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  Great Kills Park  - - - -  6
  SI Community TV - - - - -  1

    THE BRONX

    UPSTATE
  Anthony Wayne St Pk - - - 13
  Bear Mountain St Pk - - -  6, 27
  Catskills Astro Club  - -  6, 27
  Lamont-Doherty Obsy - - - www.ldeo.columbia.edu, 845-365-8634,
                            kopcsak{at}ldeo.coumbia.edu,
  Lwr Hudson Vy Challr Ctr  21
  Mid-Hudson Astro Assn - - 16
  Orange Co Astro Assn  - - 12, 13
  SUNY New Paltz  - - - - - www.newpaltz.edu/see/colloquim_series.html
  Swinging Bridge dam - - -  1
  Vassar College  - - physicsandastronomy.vassar.edu/observatory.html,
                      845-437-7340
  Ward Pound Ridge  - - - - 13
  Westchester Amat Astro  -  5
  Wilcox Park - - - - - - - 12

List of events
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XXX - XX Aug
    XX:XX - Coney Island - BK - lighting of Parachute Jump
          DATE AND HOUR NOT SET; INQUIRE AT CONTACTS
          Along the Boardwalk. Parachute Jump turns on new
          illuminations after renovation. Ride itself isn't ready.
          718-802-3846, www.brooklyn-usa.org

    20:30 - 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{at}yahoo.com

Mon -  1 Aug
    all day -  whole City - MH - bags search on transit
          Since Jul 23, indefinite duration. Random search of bags
          carried on NYC Transit, LIRR, and MetroNorth. Police ask to
          inspect bags at transit entrance and turn away those who
          decline the request.

    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

    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

    19:30 - Mariners Harbor - SI - live audience science show
          SI Commty TV, 100 Cable Way, Studio 2. Free.
          www.sictv.org, 718-727-1414

    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

    23:40 - whole City - MH Mars apparition
  TIMETABLE FOR MARS IN NEW YORK, hours are in EDST)
  ==============================================================
  Events with '*' occur before dusk or after dawn
  +-----------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+
  | 2005 Aug  | 01/02| 06/07| 11/12| 16/17| 21/22| 26/27| 31/01|
  +-----------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+
  |oppos, days|  -98 |  -93 |  -88 |  -83 |  -78 |  -73 |  -68 |
  |naut dusk  | 21:22| 21:15| 21:07| 20:59| 20:51| 20:43| 20:33|
  |rise hr    | 23:40| 23:28| 23:15| 23:02| 22:49| 22:35| 22:21|
  |rise azm   |  77d |  75d |  74d |  73d |  72d |  71d |  70d |
  |15d alt hr | 00:58| 00:50| 00:38| 00:24| 00:12| 23:58| 23:42|

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