Wondiwoi Tree Kangaroos of Indonesian New Guinea Bamboo Montane Forest

Summary: Two Wondiwoi tree kangaroos are known, as a London museum pelt since 1928 and from a photo opp in an Indonesian New Guinea bamboo montane forest in 2018.

illustration of Wondiwoi tree kangaroo by Australian natural history illustrator Peter Schouten: National Geographic @natgeo via Facebook Sept. 25, 2018

Bamboo montane forests still appear to accommodate Wondiwoi tree kangaroos in the West Papua province of Indonesian New Guinea, according to observations and photographs accumulated by an amateur botanist July 31, 2018.

Michael Smith, 47-year-old research and analytics head in Farnham, Surrey, United Kingdom, to a medical communications company, became observer and photographer of a Wondiwoi tree kangaroo. A second-hand long-focus lens that cost £80 ($104) caught a living counterpart of a casualty collected in 1928 by Ernst Mayr (July 5, 1904-Feb. 3, 2005). Scientific descriptions of Wondiwoi tree kangaroos in 1933 derived from that dead specimen delivered, by ship from New Guinea, to the Natural History Museum in London.

Smith, a zoology student during university years, espied the Wondiwoi tree kangaroo the last 30 minutes of the last day of his July 23-31, 2018, expedition.

Scientific descriptions fit the specimen's black-eared, black-eyed, black-nosed wide face; black-brown back; broad paws; golden-furred belly; red limbs and rump; silver-yellow hair-tips; and short, whitish tail.

Smith's photographs go well with Lionel Walter Rothschild's (Feb. 18, 1868-Aug. 27, 1937) and John Guy Dollman's (Sept. 4, 1886-March 21, 1942) descriptions and with Mayr's. They have 98.42-foot- (30-meter-) high branches hiding what hints of Frederick William Frohawk's (July 16, 1861-Dec. 10, 1946) illustration for Dollman and Rothschild of Mayr's "monkey-bear." The Macropodidae (from the Greek μακρός, makrós, "long" and πούς, poús, "foot") family member includes bear-like curved, long, sharp claws and a long, monkey-like prehensile tail.

Wondiwoi tree kangaroos journey, by bear- and monkey-like climbs and kangaroo-like hops on roughened foot-pads to muscular fore-limbs and smaller hind-limbs, over mossy bamboo tree branches.

London's Natural History Museum keeps among its mammal collections the original foot- (0.31-meter-) long, 90-year-old, 20.39-pound (9.25-kilogram) male specimen from 5,249.34-foot (1,600-meter) altitudes above sea level.

Clawed tree bases, "foxy," "funky" scents and scat at 5,577.43- to 6,561.8-foot (1,700- to 2,000-meter) altitudes above sea level led Smith to the Wondiwoi tree kangaroo. Smith mentions managing photographs with expedition guide Martin and interpreter Norman Terok and scheduling Wondiwoi tree kangaroo scat for deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) analyses with Mayr's specimen. His expedition needed base camps, at 2,296.59- to 6,561.68-foot (700- and 2,000-meter) altitudes above sea level; two-week chili-sauce, noodle, rice and sardine supplies; and four porters.

The Wondiwoi Peninsula's Wondiwoi Mountain possibly offers Wondiwoi tree kangaroos daily diets of eggs, flowers, grains and sap and 115.83-square-mile (300-square-kilometer) bamboo-thick, mica-rich, steep-sloped distribution ranges.

Smith posits that "I went through my mental checklist of their features and realised 'Hang on, this has absolutely got to be the Wondiwoi tree kangaroo.'"

Online sources quote, for expert opinions from non-expedition members, Mark Eldridge, Australian Museum marsupialogist; Timothy Flannery, author and marsupialogist; and James Martin, James Cook University marsupialogist. Flannery recognizes, among expedition results, that "The images are clear and reveal the distinctive coat color. Everything in the pictures is consistent with the only known specimen." The International Union for Conservation of Nature suggests critically endangered statuses for 50-some surviving Wondiwoi tree kangaroos surrounded by scaled-up gold-mining, logging, palm-oil plantings and poaching.

Wondiwoi tree kangaroos, termed Dendrolagus mayri ("Mayr's tree-hare"), typify Smith's conclusion that "The general belief that there's nothing more of interest to discover is quite mistaken."

Wondiwoi tree kangaroo; Wondiwoi mountain range, West Papua, New Guinea; image by South West News Service/Michael Smith: Smithsonian Magazine @smithsonianmagazine via Facebook Sept. 27, 2018

Acknowledgment

My special thanks to talented artists and photographers/concerned organizations who make their fine images available on the internet.

