amra@ihuxj.UUCP (Steven L. Aldrich) (08/30/84)
I have Revised the format of my Cosmic Calendar posting in accordance with the suggestions I've recieved so far. Below is the "New & Improved" version. Please let me know if this is the kind of format you'd like to see every month. I eagerly await your input on this matter, and wish to Thank Everyone who has/will respond(ed) with their ideas. Please let me know what Improvments are needed. Thanks in advance for ALL Views/Opinions/Suggestions. They are read and greatly appreciated. The Cosmic Calendar for Sept, 1984 appears below, Happy Reading... Cosmic Events For: September, 1984 Day | Event 02 | First Quarter Moon at 06:30 am EDT. Mars is 2 deg. N of Antares. 04 | Mars Passes 2 deg. S of Uranus; Both in Southern Ophiuchus. 08 | Look for Mercury and the Star Regulus together in E sky 1hr B4 dawn 10 | Full Moon (Harvest Moon) at 3:01 EDT 11 | Moon at apogee at 9:26 EDT; Dist=252,509 miles 16 | Mercury passes through perihelion today. 18 | Last Quarter Moon at 05:31 EDT. 22 | Autumnal Equinox occurs at 16:33 EDT. Fall Begins in N. Hemisphere. 24 | Moon at perigee 22:51 EDT; Dist=221,807 miles 25 | New Moon at 23:11 EDT Planetary Data For: September, 1984 Distance Angular From (AU) Planet | Date | Mag. | Size | % Illum. | Earth/Sun | R.A./Dec. Mercury | 01 | 3.8 | 10.3" | 03% | 0.66/0.37 | 10h14.1m/7*22.0' Mercury | 15 | 0.4 | 7.0" | 52% | 0.97/0.31 | 10h27.2m/10*26.2' Mercury | 30 | 1.2 | 5.1" | 95% | 1.31/0.35 | 11h58.2m/2*10.6' Venus | 01 | 3.9 | 10.7" | 93% | 1.57/0.72 |12h01.6m/1*03.9' Venus | 15 | 3.9 | 11.1" | 91% | 1.51/0,72 |13h04.2m/6*06.6' Venus | 30 | 3.9 | 11.7" | 88% | 1.43/0.73 |14h12.9m/13*21.0' Mars | 15 | 0.1 | 08.6" | 85% | 1.08/1.40 | 17h01.5m/25*03.5' Jupiter | 15 | 2.3 | 40.1" | 99% | 4.90/5.19 |18h16.3m/23*29.4' Saturn | 15 | 0.7 | 15.8" | 100% | 10.50/9.89| 14h44.9m/13*41.9' Uranus | 15 | 5.6 | 3.6" | 100% |19.22/19.03| 16h33.8m/21*56.9' Neptune | 15 | 7.9 | 2.2" | 100% |30.13/30.26| 17h55.2m/22*16.2' Pluto | 15 | 13.8 | 0.1" | 100% |30.56/29.81| 14h17.2m/03*38.5' --> EXPLANATION OF SYMBOLS/TERMINOLOGY <-- 1) Mag.: Magnitude; degree of brightness of star/object/etc. Magnitude 1 is brightest, although some stars/planets/ etc have Negative Magnitudes (These Are VERY BRIGHT) 2) Angular Size: Size of object as viewed through telescope (?) Measured in degrees of arc. (Is This Correct?) 3) % Illum.: Percentage of surface illuminated by solar light. 4) Earth/Sun (AU): Distance to object (planet) as measured from either Earth or Sun. An "AU" is Astronomical Units (distance of Earth from Sun). Roughly this figure is rounded to 93 Million Miles. 5) R.A./Dec.: Right Ascention/Declination of star/planet/object; Right Ascention is measured in time units where 24 hours equals 360 degrees. When the first point of Aries culminates the time is 00h 00min. Declination; Celestial Latitude. North Celestial Pole has a declination of N 90 degrees (*) Satellites of Jupiter (4:00 UT) (As Seen Through Refracting Telescope) [ Jupiter=0, Io=1, Europa=2, Ganymede=3, Callisto=4 ] | Date | Order | | Date | Order | | 01 | 42103 | | 16 | 4013 | | 02 | 40213 | | 17 | 41023 | | 03 | 1023 | | 18 | 42031 | | 04 | 2014 | | 19 | 32410 | | 05 | 3204 | | 20 | 3042 | | 06 | 3024 | | 21 | 30124 | | 07 | 3014 | | 22 | 2104 | | 08 | 21034 | | 23 | 0134 | | 09 | 02134 | | 24 | 10234 | | 10 | 10243 | | 25 | 20314 | | 11 | 201 | | 26 | 23104 | | 12 | 3420 | | 27 | 30124 | | 13 | 4302 | | 28 | 302 | | 14 | 43021 | | 29 | 4210 | | 15 | 42103 | | 30 | 4013 | | 31 | | | |------| That's all for this time! Steve Aldrich (ihnp4!ihuxj!amra) "The Universe is Far-Out!!" :) P.S. I will probably drop the "Explanation of Terminology/Symbols" portion of the "Cosmic Calendar", if there is enough Negative Reaction to this portion. I included it for this posting to see how people would react. It was requested by another net- -person who asked that I include such info in future postings. PLEASE Do Not Flame on this portion, Okay?? Just trying to keep as many people happy as possible.