New York Astronomy Events: October 19-25, 2009

The following is a listing of astronomy-related activities in and around New York City for the week of October 19-25, 2009. If any activities are missing, please let me know!

Click here to go to the New York-area events archive.

Monday, October 19"
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)
http://www.haydenplanetarium.org/programs

"Touching the Heart of Magnetism in Our Nearest Star" by Juri Toomre - Hayden Planetarium, American Museum of Natural History, Manhattan - 7:30 PM ($15, $13.50 for members, students, seniors)
http://www.amnh.org/programs/programs.php?date=2009-10-19&event_id=1486

Tuesday, October 20"
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)
http://www.haydenplanetarium.org/programs

Stargazing - Highline, Manhattan - 7:30-9:45 PM
http://www.aaa.org/

"Stardust to Sentience" by Neil Zimmerman - Elting Memorial Library, New Paltz, NY - 7:30 PM
http://www.midhudsonastro.org/mhaaevents.php

Observing - Cadman Plaza, Brooklyn - dusk-10 PM
http://www.aaa.org/

Wednesday, October 21
"Field Trip to the Moon" planetarium show - Hayden Planetarium, American Museum of Natural History, Manhattan - 10:30 AM ($12 per person, includes general admission)
http://www.haydenplanetarium.org/programs

"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)
http://www.haydenplanetarium.org/programs

"Star Formation in the Early Universe: What Drove the Transition from Population III to Population II" by Greg Bryan - Columbia University Astronomy Colloquium, Manhattan - 4:15 PM
http://www.astro.columbia.edu/event.html

Crescent Moon observing - College of Staten Island Astrophysical Observatory, Staten Island - 6:30 PM
http://supernova7.apsc.csi.cuny.edu/schedulenew.html

"AAA Class on Descriptive Astronomy" - Amateur Astronomers Association Headquarters, Manhattan - 6:30-8:30 PM ($45 members, $70 non-members)
http://www.aaa.org/

"Quantum Quest" with Harry "Doc" Kloor - CUNY Graduate Center, Manhattan - 7 PM
http://events.cuny.edu/eventDetail.asp?EventId=22984

The NYSkies Astronomy Seminar - Saint Paul's Lutheran Church, Manhattan - 7-9 PM
http://www.nyskies.org/

Stargazing - Fort Tryon Park (near the Cloisters), Manhattan - 8:30-10 PM
http://www.moonbeam.net/InwoodAstronomy/calendar.shtml

"Catching Cosmic Rays: The MARIACHI Project" by Michael Inglis - Vanderbilt Planetarium, Centerport, Long Island, NY, 8:30 PM
http://www.asliclub.org/

Thursday, October 22
"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)
http://www.haydenplanetarium.org/programs

"Molecular Hydrogen Emission in Extragalactic Objects" by Nadia Zakamska - New York University Astrophysics and Relativity Seminar, Manhattan - 11 AM
http://physics.nyu.edu/events.php?EventsPage=astro

Book Signing with Buzz Aldrin - Cradle of Aviation Museum, Garden City, NY - 11 AM-1 PM
http://www.cradleofaviation.org/index.html

Air & Space Gala - Cradle of Aviation Museum, Garden City, NY - 6:30 PM
http://www.cradleofaviation.org/index.html

Friday, October 23
"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)
http://www.haydenplanetarium.org/programs

Public Telescope Observing - Andrus Planetarium, Hudson River Museum, White Plains - 6 PM
http://www.hrm.org/planetarium.html

"The Sky Tonight: Perils!" - Andrus Planetarium, Hudson River Museum, White Plains - 6:30 PM
http://www.hrm.org/planetarium.html

Public Astronomy Program - Theodore Roosevelt Nature Center, Jones Beach - 7-9 PM
http://www.aosny.org/StargazingActivities.htm

Amateur Observers' Society of New York, Inc. Observing Session - Field #2, Robert Moses State Park, Fire Island, NY - dusk
http://www.aosny.org/StargazingActivities.htm

Observing - Carl Shurz Park, Manhattan - dusk-10 PM
http://www.aaa.org/

Amateur Observers' Society of New York, Inc. Observing Session - Field #2, Robert Moses State Park, Fire Island, NY - dusk
http://www.aosny.org/StargazingActivities.htm