Image credits:

illustration of Wondiwoi tree kangaroo by Australian natural history illustrator Peter Schouten: National Geographic @natgeo via Facebook Sept. 25, 2018, @ https://www.facebook.com/natgeo/posts/10155922405048951

Wondiwoi tree kangaroo; Wondiwoi mountain range, West Papua, New Guinea; image by South West News Service/Michael Smith: Smithsonian Magazine @smithsonianmagazine via Facebook Sept. 27, 2018, @ https://www.facebook.com/smithsonianmagazine/posts/10156096457283253

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Gutta-Percha Trees and Hawaii Five-0 2010 Ninth Season Premiere Cocoon

Summary: Does gutta-percha, from gutta-percha trees, seal McGarrett's fate to five agents in Cocoon, Hawaii Five-0 2010 ninth season premiere, Sept. 28, 2018?

gutta-percha (Palaquium gutta), illustrated in F.E. Köhler and M. Vogtherr, Köhler's Medizinal-Pflanzen (1898), vol. III, Plate 1, opposite page 80: Public Domain, via Biodiversity Heritage Library

Gutta-percha acts as an accessory in the assassinations of five agents and attempts against a commander in the Hawaii Five-0 2010 action police procedural series' ninth season premiere episode Sept. 28, 2018.

Director Bryan Spicer borrows gutta-percha (from the Malay getah, "latex" and perca, "cloth-like strips") in Cocoon (Ka 'Owili 'Oka'i) from Paul Wendkos's same-named 1968-1980 series' pilot. Gutta-percha connects "Anderson in Jakarta, Stanton in Bangkok, Burke in Korea, Brubaker in Hong Kong. Now Hennessey in Hawaii. Five top agents dead in three months." It dapples the ear and nose hairs and the eyelashes of five autopsied corpses even though autopsies typically detect gutta-percha in filled-up cavities and root canals.

Hawaii Five-0 task force commander Steve McGarrett (Alex O'Loughlin) explains guttah-percha's employment as evidence of five enforced experiences, for extracting sensitive information, in sensory deprivation tanks.

Palaquium gutta and fellow Palaquium (from the Tagalog palakihin, "to grow, to increase in size") genus members furnish gutta-percha through 5,249.34-foot (1,600-meter) altitudes above sea level.

Gutta-percha trees grow in coastal Indonesian and Malaysian heath, limestone, lowland, mixed-species dipterocarp (from the Greek δίς, dís, "twice"; πτερόν, pterón, "wing"; καρπός, karpós, "fruit") forests. Their fruits each hold one to four brown, glossy, hard seeds, known as peanut nuts, that have individual fatty, tallow contents of 58 to 63 percent. Life cycles of gutta perchas, identified by Sir William Jackson Hooker (July 6, 1785-Aug. 12, 1865) in 1847, involve deep-soil germinating two- to eight-week viable seeds.

The 100-plus-year life cycles of strong-taprooted gutta-percha trees juggle 9.84-inch- (25-centimeter-) high seedlings, 26.25-foot- (8-meter-) tall seven-year-olds, 55.77-foot- (17-meter-) tall 23-year-olds and 164.04-foot- (50-meter-) tall 50-year-olds.

Gutta-percha trees know 4.72-inch (12-centimeter) mean annual increments in trunk diameters and 3.28-foot (1-meter) diameter mature trunks in montane, swampy soil pHs of 6 to 7.

Sapotaceae (from the Nahuatl tzapotl, "edible, soft fruit") family membership loads toxic saponins into nutrititiously oily seeds within 0.98- to 2.76-inch (2.5- to 7-centimeter) diameter fruits. Brown- to red-barked, defoliated, mossy branches maintain berry-like, brown, egg-shaped, elliptical or rounded fruits after green-white-yellow, short-stalked, star-shaped clusters with male pollen-making and female pollen-receiving parts. Gutta-perchas, named by William Burck (Feb. 4, 1848-Sept. 25, 1910) in 1885, net 12 six-petaled, six-sepaled, 12-stamened flowers in brown, cup-like, fine-haired, two- to three-rowed calyxes.

Gutta-percha tree branches organize successive three to four groups, each of a dozen flowers with arrow-shaped anthers; cone-shaped, hairy ovaries; and four- to seven-lobed white corollas.

Alternate- or spiral-stalked, elliptical or oblong-oval, entire, leathery, simple, 3.15- to 9.84-inch- (8 to 25-centimeter-) long leaves possess evergreen-glossed upper-sides, orange-brown mid-veins and red-haired yellow undersides.

