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From: keith@actrix.gen.nz (Keith Stewart)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: Re: Distant Suns ( It simulated a reasl eclipse!!)
Message-ID: <1991Jan28.075821.2022@actrix.gen.nz>
Date: 28 Jan 91 07:58:21 GMT
References: <1991Jan16.103228.23698@actrix.gen.nz>
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In article <19406@shlump.nac.dec.com> guineau@wjg.enet.dec.com writes:
> 
> In article <1991Jan16.103228.23698@actrix.gen.nz>, keith@actrix.gen.nz
> (Keith Stewart) writes:
> |> From: keith@actrix.gen.nz (Keith Stewart)
> |> Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
> |> Subject: Distant Suns ( It simulated a reasl eclipse!!)
> |> 
> |> I own Distant Suns 3.0c.1 and today Wednesday 16th I was able to
> |> view
> |> here in New Zealand an annular eclipse of the Sun. Well I thought
> |> Distant Suns should be able to replicate this given the right
> |> latitude,
> |> longitude, date and time. So tonight I put the info into the
> |> programme,
> |> selected the telescope option and whammo a pretty good
representation
> |> of
> |> the eclipse I had just seen six hours ago. Well done Mike.
> 
> Could you post the setup info for your area?
> 
> 
> --                   
> W. John Guineau                         grep meaning life | more
> Digital Equipment Corporation  
> guineau@wjg.enet.dec.com   or   wjg@wpi.wpi.edu
 
 
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