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          Thru 2005 Feb 5. Gottesman Hall. 'The Newtonian moment' 
          on Isaac Newton with original books and artifacts. Free. 
          www.nypl.org/reserach, 212-930-0855. 

    all day - NY Historical Society - MH - cultural exhibit 
          Thru 2005 Feb 19.'Tunnel vision' ohots of early NYC subways 
          1904-1908. $5 adm. 212-873-3400, www.nyhistory.org 

    all day - Newark - NJ - astronomy exhibit 
          Thru 2005 May 29. Newark Museum. 'Solar fireworks' on the 
          Sun and Big Bear Obsy. $5 mus adm. www.newarkmuseum.org, 
          973-596-6550 

    08:30 - Annadale-on-Hudson - NY - Erg & Enviro Techy Conf
          Bard Coll, Bertelsman Campus Ctr. Green sources and uses  of 
          energy in construction. Free. www.rebuild.org, 845-331-2238, 
          BPTeam{at}bpteam.org 

    17:30 - Amer Mus Natl Hist - MH - science tour
          Service desk, 1st floor. 'Geology of Africa' depicted in  
          Museum's dioramas. $20 fee. www.amnh.org, 212-769-5100. 

    15:30 - Rockefeller University - MH - science lecture
          Smith Hall Annex, B Level Conf Rm. 'Digital philosophy and 
          algorithmic information'. Free. www.rockefeller.edu

    16:15 - Princeton - NJ - astronomy lecture 
          Princeton Univ, Peyton Hall. Free.          
          www.astro.princeton.edu/events.htm, 
          wserber{at}astro.princeton.edu 

    18:00 - whole City - MH - comet Machholz 2004-Q2 apparition 
          All month from nightfall. Ephem for 2004 Dec at 19h EST 
          from BAA Comet Section. 
   2005                     Earth  Sun   Local  Elongatn  Lun 
   Jan   RA (2000) Dec  Mag   AU    AU   Trans  Sun  Lun   %   
  -----  -------------  ---  ----  ----  -----  ---  ---  --- 
   1/ 2  2h53.0 +63d42  4.0  0.51  1.21  18:04  104  132   53
   4/ 5  2h51.3 +66d37  4.1  0.53  1.22  17:51  102  134   21
   7/ 8  2h50.8 +69d15  4.2  0.56  1.23  17:39  101  113    1
  10/11  2h51.8 +71d40  4.4  0.59  1.23  17:28  100   84    6
  13/14  2h54.7 +73d52  4.5  0.62  1.25  17:19  109   61   30 
  15/16  2h57.9 +75d15  4.6  0.64  1.25  17:14   98   53   50 
  Ephem calcked only thru Feb 15/16 at issue time.

    18:00 - whole City - MH - high maximum of Betelgeuse 
          All month from nightfall. Betelgeuse, alp Ori, is >= 0.3 
          magn in unusual high maximum. Stars around Betelgeuse to 
          gage its brightness are: 
  star       Bayer    magn   spect   comments 
  ------     -------  -----  ------  --------
  Aldebaran  alp Tau  +0.85  F5-III  orange, shallow variable 
  Canopus    alp Car  -0.72  F0-II   yellow, low alt for S US 
  Capella    alp Aur  +0.08  G5-III  yellow 
  Pollux     bet Gem  +1.14  K0-III  orange 
  Procyon    alp CMi  +0.38  F5-IV   yelllow 
  Rigel      bet ori  +0.12  B9-I    blu-wht 
  Sirius     alp CMa  -1.46  A1-V    white 

    18:30 - Hayden Plm - MH - Virtual Universe 
          Live skyshow of computer graphics and astro databases. 
          $12 adm. 212-769-5100, www.amnh.org 


    19:30 - Fleetville - PA - Lackawanna Astro Soc meeting 
          Keystone Coll, Cupillari Obsy. Free. SabiaJohn{at}aol.com,. 
          members.aol.com/sabiajohn/LAS.html 

Wed -  2 Feb
    19:30 - Greenwich - CT -  Astro Soc of Greenwich meeting
          Bruce Museum. Free. rbria{at}juno.com, 203-896-6786-x338,
          www.geocities.com/astrogreenwich

    19:30 - York College - QN - clearsky starviewing
          Core Academic Bdg, room 2E01. Free, cancelled for clousd.
          natsci.york.cuny.edu/~yco, 718-262-2082 

    20:00 - Doylestown - PA - Bucks-Mont Astro Assn meeting 
          Peace Valley Natr Ctr. Free. www.bma2.org, 
          info{at}bma2.org, 215-579-9973 

    20:00 - Westport - CT - clearsky starviewing 
          Westport A S, Rolnick Obsy. Free, cancelled for clouds, 
          www.was-ct.org, 203-227-0925, westportastrosociety{at}snet.net 

    20:30 - Old Westbury - LI - Astro Soc of LI meeting
          NY Inst of Techy, Schure Audm. Free. www.asliclub.org,
          info{at}asliclub.org


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