[net.astro] How timely are the announcements of things to see?

robison@eosp1.UUCP (Tobias D. Robison) (09/24/84)

References:

>> Subject: StarDate: September 19 Venus and Spica
>> Message-ID: <548@utastro.UUCP>
>> Date: Wed, 26-Sep-84 02:00:30 EDT
>> Article-I.D.: utastro.548
>> Posted: Wed Sep 26 02:00:30 1984
>> Date-Received: Sat, 22-Sep-84 17:08:53 EDT

>> September 19   Venus and Spica

>> Tonight's a good night to welcome back an old friend -- the planet
>> Venus.  Venus has been behind the sun for many months -- but it now
>> appears as the bright object very low in the western twilight -- near
>> another object you may be able to see, a star, Spica. ...

Our system received this note on the 22nd, three days too late.
I don't believe it was really posted on the 26th, but it seems to me
that a number of recent postings about specific things to see have
come through too late.  I'm a new reader of this group.  Can anyone
tell me what gives?

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