. 2005 apparition of Mars, including proximity
          on Oct 30 and opposition on Nov 7.
  TIMETABLE FOR MARS IN NEW YORK, times are in EDST)
  ==============================================================
  Events with '*' occur in twilight or daylight
  +-----------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+
  | 2005 Jul  | 01/02| 06/07| 11/12| 16/17| 21/22| 26/27| 31/01|
  +-----------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+
  |oppos, days| -129 | -124 | -119 | -114 | -109 | -104 |  -99 |
  |naut dusk  | 21:48| 21:42| 21:44| 21:40| 21:35| 21:30| 21:23|
  |rise hr    | 00:54| 00:42| 00:30| 00:19| 00:07| 23:55| 23:42|
  |rise azm   |  86d |  84d |  82d |  81d |  79d |  78d |  77d |
  |15d alt hr | 02:16| 02:05| 01:54| 01:42| 01:29| 01:12| 01:04|
  |30d alt hr | 03:37| 03:27| 03:14| 03:02| 02:53| 02:37| 02:23|
  |45d alt hr |*05:17|*04:58|*04:45|*04:32| 04:21| 04:01| 03:49|
  |transit hr |*07:09|*07:01|*06:53|*06:46|*06:37|*06:29|*06:20|
  |transit alt|  52d |  54d |  55d |  56d |  57d |  58d |  59d |
  |45d alt hr |*08:57|*08:57|*08:57|*08:55|*08:51|*08:48|*08:44|
  |30d alt hr |*10:35|*10:31|*10:29|*10:25|*10:20|*10:15|*10:20|
  |15d alt hr |*11:56|*11:55|*11:52|*11:48|*11:43|*11:36|*11:30|
  |set hr     |*13:29|*13:20|*13:17|*13:13|*13:08|*13:04|*12:58|
  |set azm    | 274d | 276d | 277d | 279d | 280d | 282d | 283d |
  |naut dawn  | 04:09| 04:12| 04:16| 04:21| 04;27| 04.33| 04:39|
  +-----------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+
  The paramters below are for 00:00 between the given dates
  +-----------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+
  |elongation |  87W |  88W |  90W |  91W |  93W |  95W |  97W |
  |magnitude  | -0.1 | -0.1 | -0.2 | -0.3 | -0.3 | -0.4 | -0.5 |
  |diam, sec  |  9.4 |  9.7 | 10.0 | 10.3 | 10.6 | 10.9 | 11.3 |
  |Moon/Mars  | 198x | 192x | 186x | 181x | 175x | 171x | 165x |
  |illum, %   | 84.0 | 83.9 | 83.9 | 83.9 | 83.9 | 84.1 | 84.2 |
  |dist, AU   | 0.998| 0.969| 0.940| 0.912| 0.883| 0.856| 0.827|
  |light, min | 08:17| 08:03| 07:49| 07:34| 07:20| 07:06| 06:53|

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