On crystal clear winter nights in the countryside and dark sky reaches of the suburbs, we are graced with a view of the Milky Way – the mysterious, glowing band of stars and stardust that arcs overhead. Early, when darkness gathers at about 6:30pm, Perseus the Hero appears in the middle of the arc at...
Bright stars and mythic relationships connect Perseus, Pegasus and Cassiopeia. Look overhead from about 6:30 - 8 p.m. and toward the northwest later at night during the time frame of this post.
(Image drawn for location of constellations in August.)
Courtesy EarthSky.org
393 – Roman Emperor Theodosius I proclaims his eight-year-old son Honorius co-emperor. 971 – In China, the war elephant corps of the Southern Han are soundly defeated at Shao by crossbow fire from Song dynasty troops. 1368 – In a coronation ceremony, Zhu Yuanzhang ascends the throne of China as the Hongwu Emperor, initiating Ming...
Community Board 1 (CB1) is urging the City’s Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA) to reject an application by a Tribeca newsstand operator to open a second kiosk one block away from his current location. The applicant, Abdur Patwary, first came before CB1 in 2010, with a request to open a newsstand at the northwest corner...
The location of Abdur Patwary's current newsstand, at the northwest corner of Murray and Greenwich Streets.
250 – Emperor Decius begins a widespread persecution of Christians in Rome. Pope Fabian is martyred. 1265 – The first English parliament to include not only Lords but also representatives of the major towns holds its first meeting in the Palace of Westminster, now commonly known as the “Houses of Parliament”. 1356 – Edward Balliol...
Dear editor: Your story about occupying Goldman Sachs in Tribeca motivated me to share my brief, previous observation about the future. Recitative: Trump’s appointments of partisan,corrupt billionaires as heads of key government agencies, together with GOP total control of the divisions of government, is a deadly, dramatic omen that does not require a Nostradamus to...
A female student whose name has not been released was injured in a hit-and-run accident outside of Millennium High School, in the Financial District, on Tuesday morning. The student was on South William Street when a taxi struck her, throwing her to the ground, inflicting severe bruising, and causing multiple injuries to her mouth. Sources...
Fears about traffic safety in Lower Manhattan have heightened in recent years, as pedestrians have been seriously injured (as shown here, from a 2011 incident) or killed in a series of vehicular accidents. These concerns were once again underscored on Tuesday morning, when a Millennium High School student (whose name has not been released) was struck by a taxi.