Gutta-perchas queue up for mean annual 78.74- to 118.11-inch (2,000- to 3,000-millimeter) rainfall and temperatures between 75.2 and 86 degrees Fahrenheit (24 and 30 degrees Celsius). They render borer-resistant, fungi-sensitive, termite-intolerant pink- to red-brown cabinets, canes, doors, flooring, furniture, joinery, knife handles, moulding, mourning beads, panels, pistol hand-grips, planks and rifle shoulder-pads. Eucalyptus-scented, milky pink-gray sap and seeds unsown in moist, nutrient-rich, sunny, well-drained soils respectively supply dentistry products, golf-balls and splints and candles, cooking-fat, soaps and waxes.

O'Loughlin undoubtedly translates gutta-percha as Palaquium gutta in McGarrett's Hawaiian English in the 194th series' episode overall but as Excoecaria parvifolia in his native Australian English.

Jack Lord (below) as Steve McGarrett in original Hawaii Five-0 pilot episode, Cocoon (Sept. 26, 1968); Alex O'Loughlin (above) as McGarrett in series remake's ninth season reboot, Ka 'Owili 'Oka'i (Sept. 28, 2018), by writers Leonard Freeman (pilot credit), Alex Kurtzman, Peter M. Lenkov and Roberto Orci: Hawaii Five-0 @HawaiiFive0CBS via Facebook Sept. 29, 2018

Acknowledgment

My special thanks to talented artists and photographers/concerned organizations who make their fine images available on the internet.

Image credits:

gutta percha (Palaquium gutta), illustrated in F.E. Köhler and M. Vogtherr, Köhler's Medizinal-Pflanzen (1898), vol. III, Plate 1, opposite page 80: Public Domain, via Biodiversity Heritage Library @ https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/302432

Jack Lord (below) as Steve McGarrett in original Hawaii Five-0 episode, Cocoon (Sept. 26, 1968); Alex O'Loughlin (above) as McGarrett in series remake's ninth season reboot, Ka 'Owili 'Oka'i (Sept. 28, 2018), by writers Leonard Freeman (pilot credit), Alex Kurtzman, Peter M. Lenkov and Roberto Orci: Hawaii Five-0 @HawaiiFive0CBS via Facebook Sept. 29, 2018, @ https://www.facebook.com/HawaiiFive0CBS/photos/a.135257959841022/2130385533661578/

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Westminster Abbey Refectory Raid and London Sheriff Hugh Pourte

Summary: Hugh Pourte's London sheriffship in 1302 and death in 1307 aided Westminster Abbey Refectory raid and Westminster Abbey Royal Treasury raid mysteries.

During his stay from October 1306 to March 1307 at North West England's Lanercost Priory, Edward I was urged by the priory's treasurer to recover cups removed from Westminster Abbey's refectory by Richard Puddlicott in 1302; Lanercost Priory, northern Cumbria, North West England; Shermozle at English Wikipedia, CC BY SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Hugh Pourte's sheriffship September 1302 and death in 1307 assured unsolved mystery aspects to the Westminster Abbey Refectory raid November 1302 and the Westminster Abbey Royal Treasury raid April 30-May 3, 1303.

Pourte's behavior during and after his sheriffship baffles Paul Doherty in The Great Crown Jewels Robbery of 1303 for Carroll & Graf Publishers, Sept. 26, 2005. The Sheriff of London conducted one Westminster Abbey Royal Treasury raid arrested suspect to his residence instead of to the Tower prison commanded by the king. He and wife Margaret Horn dispensed hospitality as host and hostess until five days later, when his guest dared to dash into sanctuary for 40 days.

Pourte extracted Richard Puddlicott (died Nov. 28, 1304) from sanctuary in the Church of St. Michael's in Candlewick before the first day's end June 25, 1303.

King Edward I's (June 17, 1239-July 7, 1307) writ June 6, 1303, formulated Westminster Abbey Royal Treasury raid procedures as securing filched treasures and their suspects.

And yet nothing galvanized Pourte to go after precious royal coins, metals and stones going around London, Middlesex, Suffolk, Surrey and Westminster May 3-June 6, 1303. He had property in Boston, Lincolnshire, and revenue as fishmonger and loan and wool merchant; headed "one of the old families of London"; held an aldermanship. Edward's writ Aug. 10/23, 1302, included Pourte among arrested merchants and confiscated merchandise for the Ghent Mayor to release for money royally seized from Ghent burgesses.

Pourte journeyed to London where Mayor John le Blund and 12 men from each ward judged him sheriff-worthy, with Simon de Paris, by Sept. 28, 1302.

Arrest, confiscation and fines of "fourteen pounds and seventeen shillings" from Edward reneging on debts in Flanders kept Puddlicott in Bruges until late July/early August 1302.

