dac@hpfcrx.UUCP (dac) (11/18/84)
>>P.S. While I'm at it -- any suggestions on what I should buy for myself to >>use when Halley's Comet comes around? You should buy yourself a plane ticket to the southern hemisphere.
goldsten@uiucdcsb.Uiuc.ARPA (07/01/85)
The stars are so far away that they are essentially point objects and thus are very susceptible to interference. The planets are far away but aren't as close to being point objects as stars (meaning they appear a little wider) and thus aren't as susceptible to interference.
hamilton@uiucuxc.Uiuc.ARPA (07/20/85)
/* Written 1:18 pm Jul 2, 1985 by daleske@cbdkc1.UUCP in uiucuxc:net.astro */ Yes, in response to the question of the validity of the source for the JAL report, I heard it on All Things Considered on National Public Radio. They reported on it for two days, originally with some inuendo about some testing by the Soviets and relating it to the area where the Soviet-downed JAL airliner went down. /* End of text from uiucuxc:net.astro */ hmm innocent garbling would turn "soviet-downed KAL" into "JAL", but i thought the 2 incidents took place on opposite sides of japan...? sounds like ATC must have been REALLY stretching things this time.
jad@hpfcla.UUCP (jad) (07/25/85)
> /***** hpfclo:net.astro / 1955GMS@sun!GMS / 7:29 pm Jul 17, 1985*/ > I heartily endorse the idea of sharing astronomical software, and ... > > I would be willing to help the process by gathering (1) a mailing list (email > on uucp, arpa, csnet, berkleynet or bitnet hopefully) of people with a > possible interest in the software, and (2) an initial list of the available > software. Great idea! I like astro.SW myself. In fact, in my mail headers (completely user definable thanks to MH) I include the Phase-of-the-Moon: and sunrise/sunset lines you see below. I believe in free software, and would gladly post these (I ought to be in favor of free S/W, as I'm not the author of either of these piece of software!). Anyway, let's go for it! [[ by the way, there was a program for halley's comet in something.sources a while ago, which can be posted ]] Phase-of-the-Moon: Waxing Crescent (49% of Full) Sunrise: 5:49 Sunset: 20:26 (MDT) -- jad -- John A. Dilley, FSD Fort Collins, CO UUCP: {ihnp4}! hpfcla!jad ARPA: terrapin@Purdue.EDU PHONE: (303)226-3800 x4166
jad@hpfcla.UUCP (jad) (07/26/85)
> /***** hpfclo:net.astro / mnetor!fred / 8:27 am Jul 18, 1985*/ > > WHAT??? This Stardate stuff is astronomical trivia. It's > like somebody posting multiplication tables on net.math. I gave up > trying to get anything valuable out of them. It's like watching an > astronomical Mr. Dress Up, wihtout the entertainment factor. > If Debby, Diane, & Joel are reading this, PLEASE post > with some meat in it!!! Tell me something new. This stuff is > BORING!!! > > Cheers, Fred Williams You already knew all this stuff, eh? Well, some of it is old hat, but most of it is quite interesting. I realy enjoy the program when I hear it on the radio. When I miss it, it's nice to know I can find it here. If this is all old hat to you then you must really be into astronomy ... in this case, how about if you start posting something "with some meat in it" -- I am sure I would be equally interested in technical details as I am in "astronomical trivia." Thanks! -- jad -- John A. Dilley, FSD Fort Collins, CO UUCP: {ihnp4}! hpfcla!jad ARPA: terrapin@Purdue.EDU PHONE: (303)226-3800 x4166
sunny@sun.uucp (Ms. Sunny Kirsten) (07/31/85)
I'm very interested in your Phase-of-the-Moon and sunrise/sunset software... please post or mail me a copy. > > /***** hpfclo:net.astro / 1955GMS@sun!GMS / 7:29 pm Jul 17, 1985*/ > > I heartily endorse the idea of sharing astronomical software, and ... > > > > I would be willing to help the process by gathering (1) a mailing list (email > > on uucp, arpa, csnet, berkleynet or bitnet hopefully) of people with a > > possible interest in the software, and (2) an initial list of the available > > software. > > Great idea! I like astro.SW myself. In fact, in my mail > headers (completely user definable thanks to MH) I include the > Phase-of-the-Moon: and sunrise/sunset lines you see below. I > believe in free software, and would gladly post these (I ought > to be in favor of free S/W, as I'm not the author of either of > these piece of software!). Anyway, let's go for it! > [[ by the way, there was a program for halley's comet > in something.sources a while ago, which can be posted ]] > > Phase-of-the-Moon: Waxing Crescent (49% of Full) > Sunrise: 5:49 Sunset: 20:26 (MDT) > > -- jad -- > John A. Dilley, FSD > Fort Collins, CO > > UUCP: {ihnp4}! hpfcla!jad > ARPA: terrapin@Purdue.EDU > PHONE: (303)226-3800 x4166 -- {ucbvax,decvax,ihnp4}!sun!sunny (Ms. Sunny Kirsten)
jad@hpfcla.UUCP (jad) (08/08/85)
> /***** hpfclo:net.astro / sun!sunny / 6:38 pm Jul 30, 1985*/ > I'm very interested in your Phase-of-the-Moon and sunrise/sunset software... > please post or mail me a copy. I've been mailing copies on requests; there may be problems getting mail to me here, though. Should I post these to net.astro? There seems to be a fair amount of interest. Both pieces of software come to just under 50,000 bytes. -- jad -- PS. Sunny: your copy is in the mail ... should be there before you see this.
