> > I think we have to congratulate both Tom , for his alert service and Arnold > for CalSky.....without these programmes we would not be getting the chance > to see these magnificant events ! > Yes, we would! Rob's SkyMap has had solar transit predictions since version 5.1 - ages ago. Current release is 6.5, and several observers have seen many solar and lunar transits using it. But I agree that an alert service is very useful - I keep forgetting to check my opportunities. See www.satobs.org/seesat/Oct-1997/0079.html www.satobs.org/seesat/Jul-1998/0277.html www.satobs.org/seesat/Jun-2001/0101.html www.satobs.org/seesat/Feb-2002/0062.html www.satobs.org/seesat/Aug-2001/0445.html There are hundreds of hits on seesat-l using Google - fewer using +"solar transit" +skymap observed seen. Start e.g. on http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html ----------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from SeeSat-L, send a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@satobs.org List archived at http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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