Puddlicott launched suit in Westminster King's Court August 1302 and left Westminster Abbey Refectory raid and Westminster Abbey Royal Treasury raid loot around London and Westminster. And yet Abbey refectorian Reginald de Hadham, valet Roger de Aldenham and King's Wardrobe Keeper John de Drokensford, not Pourte, likely mentioned Abbey raids to Edward. Puddlicott, descendant of Oxfordshire landowners notable as Benedictine community supporters in Abingdon, Evesham, Islip and Waverley, nestled noticeably as an outsider among London goldsmiths and merchants.

And yet Pourte obstructed none of Puddlicott's Westminster Abbey Refectory raid and Westminster Abbey Royal Treasury raid operations and, against orders, offered house, not prison, custody.

The Lanercost Priory Treasurer in Cumbria pushed Edward to pursue "all the cups which were lately stolen from their refectory at Westminster by Richard de Puddlicott."

The Westminster Abbey Refectory raid silver-related order Feb. 10, 1307, qualified Puddlicott as "hanged by consideration of the King's court for different robberies committed by him." It remonstrated, "These treasures were delivered to Hugh when he was sheriff of London by the justices appointed to deliver [Richard] the gaol of the Tower." It stressed that Westminster Abbey Refectory raid, not Westminster Abbey Royal Treasury raid, silver should "be kept safely by him until the King should order otherwise."

Only Henry III's (Oct. 1, 1207-Nov. 16, 1272) coronation spoon nowadays testifies to turned-in stolen royal, not Refectory, treasures since Pourte never turned in the silver.

The coronation spoon of Edward I's father, Henry III, is the only crown jewel that survives from the time of the 1303 Westminster Abbey Royal Treasury raid; G. Younghusband and C. Davenport's The Crown Jewels of England (1919), page 50: Public Domain via Wikimedia Commonsspan>

Acknowledgment

My special thanks to talented artists and photographers/concerned organizations who make their fine images available on the internet.

Image credits:

During his stay from October 1306 to March 1307 at North West England's Lanercost Priory, Edward I was urged by the priory's treasurer to recover cups removed from Westminster Abbey's refectory by Richard Puddlicott in 1302; Lanercost Priory, northern Cumbria, North West England; Shermozle at English Wikipedia, CC BY SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons @ https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lanercost_Priory_1.jpg

The coronation spoon of Edward I's father, Henry III, is the only crown jewel that survives from the time of the 1303 Westminster Abbey Royal Treasury raid; G. Younghusband and C. Davenport's The Crown Jewels of England (1919), page 50: Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons @ https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Coronation_Spoon.png

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Marriner, Derdriu. 20 April 2018. "Richard Puddlicott and the Westminster Abbey Royal Treasury Raid, 1303." Earth and Space News. Friday.
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Marriner, Derdriu. 4 May 2018. "Westminster Abbey Royal Treasury Raid in April and May 1303 in England." Earth and Space News. Friday.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2018/05/westminster-abbey-royal-treasury-raid.html

Marriner, Derdriu. 11 May 2018. "Mysteries of the April-May 1303 Westminster Abbey Royal Treasury Raid." Earth and Space News. Friday.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2018/05/mysteries-of-april-may-1303-westminster.html

Marriner, Derdriu. 1 June 2018. "King Edward I's Letter on the Westminster Abbey Royal Treasury Raid." Earth and Space News. Friday.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2018/06/king-edward-is-letter-on-westminster.html

Marriner, Derdriu. 8 June 2018. "Westminster Abbey Royal Treasury Raid: Royal Proclamation June 15, 1303." Earth and Space News. Friday.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2018/06/westminster-abbey-royal-treasury-raid_8.html

Marriner, Derdriu. 15 June 2018. "Westminster Abbey Royal Treasury Raid: Palmer Confession June 17, 1303." Earth and Space News. Friday.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2018/06/westminster-abbey-royal-treasury-raid.html

Marriner, Derdriu. 22 June 2018. "Westminster Abbey Royal Treasury Raid: Arrests June 18-19, 1303." Earth and Space News. Friday.
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Marriner, Derdriu. 29 June 2018. "Westminster Abbey Royal Treasury Raid: Indenture June 22, 1303." Earth and Space News. Friday.
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Marriner, Derdriu. 6 July 2018. "Westminster Abbey Royal Treasury Raid: Palmer Confession July 6, 1303." Earth and Space News. Friday.
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Marriner, Derdriu. 13 July 2018. "Westminster Abbey Royal Treasury Raid: Goldsmiths Talk July 4, 1303." Earth and Space News. Friday.
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Globe at Night 2018 Pegasus and Second Sagittarius Campaigns Begin Oct. 1

Summary: The Globe at Night 2018 Pegasus and second Sagittarius campaigns begin Monday, Oct. 1, in the Northern Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere, respectively.

