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Subject: A Distant Suns Christmas
Summary: Interesting Christmas feature in Mike Smithwick's program
Keywords: Astronomy, "Distant Suns"
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Date: 27 Dec 90 15:18:59 GMT
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     Did anyone else happen to use Distant Suns on Christmas Eve/Day, and look
to the East?  I'm not sure about the scientific veracity of the display, but--
nice touch, Mike!
     (For those unfortunate enough not to have Distant Suns, it's a terrific
astronomy program, with just about every option that anyone could ask for, and
then some.  At midnight on Christmas Eve, a new star popped up about 20 degrees
above the horizon, due East; it stayed in the same spot through Christmas Day,
then it disappeared again.  Now if Mike had only digitized some angels       
singing ;*)  )