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Sat - 26 Jul - 20:00 - Jenny Jump St Pk - NJ - Utd Astr Clubs NJ mtg 
               UACNJ Obsy. Indoor lecture and clearsky starviewing. 
               Free. www.uacnj.org 

Sat - 26 Jul - sunset - Southold - LI - clearsky starviewing 
               Custer Inst. Cancelled for clouds. Free. 
               www.custerobservatory.org 

Sat - 26 Jul - sunset - Ward Pound Ridge - NY - clearsky starviewing
               Westchester Amat Astro, Meadow Picnic Area. Cancelled 
               for clouds. Free. 877-456-5778

Sun - 27 Jul - 14:00 - Voorhees St Pk - NJ - clearsky sunciewing 
               Robinson Obsy. Cancelled for clouds. Free. www.njaa.org 
                                                  
Tue - 29 Jul - 18:30 - Hayden Plm - MH - Celestial Highlights 
               Live Zeiss show for evening sky. $10 adm. 212-769-5100 

Thu - 31 Jul - 20:00 - Freeport - LI - clearsky starviewing
               Amat Obsrs Soc, Waterfront Park. Cancelled for clouds. 
               Free. www.aosny.org  

Fri -  1 Aug - 18:00 - Springfield - VY - Stellafane convention
               Thru August 2 Saturday. Porter Obsy, Breezy Hill. 
               www.stellfane.com 

No Events
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 Alley Pond Pk - QN - Reach for the Stars - www.alleypond.con/events
 AAA-HQ - MH - Descriptive Astronomy Class - srorer{at}att.net
 Amer Mus Natl Hist - MH - Amat Astro Assn lecture - hnic{at}cloud9.net
 Centerport - LI- clearsky starviewing - www.asliclub.org
 Columbia Uv - MH - public night - www.astro.columbia.edu/~observe
 Cranford - NJ - Amat Astro Inc meeting - www.asterism.org
 Freeport - LI - Amat Obsrs Soc meeting - www.aosny.org 
 Floyd Bennett Fd - BK - clearsky starviewing - Steve Lieber 718-474-4851 
 Middletown - NJ - S*T*A*R meeting - www.starastronomy.org
 Morristown - NJ - Morris M A A mtg - members.tripod.com/mmastrosociety
 New York Univ - MH - Natl Space Soc mtg - www.nssnyc.org
 Old Westbury - LI - Astro Soc of LI mtg - www.asliclub.org
 Princeton - NJ -  A A A of Princeton mtg - www.princetonastronomy.org 
 Stony Bk - LI - Astronomy Open Night - www.ess.sunysb.edu/astro 
 York Coll - QN - public night - natsci.york.cuny.edu/~yco

General news
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    Apparently the seasonal shift of events last month threw a few 
readers off balance. Even I included a Stony Brook session for June 
when there was none. I'm now including a new section for these series 
of events, with the contact. That way, when you look for, say, Stony 
Brook, you'll see that I didn't miss it by mistake but there really is 
nothing going on there this month.
    I'll do this for monthly series, not for oneshot or irregular 
events. It can also happens that a series is interrupted by an 
internal meeting, one not advertised for the public. This month's 
National Space Society meeting, for example, is an organizational 
session for its own members. 
    Remember that continuing activities are put on the first of the 
month with a note that they run thru a future month. These events 
operate during the open hours of their host property, such as 
exhibits. Check with the property for exact hours. 
    Some events are within a property, typicly a museum, that has an 
admission fee. The 'free' or '$xx' charge noted in NYC Events is that 
AFTER getting into the host property. 
    The calendar section in NYSKies website is now a reminder sheet, 
leaving out the details of the events, because NYC Events and that 
calendar now are essentially congruent. More over, many NYSkiers lack 
web service, but NYC Events is emailed to all NYSkiers. Print the 
calendar in landscape mode to avoid clipping off the far right days. 

Skywatching 
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    The fabled Manhattan Stonehenge effect occurs each year around 30 
May and 11 July, with a dayish swing due to atmosphere refraction and 
calendar wander. Altho any town's straight street aligned within the 
Sun's annual amplitude will feature this effect, that on Manhattan 
captures the world's home astronomy awe. After all, you CAN NOT do 
astronomy om Manhattan!! 
    A special concern is the brilliance of the Sun. On a clear day the 
Sun can be so dazzling that it distracts you from circumcurrent 
traffic and other street hazards. Please keep alert! 
    A fuller explanation of the Stonehenge effect is in my paper, in 
the NYSkies files section in \pazmino\stone-ny.txt'. 
    Jupiter continue to be the highlights of the evening sky, but he's 
sliding away from us in western twilight. Informal skywatching sprang 
up here and there among NYSkiers and others to inspect Jupiter.
    The planet of the month -- of the year! -- is Mars. This 
apparition has the closest proximity of Mars to Earth in human 

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