The Great Square asterism represents the Winged Horse's main body: EarthSky @earthskyscience via Twitter Nov. 24, 2017

The Globe at Night 2018 Pegasus and second Sagittarius campaigns begin Monday, Oct. 1, and close Wednesday, Oct. 10, as checks of light pollution effects on visibility of Pegasus the Winged Horse constellation in the Northern Hemisphere and on Sagittarius the Archer constellation in the Southern Hemisphere.

The October campaign is the only Globe at Night 2018 campaign for assessing visibility of constellation Pegasus. No 2018 Pegasus campaigns are planned for the Southern Hemisphere. The Winged Horse is visible in the Southern Hemisphere as a winter and spring constellation.

Pegasus the Winged Horse resides in the Northern Celestial Hemisphere, the northern half of the abstract sphere projected by astronomy outward from Earth’s surface. Pegasus lies north of the celestial equator, Earth’s equatorial projection outward onto the abstract celestial sphere.

Pegasus rates as the seventh largest of the 88 modern constellations by area. Sagittarius, Globe at Night’s October Southern Hemisphere constellation campaign, occupies 15th place.

Pegasus associates with Andromeda the Chained Princess, Lacerta the Lizard and Cygnus the Swan as northern neighbors. The Winged Horse’s southern boundary reaches close enough to the celestial equator to claim celestial equator-straddling Pisces the Fishes and Aquarius the Water Bearer as southern neighbors.

Globe at Night’s website suggests autumn as the easiest season for finding Pegasus in the Northern Hemisphere. The Great Square of Pegasus, an asterism depicting the Winged Horse’s main body, is the constellation’s easily recognizable finding aid.

The Great Square of Pegasus gathers together four second magnitude stars from two neighboring constellations. Pegasus provides three stars. Andromeda the Chained Princess contributes one star.

The quadrilateral asterism’s three Pegasus stars rate as second, third and fourth brightest stars, both in the asterism and in constellation Pegasus. Variable red giant Beta Pegasi (β Pegasi; Beta Peg; β Peg) shines as the second brightest star, both in the asterism and in the constellation. Alpha Pegasi (α Pegasi; Alpha Peg; α Peg), known traditionally as Markab, is third brightest. Variable blue-white subgiant Gamma Pegasi (γ Pegasi; Gamma Peg; γ Peg), known traditionally as Algenib (Arabic for “side”), is the fourth brightest star.

Binary star system Alpha Andromedae (α Andromedae; Alpha And; α And) shines as the asterism’s brightest star. Known traditionally as Alpheratz (Arabic for “horse”), Alpha Andromedae is constellation Andromeda’s brightest star.

Globe at Night gives sky views of Pegasus for six Northern Hemisphere locations. For equatorial latitudes, such as Quito, Ecuador, Pegasus perches in the north-northwest. At around 10 degrees north, Pegasus appears in the northwest. At around 20 degrees north latitude, observers find Pegasus in the east. At around 30 degrees north, Pegasus appears in the southeast. Observers at around 40 to 50 degrees north find Pegasus in the south.

Eight magnitude charts present the nighttime sky at six northern latitudes, from equatorial to 50 degrees north. Magnitude zero represents a cloudy sky. Magnitude seven presents a star-filled sky.

At all targeted latitudes, the Winged Horse’s brightest star, Epsilon Pegasi (ε Pegasi; Epsilon Peg, ε Peg), is not visible at magnitude zero but begins visibility as of magnitude one. Epsilon Pegasi’s traditional name, Enif, derived from Arabic for “nose,” recognizes the second-magnitude star’s placement in the Winged Horse’s muzzle (projecting part of the face).

Closing of Globe at Night’s only 2018 Pegasus campaign leaves only two campaigns on Globe at Night’s 2018 Northern Hemisphere schedule. Perseus the Hero’s two campaigns run from Tuesday, Oct. 30, to Thursday, Nov. 8, and from Thursday, Nov. 29, to Saturday, Dec. 8.

Globe at Night’s second 2018 Sagittarius campaign in the Southern Hemisphere coincides with the Northern Hemisphere’s only 2018 Pegasus campaign. The year’s first Sagittarius campaign ran from Saturday, Sept. 1, through Monday, Sept. 10.

Globe at Night’s website suggests the Milky Way as finding aid for Sagittarius the Archer constellation. The Archer’s distinctive eight-star asterism, the Teapot, spouts Milky Way steam.

Completion of Globe at Night’s second 2018 Sagittarius campaign leaves only two 2018 Grus the Crane constellation campaigns on Globe at Night’s 2018 Southern Hemisphere schedule. The first 2018 Grus campaign begins Tuesday, Oct. 30, and closes Thursday, Nov. 8. The second 2018 Grus campaign runs from Thursday, Nov. 29, to Saturday, Dec. 8.

