Events on the Horizon – March

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Upcoming AAA events in March 2020

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Week 1 (calendar week 10)

01 March/Sunday
02 March/Monday
03 March/Tuesday
Observing, Fort Greene, Brooklyn; begins at 5:30PM
04 March/Wednesday
Class, Winter 2020 Class – Clocks, Calendars, Coordinates, Orbits: Aspects of the Moon’s Orbit; Celestial Coordinate Part 1, David Kiefer. Manhattan; begins at 6:30PM
05 March/Thursday
Class, Urban Astrophotography, 2020: Review/Troubleshooting/Interactive Equipment Discussion, Mauri Rosenthal and Alfredo Viegas. Manhattan; begins at 6:30PM

06 March/Friday
07 March/Saturday

Week 2 (cw 11)

08 March/Sunday
09 March/Monday
10 March/Tuesday
11 March/Wednesday
Class, Winter 2020 Class – Clocks, Calendars, Coordinates, Orbits: Celestial Coordinates Part 2, David Kiefer. Manhattan; begins at 6:30PM

12 March/Thursday
13 March/Friday
Lecture, Crescendo of the Cosmic Symphony: Gravitational Waves and the New Frontier of Astronomy. Robert Coyne, University of Rhode Island, American Museum of Natural History, Manhattan; begins at 6:15PM

14 March/Saturday

Week 3 (cw 12)

15 March/Sunday
16 March/Monday
17 March/Tuesday
18 March/Wednesday
Class, Winter 2020 Class – Clocks, Calendars, Coordinates, Orbits: Mapping the Sky, David Kiefer. Manhattan; begins at 6:30PM
Meeting, AAA Board of Directors. Manhattan; begins at 6:30PM

19 March/Thursday
20 March/Friday
21 March/Saturday
Observing, Special Event: Messier Marathon, Dark Sky Location (TBD); sunset to dawn; event details emailed to members only

Week 4 (cw 13)

22 March/Sunday
23 March/Monday
24 March/Tuesday

25 March/Wednesday
Class, Winter 2020 Class – Clocks, Calendars, Coordinates, Orbits: Orbital Parameters, David Kiefer. Manhattan; begins at 6:30PM

26 March/Thursday
27 March/Friday
Observing, Floyd Bennett Field, Brooklyn; begins at 8:00PM
28 March/Saturday
Observing, Great Kills, Staten Island; begins at 7:30PM

Week 5 (cw 14)

29 March/Sunday
30 March/Monday
31 March/Tuesday