Month: July 2019

Letters Paul Hovitz and Community Board 1

Letters To the editor, I can’t imagine CB 1 without Paul Hovitz on it. There are not enough medals or citations to reward the hours and years this man has devoted to our community and to all of Lower Manhattan. Thank you Paul is just not enough. Bless you for your generous heart. Jean Bergantini Grillo, ...
Paul Hovitz

EYES TO THE SKY July 8 – 21, 2019 All night planets Saturn, Jupiter. Overnight astronomy holiday

EYES TO THE SKY   July 8 – 21, 2019 All night planets Saturn, Jupiter. Overnight astronomy holiday Infrared Eye Yields New Spectral Map. The false-color image at right shows spectral mapping of Saturn’s A, B and C rings, captured by Cassini’s Visible and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer. It displays an infrared view of the rings, rather...
As the gibbous Moon waxes to full this month it steps above Scorpius and Sagittarius, pairing with Jupiter and Saturn along the way. Illustration courtesy: Sky and Telescope.

Come on a Boat Tour: An East River Journey ~ Hell’s Gate to Long Island Sound

An East River Journey  Hell’s Gate to Long Island Sound July 14, 2019 Execution Rocks Lighthouse in Long Island Sound Join National Lighthouse Museum members and friends on Sunday July 14, 2019 when we will journey up the East River through Hell’s Gate to Long Island Sound. Expert presenters will share the history and little known facts...
Execution Rocks Lighthouse in Long Island Sound

Today in History July 8, 2019

Today in History The Liberty Bell Click here to listen 951 – Paris is founded 1497 – Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama departs on his first voyage, which leads him to become first European to reach India by sea. 1693 – The City of New York authorizes the first police uniforms in American colonies 1835...
The Liberty Bell