The takeaway for the Globe at Night 2018 Pegasus and second Sagittarius campaigns, conducted from Monday, Oct. 1, through Wednesday, Oct. 10, is that the Northern Hemisphere’s Pegasus campaign opens as the only 2018 Winged Horse campaign while the Southern Hemisphere’s Sagittarius campaign closes as the second of two 2018 Archer campaigns.

Sagittarius the Archer is a Milky Way constellation with a distinctive Teapot asterism: NASA, ESA, Z. (Zoltan G.) Levay (STScI [Space Telescope Science Institute]) and A. (Akira) Fujii, Public Domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Acknowledgment

My special thanks to talented artists and photographers/concerned organizations who make their fine images available on the internet.

Image credits:

Pegasus the Winged Horse’s noticeable asterism, the Great Square, serves as the constellation’s perfect finding aid: EarthSky @earthskyscience via Twitter Sept. 16, 2017, @ https://twitter.com/earthskyscience/status/909207549282537472

Sagittarius the Archer is a Milky Way constellation with a distinctive Teapot asterism: NASA, ESA, Z. (Zoltan G.) Levay (STScI [Space Telescope Science Institute]) and A. (Akira) Fujii, Public Domain, via Wikimedia Commons @ https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:HST_SWEEPS_Galaxy_Location-2006.jpg

For further information:

“Can You Find Pegasus?” Globe at Night > Finding Constellations.
Available @ https://www.globeatnight.org/finding/pegasus

“Can You Find Sagittarius?” Globe at Night > Finding Constellations.
Available @ https://www.globeatnight.org/finding/sagittarius

EarthSky @earthskyscience. “How to see the Great Square of Pegasus. 4 stars of nearly equal brightness in a large square pattern.” Twitter. Sept. 16, 2017.
Available @ https://twitter.com/earthskyscience/status/909207549282537472

EarthSky @earthskyscience. “How to see the Great Square of Pegasus. It’s easy! The Great Square of Pegasus consists of 4 stars of nearly equal brightness in a large square pattern. Once you find it, you can star-hop to other well-known sights in the sky.” Twitter. Nov. 24, 2017.
Available @ https://twitter.com/earthskyscience/status/934121193170448385

EarthSky ‏@earthskyscience. “It can be hard to see a Centaur in constellation Sagittarius. But The Teapot is easy to make out. . . Photo: Zefri Besar.” Twitter. Oct. 14, 2016.
Available @ https://twitter.com/earthskyscience/status/787081309738954753

Learn to Skywatch @Learntoskywatch. “Tonight’s Target: The Constellation Pisces. Hint: Look SE below the Great Square of Pegasus.” Twitter. Sept. 21, 2017.
Available @ https://twitter.com/Learntoskywatch/status/910926632000598016

Marriner, Derdriu. “Alpheratz Links Adromeda the Chained Princess With Pegasus the Winged Horse.” Earth and Space News. Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2017.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2016/10/northern-cross-marks-autumn-nights-from.html

Marriner, Derdriu. “Five Star Circlet of Pisces Asterism Is Below Great Square of Pegasus.” Earth and Space News. Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2017/10/five-star-circlet-of-pisces-asterism-is.html

Marriner, Derdriu. “Globe at Night 2018 Bootes and Crux Campaigns Happen in May.” Earth and Space News. Wednesday, May 9, 2018.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2018/05/globe-at-night-2018-bootes-and-crux.html

Marriner, Derdriu. “Globe at Night 2018 Cygnus and Second Scorpius Campaigns Begin Aug. 2.” Earth and Space News. Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2018.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2018/08/globe-at-night-2018-cygnus-and-second.html

Marriner, Derdriu. “Globe at Night 2018 Hercules and Third Crux Campaigns Begin June 4.” Earth and Space News. Wednesday, May 30, 2018.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2018/05/globe-at-night-2018-hercules-and-third.html

Marriner, Derdriu. “Globe at Night 2018 Leo Campaign Begins April 6 for Northern Latitudes.” Earth and Space News. Wednesday, April 4, 2018.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2018/04/globe-at-night-2018-leo-campaign-begins.html

Marriner, Derdriu. “Globe at Night 2018 Sagittarius and Second Cygnus Campaigns Begin Sept. 1.” Earth and Space News. Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2018.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2018/08/globe-at-night-2018-sagittarius-and.html

Marriner, Derdriu. “Globe at Night 2018 Scorpius and Second Hercules Campaigns Begin July 4.” Earth and Space News. Wednesday, June 27, 2018.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2018/06/globe-at-night-2018-scorpius-and-second.html

Marriner, Derdriu. “Great Square of Pegasus Asterism Has Four Second Magnitude Stars.” Earth and Space News. Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2017.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2017/10/great-square-of-pegasus-asterism-has.html

2018-2019 Met Opera Season Premiere of La Fanciulla del West Is Thursday, Oct. 4

Summary: The 2018-2019 Met Opera season premiere of La Fanciulla del West is Thursday, Oct. 4, during the second week of Puccini, Saint Saëns and Verdi operas.