Observing - Inwood Hill Park (baseball diamonds), Manhattan - 8:30-11:30 PM
http://www.moonbeam.net/InwoodAstronomy/

"Black Holes for Dummies" by Gabe Perez-Giz - Columbia University Public Outreach, Manhattan - 8-8:30 PM lecture, telescope observation 8:30-10 PM, astrophotography slideshow 8:30-10 PM
http://www.astro.columbia.edu/event.html

"Space News/Ask Dr. Lew" by Karl Hunting and Lew Thomas - Sperry Observatory, Cranford, NJ -8:30 PM, followed by telescope observing
http://www.asterism.org/clubact/friday.htm

Saturday, October 24
"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)
http://www.haydenplanetarium.org/programs

"The Friendly Stars" - Andrus Planetarium, Hudson River Museum, White Plains - 12:30 PM
http://www.hrm.org/planetarium.html

"The Sky Tonight" - Andrus Planetarium, Hudson River Museum, White Plains - 1:30 PM
http://www.hrm.org/planetarium.html

"Solar System Safari" - Andrus Planetarium, Hudson River Museum, White Plains - 2:30 PM
http://www.hrm.org/planetarium.html

"Bad Astronomy" - Andrus Planetarium, Hudson River Museum, White Plains - 3:30 PM
http://www.hrm.org/planetarium.html

Stargazing - Inwood Hill Park (West Overlook Meadow), Manhattan - 8:30 PM
http://www.moonbeam.net/InwoodAstronomy/

Amateur Observers' Society of New York, Inc. Observing Session - Field #2, Robert Moses State Park, Fire Island, NY - dusk
http://www.aosny.org/StargazingActivities.htm

Observing - Great Kills Gateway National Park, Staten Island - dusk-11 PM
http://www.aaa.org/

"The Story of the Universe - Its Past, Present and Future" by Krishnadas Kootale - lecture hall, UACNJ Observatory in Jenny Jump State Forest, NJ - lecture at 8 PM, followed by telescope observing until 10:30 PM
http://www.uacnj.org/

Orionid Meteor Shower Party - Custer Observatory, Southold, NY - 8 PM
http://www.custerobservatory.org/

Public Observing - Rensselaer Astrophysical Society, Hirsch Observatory, Troy, NY - 8-10 PM
http://astro.union.rpi.edu/public_observing.html

Observatory stargazing - Custer Observatory, Southold, NY - dusk-midnight
http://www.custerobservatory.org/

"NJAA Halloween Presentation: The Obs of Frankenstein" - Robinson Observatory at the Edwin E. Aldrin Astronomical Center, Voorhees State Park, NJ - 8:30 PM
http://www.njaa.org/calendar.html

Sunday, October 25
"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)
http://www.haydenplanetarium.org/programs

"One World, One Sky: Big Bird's Big Adventure" - Liberty Science Center, Jersey City - 10:30 AM ($3 child, $4 adult)
http://www.lsc.org/lsc/ourexperiences/publicprogramming

"One World, One Sky: Big Bird's Big Adventure" - Liberty Science Center, Jersey City - 11:30 AM ($3 child, $4 adult)
http://www.lsc.org/lsc/ourexperiences/publicprogramming

"The Friendly Stars" - Andrus Planetarium, Hudson River Museum, White Plains - 12:30 PM
http://www.hrm.org/planetarium.html

"The Sky Tonight" - Andrus Planetarium, Hudson River Museum, White Plains - 1:30 PM
http://www.hrm.org/planetarium.html

"One World, One Sky: Big Bird's Big Adventure" - Liberty Science Center, Jersey City - 2 PM ($3 child, $4 adult)
http://www.lsc.org/lsc/ourexperiences/publicprogramming

"Solar System Safari" - Andrus Planetarium, Hudson River Museum, White Plains - 2:30 PM
http://www.hrm.org/planetarium.html

"The Universe Around Us and Book Signing" by Bob Crelin - Andrus Planetarium, Hudson River Museum, White Plains - 2:30 PM
http://www.hrm.org/planetarium.html

"One World, One Sky: Big Bird's Big Adventure" - Liberty Science Center, Jersey City - 3 PM ($3 child, $4 adult)
http://www.lsc.org/lsc/ourexperiences/publicprogramming

"El Cielo en la Noche" - Andrus Planetarium, Hudson River Museum, White Plains - 3:30 PM
http://www.hrm.org/planetarium.html