test@sparc1.isgs.uiuc.edu (12/27/90)
Did anyone else happen to use Distant Suns on Christmas Eve/Day, and look
to the East? I'm not sure about the scientific veracity of the display, but--
nice touch, Mike!
(For those unfortunate enough not to have Distant Suns, it's a terrific
astronomy program, with just about every option that anyone could ask for, and
then some. At midnight on Christmas Eve, a new star popped up about 20 degrees
above the horizon, due East; it stayed in the same spot through Christmas Day,
then it disappeared again. Now if Mike had only digitized some angels
singing ;*) )jea@prodigal.psych.rochester.edu (Joanne Albano) (12/28/90)
you can look for the star in the east at anytime if you reset the date to the 25th of December. Its been a while since we did this but as I remember we discovered a curious discrepancy between the reported star of Bethlehem and the star in Distant Suns.
smithwik@pioneer.arc.nasa.gov (R. Michael Smithwick -- FSN) (01/01/91)
In article <1990Dec27.151859.16024@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> test@sparc1.isgs.uiuc.edu writes: < < Did anyone else happen to use Distant Suns on Christmas Eve/Day, and look <to the East? I'm not sure about the scientific veracity of the display, but-- <nice touch, Mike! < (For those unfortunate enough not to have Distant Suns, it's a terrific <astronomy program, with just about every option that anyone could ask for, and <then some. At midnight on Christmas Eve, a new star popped up about 20 degrees <above the horizon, due East; it stayed in the same spot through Christmas Day, <then it disappeared again. Now if Mike had only digitized some angels <singing ;*) ) Oh darn! That Christmas star bug again. I get reports like this every Dec. 25, but can't figure out what's causing it, hmmmm, very mysterious. . . ;-) HNY! >> mike smithwick << Any opinions are my own since nobody else would ever want them. "Colonize Cyberspace!"