The 2018-2019 Met Opera season premiere of Puccini’s La Fanciulla del West happens Thursday, Oct. 4: Metropolitan Opera @MetOpera via Facebook Feb. 19, 2018

The 2018-2019 Met Opera season premiere of La Fanciulla del West is Thursday, Oct. 4, during the season’s second week of performances of Puccini, Saint Saëns and Verdi operas.

October’s first week is the 2018-2019 season’s second week. The schedule for Monday, Oct. 1, through Saturday, Oct. 6, 2018, frames La Fanciulla del West’s season premiere with two performances each of Giacomo Puccini’s La Bohème, Saint Saëns’s Samson et Dalila and Giuseppe Verdi’s Aida.

The 2018-2019 Met Opera season premiere of La Fanciulla del West by Italian opera composer Giacomo Puccini (Dec. 22, 1858-Nov. 29, 1924) takes place Thursday, Oct. 4, at 7:30 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time. The season premiere’s launch is the only performance of La Fanciulla del West during the 2018-2019 Met Opera season’s second week.

The 2018-2019 Met Opera season premiere of Puccini’s California Gold Rush-themed opera revives Giancarlo del Monaco’s production. The Italian stage director’s staging debuted Oct. 10, 1991, in the Metropolitan Opera’s 76th performance of La Fanciulla del West.

The debut of del Monaco’s production also marked Metropolitan Opera debuts for del Monaco and the production’s costume and set designer, Australian production designer Michael Scott-Mitchell. The production’s lighting director is Gil Wechsler. Gregory Keller is the revival stage director for the 2018-2019 Met Opera season’s production of La Fanciulla del West.

The 2018-2019 Met Opera season’s staging of La Fanciulla del West marks the third revival of Giancarlo del Monaco’s production. The first revival was launched during the 1992-1993 season. The second revival occurred during the 2010-2011 season.

All of the 2018-2019 Met Opera season’s performances of La Fanciulla del West take place in October. In addition to the season premiere, the Metropolitan Opera offers six performances of La Fanciulla del West. October’s other performances are scheduled for Monday, Oct. 8, at 7:30 p.m.; Friday, Oct. 12, at 7:30 p.m.; Wednesday, Oct. 17, at 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, Oct. 20, at 8 p.m.; Tuesday, Oct. 23, at 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, Oct. 27, at 1 p.m.

La Fanciulla del West appears as the fourth of the 2018-2019 Met Opera season’s 24 Saturday matinee radio broadcasts. The Metropolitan Opera’s 2018-2019 Saturday matinee radio broadcast schedule opens Saturday, Dec. 1, 2018, with Mefistofele by Italian composer and librettist Arrigo Boito (Feb. 24, 1842-June 10, 1918). The 2018-2019 Saturday matinee radio broadcast schedule closes Saturday, May 4, 2019, with Les Pêcheurs de Perles by French Romantic Era composer Georges Bizet (Oct. 25, 1838-June 3, 1875).

The 2018-2019 Met Opera season’s second week begins with the season’s third performance of Samson et Dalila by French Romantic Era composer Camille Saint-Saëns (Oct. 9, 1835-Dec. 16, 1921). The performance Monday, Oct. 1, starts at 7:30 p.m. The week’s second staging of Samson et Dalila takes place Friday, Oct. 5, at 8 p.m.

The 2018-2019 Met Opera season’s third performance of Aida by Italian opera composer Giuseppe Verdi (Oct. 10, 1813-Jan. 27, 1901) takes place Tuesday, Oct. 2, at 7:30 p.m. The season’s second week also includes another performance of Aida Saturday, Oct. 6, at 1 p.m. Saturday's performance is also available via the Metropolitan Opera's Live in HD series.

The 2018-2019 Met Opera season’s second week also continues performances of La Bohème by Italian opera composer Giacomo Puccini (Dec. 22, 1858-Nov. 29, 1924). The second week’s performances of La Bohème are scheduled for Wednesday, Oct. 3, at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday, Oct. 6, at 8:30 p.m.

