APOD editor to speak in New York in January

[RJN]

APOD editor Robert Nemiroff will speak on 2005 January 7 at 6:30 pm at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. After the talk, weather permitting, attendees will be encouraged to cross the street into Central Park and attend a viewing session of Comet Machholz as it passes nearly in front of the Pleiades. The lecture and viewing are free. Nemiroff does not bite.

The talk topic will be "The Best Astronomy Pictures of 2004" and will feature APOD images subjectively deemed the "best" of 2004, along with background and commentary. The lecturer speaks as a guest of the Amateur Astronomers Association of New York. Interested sky enthusiasts should meet in the Kaufmann Auditorium after entering the 77th street entrance of the museum. Last year's talk surprisingly became "standing room only", so please arrive early to be sure of getting a seat.

[APODnthuzst]

For those of us who prefer to live somewhere besides NYC?

[John]

If anyone is planning to attend, can you record the talk as an MP3 and put it up on an FTP or podcast site? I'd love to attend but live over on the left coast.

John
jevdemon AT acm.org

PS: Happy Holidays!

[leadpenny]

Maybe C-SPAN could provide coverage of the speech?

www.c-span.org

[Lukeonia1]

I second the idea of releasing an MP3 of the speech (perhaps alongside the January 8th APOD). Given the amount of traffic this site must get, I tend to think relatively few visitors actually live in the NYC area. It wouldn't seem fair to the rest of us to miss out on the lecture.

I'd attend myself if I didn't live 2000 miles away...

[Tom H.]

How about a recorded webcast with audio and slides...?

[StargzrK]

Which pictures do you like the best? My favorites are the heart nebula, eagle nebula, and rose nebulas which I have as backgrounds at work, home, and on my laptop. God bless the Hubble!!

Happy ChrisMaHannaQuanzas & Happy New Year!

Ken

[Guest]

I would love to hear this lecture as well, what hope for us folk in the UK?

Happy Holidays,

Johnmc.

[Sidco7]

Hi, I'm all for a webcast as well. I'm located in Canada and also on the left coast. so just can't wander over to NY for a quick lecture.

[boswachter]

I could even benefit of it here in Kiev, Ukraine

Happy holidays to everyone

Henk

PS: Christmas is on January, 7 here...

[Heinz-Peter]

Dear friends,
From Austria (Europe), I'm looking to APOD images nearly every day and I enjoy them very much. Unfortunately I'm too far away to attend your interesting discourse.
Marry Christmas and a Happy New Year,
Heinz-Peter

[b lingam]

Well, I have a dentist appointment in Boston that day, but I really want to get down to NYC for the lecture. I'll see what I can do, but I really need some teeth.

[tricks46]

Nemiroff does not bite.

Thanks!

[SkyMaven]

If anyone is planning to attend, can you record the talk as an MP3 and put it up on an FTP or podcast site? I'd love to attend but live over on the left coast.

Count my vote! I'd love to hear it, too. Guess I moved away from NY too soon, ack. Here in Vegas we don't get great lectures like that, sigh...

Marian

[yoyo]

I live in sweden

[David]

Which pictures do you like the best? My favorites are the heart nebula, eagle nebula, and rose nebulas which I have as backgrounds at work, home, and on my laptop. God bless the Hubble!!

Happy ChrisMaHannaQuanzas & Happy New Year!

Ken

Mine was the fake bug.

[Horah for RJN]

Nemiroff does not bite.

Thanks!

But MT does and so did Raisin

[Guest]

Who might MT be? I am not familiar with raisin

[Dolphindov]

Hi Nesmirnoff!

Never in my live did I dream that I could see so great pictures.
For Years. Every day!

Yes, talk to them up in New York. Talk. The waters are too cold for me to come over. May be during the hurricance season. Down around that cape where you shoot the stars, to take care of some clouds...

But promise me, for Christmas and New Year, that we'll get another 364 pictures for 2005!

Even cuties only interested in astrology and paraphysics switched to astronomy thanks to your and other peoples work...

[Nick Lightfoot]

Wow, I didn't know that APOD was this popular. I found out about it when I took an Astronomy class from Dr. Nemiroff a few years ago.

[ean.craigie]

I am in Saudi Arabia and would love to be able to see a webcast

[Bernard]

If anyone is planning to attend, can you record the talk as an MP3 and put it up on an FTP or podcast site? I'd love to attend but live over on the left coast.

I live in France... mp3 is a great idea, & quite simple to implement at that ! Would love it.

Bernard

[Left Coast Leftie]

I look at APOD daily and get inspiration from it. I concur: record the lecture and have it available online.

Cheers from an eccentric retired ol' lady, who might have been a cutie once but NEVER was into astrology!

[Jim]

... another vote for some form of recording/transcript!

[Guest]

From Ron Bell ( Apod mirror - Australia ) http://www.quicksolve.com.au/apod/

A web cast or a mp3 would be great. I'm a little more than 2000 miles away.. (-; How far is it across the planet?

Anyway i would love to hear it too. ( happy to host the mp3 file/s ) for general download. If anyone has them ( or can get them ) contact me via the web form on the 'about APOD' link. Sorry i don't give the email address out without initial contact as i have quite enough junk emial already.