I'm a member of about 6 groups and they all have a offial monthly meeting in the chat room since it will never get use other wise, and I see you don't. So the...
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Antonio
soffici@...
Apr 1, 2001 2:03 pm
Hello everyone! Does anybody know how to change the symbols for the objects shown? If, for example, I wanted to change the planetary nebula symbol into a plain...
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Mike Challis
la28@...
Apr 4, 2001 3:54 pm
I recently watched a TV programme in which it was suggested that the mysterious "star" seen in the east was, in fact, the reappearance of Jupiter following...
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Paul Schlyter
pausch@...
Apr 4, 2001 4:58 pm
... Perhaps the TT-UT correction used by Guide isn't accurate as far back as 6 BC? ... Paul Schlyter, Swedish Amateur Astronomer's Society (SAAF) Grev...
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H.Luethen
fb4a042@...
Apr 4, 2001 10:01 pm
... was suggested ... was, in fact, ... occultation by the new ... simulation of this ... around 10.42 GMT ... night-time event ... accurate as ... Hmmm, but...
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James Ellis
ejge@...
Apr 5, 2001 1:40 am
I thought the "Star" was a conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn? - disks nearly overlapped? Weren't the 3WM supposed to follow the "Star" for many days? I'll...
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Bill J. Gray
pluto@...
Apr 5, 2001 2:53 am
Seems to me I've heard about a dozen or so possible "Stars of Bethlehem", such as conjunctions of bright planets, bright planets with bright stars, planets or...
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Stephen Tonkin
sft@...
Apr 5, 2001 6:17 am
... I agree. I attempted to observe the lunar occultation of Jupiter on 1998 Mar 26, which appears as though it took place further from the Sun. Admittedly,...
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Laurent Zimmermann
zmn@...
Apr 5, 2001 4:20 pm
Dear Mr Gray, Some questions about Guide. I use 23 januray 2001 version. 1. I remember that a long time ago, the side labels in right ascension (and longitude)...
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Chris Marriott
chris@...
Apr 5, 2001 5:09 pm
... Highly improbable that this would result in an error of hours. The uncertainty in "delta T" for 2000 years ago is a few minutes - it's certainly not hours!...
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Orso, Robert
ro@...
Apr 5, 2001 6:56 pm
... A daytime event is not a problem there, since the "wise men" that where "following the star" are believed to be trained in watching the skies. For a ...
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Mel Bartels
mbartels@...
Apr 5, 2001 7:02 pm
Don't forget political explanations too. It was customary for VIPs to receive some sort of celestial acknowledgement. Whether the celestial event really took...
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Paul Schlyter
pausch@...
Apr 5, 2001 9:51 pm
From: "Chris Marriott" <chris@...> ... Probably a value not very different from yours. But the interesting part was the deviation of Guide's...
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Richard Mallett
100114.573@...
Apr 5, 2001 10:09 pm
Reply to : Bill Gray ... Bethlehem", such as conjunctions of bright planets, bright planets with bright stars, planets or stars with the Moon, and comets,...
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Chris Marriott
chris@...
Apr 6, 2001 6:37 am
... Yes, but the delta T values which all these modern programs use *is* based on historical data - primarily the visibility of ancient solar eclipses. That...
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Chris Marriott
chris@...
Apr 6, 2001 6:37 am
... investigation myself, regarding this "star of Bethlehem" and the experts named a few possible explanations. Every single one might have been THE event. 1)...
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Patrick J. Madden
RevPJMadden@...
Apr 6, 2001 3:25 pm
... to ... 1) Most scholars date the Gospel of Matthew about A.D. 85, so we are not talking about "a couple of centuries." 2) The star does more than "spice...
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Laurent Zimmermann
zmn@...
Apr 6, 2001 4:16 pm
A quick look in "Help -> Quick Info" to see that Guide uses delta T = 9908.6 s. A difference of about 1/4 h with respect to SkyMap Pro. In his book...
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Paul Schlyter
pausch@...
Apr 6, 2001 4:54 pm
... And Jesus' birth is only mentioned in two of the Gospels - if it really did happen, why don't the others mention it? :-)))) ... Paul Schlyter, Swedish...
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Bill J. Gray
pluto@...
Apr 6, 2001 5:51 pm
Hi Chris, Errrmmm... we _do_ have something odd going on here. Instead of getting SkyMap's value of Delta-T=+9117.5 seconds, I got Delta-T=+9921.5 seconds!...
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Paul Schlyter
pausch@...
Apr 6, 2001 7:56 pm
From: "Bill J. Gray" <pluto@...> ... There are indeed a number of different Delta-T formulae around. Some examples: Def. of T Validity...
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Chris Marriott
chris@...
Apr 7, 2001 6:47 am
... From: Laurent Zimmermann <zmn@...> To: <guide-user@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Friday, April 06, 2001 2:55 PM Subject: Re: [guide-user] "Star" of...
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Laurent Zimmermann
zmn@...
Apr 8, 2001 3:15 pm
Antonio, The discussion about the "Bethleem star" has perhaps "occulted"; your question. In fact I believe that it is not possible to change the drawings of the...
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Richard Mallett
100114.573@...
Apr 9, 2001 12:25 am
Reply to : Chris Marriott ... the entire "three wise men and the star" thing was added a couple of centuries later to "spice up the story" and is purely...
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Orso, Robert
ro@...
Apr 9, 2001 6:20 am
The entire story was written centuries later and the roman history which usually painfully recorded every detail did not even mention anything special "the...
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Bill J. Gray
pluto@...
Apr 10, 2001 1:18 am
Hi folks, Robert Orso wrote: "...I don't really like to start a religious discussion here..." A thought I can heartily second! The Delta-T story is getting a...
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Richard Mallett
100114.573@...
Apr 10, 2001 9:12 pm
Reply to : Bill Gray ... all known solar and lunar eclipses that occurred during the period -700 to +1600 (Historical Eclipses and Earth's Rotation, 1997)..."...
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attilla.danko@...
Apr 12, 2001 1:27 am
Yes, it's a bizzare question. I have downloaded the A2.0 database from ftp.nofs.navy.mil/usnaoa to my harddrive. I works just fine with Guide 7.0 thanks to ...
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Bill J. Gray
pluto@...
Apr 12, 2001 2:47 am
See: http://www.projectpluto.com/a2.htm The layout is a bit odd, but it had to be to get all the data to fit onto eleven CD-ROMs. -- Bill...
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Harry T. Hyvonen OH6VM
oh6vm@...
Apr 12, 2001 5:24 am
Hello! There is textfile "toc.a" where this information is. This file is in same directory as all USNO A2.0 files at nofs.navy.mil. Regards, Harry...