The takeaways for the 2018-2019 Met Opera season premiere of La Fanciulla del West Thursday, Oct. 4, are that the season’s staging of Puccini’s California Gold Rush-themed opera represents the third revival of Italian stage director Giancarlo del Monaco’s production at the Metropolitan Opera and that the season’s second week continues performances of Saint-Saëns’s Samson et Dalila, Puccini’s La Bohème and Verdi’s Aida.

The Metropolitan Opera’s second revival of Italian stage director Giancarlo del Monaco’s production of Puccini’s La Fanciulla del West occurred during the 2010-2011 season, with American dramatic soprano Deborah Voigt in the title role: The Metropolitan Opera @MetOpera via Facebook Dec. 10, 2010

Acknowledgment

My special thanks to talented artists and photographers/concerned organizations who make their fine images available on the internet.

Image credits:

The 2018-2019 Met Opera season premiere of Puccini’s La Fanciulla del West happens Thursday, Oct. 4: Metropolitan Opera @MetOpera via Facebook Feb. 19, 2018, @ https://www.facebook.com/MetOpera/photos/a.134969600532.229232.20807115532/10160146382080533/

The Metropolitan Opera’s second revival of Italian stage director Giancarlo del Monaco’s production of Puccini’s La Fanciulla del West occurred during the 2010-2011 season, with American dramatic soprano Deborah Voigt in the title role: The Metropolitan Opera @MetOpera via Facebook Dec. 10, 2010, @ https://www.facebook.com/MetOpera/posts/180251985334994

For further information:

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Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2018/09/2018-2019-met-opera-season-opens-sept.html

Marriner, Derdriu. “2018-2019 Metropolitan Opera Season Presents Four New Productions.” Earth and Space News. Monday, June 25, 2018.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2018/06/2018-2019-metropolitan-opera-season_25.html

Marriner, Derdriu. “2018-2019 Metropolitan Opera Season Stages 29 Operas.” Earth and Space News. Monday, June 18, 2018.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2018/06/2018-2019-metropolitan-opera-season.html

Marriner, Derdriu. “Aida Is the April 15, 2017, Metropolitan Opera Saturday Matinee Broadcast.” Earth and Space News. Monday, April 10, 2017.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2017/04/aida-is-april-15-2017-metropolitan.html

Marriner, Derdriu. “La Bohème Is Feb. 24, 2018, Met Opera Saturday Matinee Broadcast.” Earth and Space News. Monday, Feb. 19, 2018.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2018/02/la-boheme-is-feb-24-2018-met-opera.html

Metropolitan Opera @MetOpera. “Live in HD October 27. Soprano Eva-Maria Westbroek sings Puccini’s gun-slinging heroine in this romantic epic of the Wild West, with the heralded return of tenor Jonas Kaufmann in the role of the outlaw she loves . . . .” Facebook. Feb. 19, 2018.
Available @ https://www.facebook.com/MetOpera/photos/a.134969600532.229232.20807115532/10160146382080533/

Metropolitan Opera @MetOpera. “New on iTunes: Puccini’s romantic epic of the Wild West, La Fanciulla del West, springs to life in Giancarlo del Monaco’s dramatic production. . . .” Facebook. April 12, 2018.
Available @ https://www.facebook.com/MetOpera/photos/a.134969600532.229232.20807115532/10160410490980533/

The Metropolitan Opera @MetOpera. "Tonight's performance of La Fanciulla del West marks the 100th anniversary of the opera's world premiere at the Met. Puccini himself called it "the best of my operas". Facebook. Dec. 10, 2010.
Available @ https://www.facebook.com/MetOpera/posts/180251985334994

“New Production: Aida.” MetOpera Database > [Met Performance] CID: 294740 New Production Aida {924} Metropolitan Opera House: 12/8/1988.
Available @ http://archives.metoperafamily.org/archives/scripts/cgiip.exe/WService=BibSpeed/fullcit.w?xCID=294740

“New Production: La Bohème.” MetOpera Database > [Met Performance] CID: 266920 New Production La Bohème {823} Metropolitan Opera House: 12/14/1981.
Available @ http://archives.metoperafamily.org/archives/scripts/cgiip.exe/WService=BibSpeed/fullcit.w?xCID=266920

“New Production: La Fanciulla del West.” MetOpera Database > [Met Performance] CID: 306170 New Production La Fanciulla del West {76} Metropolitan Opera House: 10/10/1991.
Available @ http://archives.metoperafamily.org/archives/scripts/cgiip.exe/WService=BibSpeed/fullcit.w?xCID=306170

“New Production: Samson et Dalila.” MetOpera Database > [Met Performance] CID: 330432 New Production Samson et Dalila {177} Metropolitan Opera House: 02/13/1998.
Available @ http://archives.metoperafamily.org/archives/scripts/cgiip.exe/WService=BibSpeed/fullcit.w?xCID=330432