jad@hpfcla.UUCP (jad) (08/08/85)
I didn't want to get into this argument, but here I am. I don't buy astrology, let me start out that way. But I am just as interested in a program that tells me what sign of the zodiac something is as I am in what the phase of the moon is. There's no big diff in my mind between the two. Both of them are for fun, really, and don't have any bearing whatsoever on my work. That's just it, you see, astrology is for fun -- I'm not betting my life on it, and I'm not telling anyone "you should not go out side today because you are a scorpio" ... that's bogus. > /***** hpfclo:net.astro / eagle!mjs / 6:17 am Jul 29, 1985*/ > > I'm interested in the calculations, not horoscopes, and if some of you would > pull your noses off the ceiling, you might discover the usefulness of code > developed for astrology. Haven't any of you ever used code from a program > whose purpose was unrelated to yours, just to save development time? I try > to do so whenever possible -- why must we all reinvent the wheel? More or less my point, so I thought I'd make you read it again. Perhaps I'm not sure what you mean by astrology ... but playing around with things is a great (and painless) way to learn; with some luck, what you learn will not be all junk ... /* my mail header and address */ Fruit-of-the-Day: nectarine Phase-of-the-Moon: Waning Gibbous (59% of Full) Buzzword-Phrase: balanced monitored options Sunrise: 6:02 Sunset: 20:11 (MDT) Latitude: 40.5253 Longitude: 105.0119 -------- -- jad -- John A. Dilley, FSD Fort Collins, CO ARPA: terrapin@Purdue.EDU UUCP: {ihnp4}! hpfcla!jad PHONE: (303)226-3800 x4166 /* general disclaimer */ HP would be embarassed if they knew I posted this.
jad@hpfcla.UUCP (jad) (08/10/85)
> /***** hpfclo:net.astro / ssc-vax!gml / 11:07 am Aug 5, 1985*/ > Sidestepping all the astro<log,nom>ical flaming, I too would like to > see some software here or in another related list, say net.astro.sw. > > Anyway, let's stop flaming and just do it. > > Gregg Lobdell Okay, I'm game. I think the flames are kinda funny, but don't really have time to play with this any more. I've gotten a number of requests, and I'm leaving work Wednesday, and have zero time left to repsond to individual requests. I'll still be reachable via my address here, but I'll be living at my Purdue address in case you want to get mail to me faster. Thanks for the interest in astro s/w; I will post the programs in net.sources, so zip over there for your copy... Note that you will want to modify sunrise/sunset: hardcode your latitude and longitude in and you won't have to type them in the command line all the time. ugh. Also, the phase-of-the-moon program is a target in the makefile in the today directory. The today program print out something like this (of which potm is a part, obviously): Today is Friday, the ninth day of August, nineteen eighty-five. The time is thirteen minutes and eighteen seconds after three PM, Daylight Savings Time. The Moon is Waning Crescent (39% of Full). It should not need any modification ... none that I know of. Anyway, un-shar and enjoy!! -- jad -- John A. Dilley, FSD Fort Collins, CO ARPA: terrapin@Purdue.EDU UUCP: {ihnp4}! hpfcla!jad PHONE: (303)226-3800 x4166