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From: smithwik@pioneer.arc.nasa.gov (R. Michael Smithwick -- FSN)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: A Distant Suns Christmas
Keywords: Astronomy, "Distant Suns"
Message-ID: <1990Dec31.182809.4178@nas.nasa.gov>
Date: 31 Dec 90 18:28:09 GMT
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In article <1990Dec27.151859.16024@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> test@sparc1.isgs.uiuc.edu writes:
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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 ;*)  )

Oh darn! That Christmas star bug again. I get reports like this every
Dec. 25, but can't figure out what's causing it, hmmmm, very mysterious. . .


;-)


HNY!
                                       >> mike smithwick <<

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