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From: sunny@sun.uucp (Ms. Sunny Kirsten)
Newsgroups: net.astro
Subject: Re: Astronomical software
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Date: Tue, 30-Jul-85 20:10:25 EDT
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> > I'm also in favor of astrological software appearing in net.astro.software,
> > being a superset of that required for astronomy, and in days of old, the
> > two sciences being indistinguishable.
> > 
> > 				Sunny
> > 
> *Two* sciences?  I only see one listed above --- astronomy.  Remember
> Tycho Brahe's remark about the relationship between the two: "Astronomy
> is the bastard child of the whore astrology."

Listen you self righteous bozos... I'm not knocking your beliefs,
and this is not the forum for you to knock mine.  We're all looking for
some free public domain software having to do with the movements of the
planets of Sol, and I for one, also need to track the movements of the
constellations with respect to an earth-centric point of view, so just
cool it.


as.tron.o.my

1       the science of the celestial bodies and of their magnitudes,
	motions, and constitution

2	a treatise on astronomy


as.trol.o.gy

1	obs:	astronomy	<-------------------------------------------*

2       the divination of the supposed influences of the stars and
	planets on human affairs and terrestrial events by their positions and
	aspects

sci.ence

1a      possession of knowledge as distinguished from ignorance or
	misunderstanding

1b	knowledge attained through study or practice

2a	a department of systematized knowledge as an object of study
	< the science of theology>

2b      something (as a sport or technique) that may be studied or
	learned like systematized knowledge

2c	one of the natural sciences

3a      knowledge covering general truths or the operation of general
	laws, esp. as obtained and tested through scientific method

3b	such knowledge concerned with the physical world and its phenomena :
	natural science

4       a system or method based or purporting to be based on
	scientific principles

5	Christian Science

courtesy of, and Copyright 1977 the G&C Merriam Co's
Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary

as I said before, in the old days astronomy and astrology were
indistinguishable, and astrology is a superset of astronomy.

				Sunny
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{ucbvax,decvax,ihnp4}!sun!sunny (Ms. Sunny Kirsten)