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Rise/Set/Transit/Twilight Data

  Complete Sun and Moon Data for One Day
  Table of Sunrise/Sunset, Moonrise/Moonset, or Twilight Times for an Entire Year
  Rise/Set/Transit Times for Major Solar System Objects and Bright Stars
includes altitude of object at transit and azimuth of object at rise and set
  Duration of Daylight/Darkness Table for One Year

Phases of the Moon

  Dates of Primary Phases of the Moon
  Fraction of the Moon Illuminated
  What the Moon Looks Like Today

Eclipses and Transits

  Eclipses of the Sun and Moon
  Solar Eclipse Computer
computes circumstances for selected solar eclipses at any given location
  Lunar Eclipse Computer
computes circumstances for selected lunar eclipses at any given location
  Recent and Upcoming Transits of Mercury and Venus
  Transit Computer
computes circumstances for selected transits of Mercury and Venus at any given location

Positions of Selected Celestial Objects

  Altitude and Azimuth of the Sun or Moon During One Day
  Topocentric Configuration of Major Solar System Bodies
provides tables of low precision topocentric position data for the Sun, Moon, and major planets
  Geocentric Positions of Major Solar System Objects and Bright Stars
provides high precision geocentric position data for the Sun, Moon, major planets and selected bright stars.
  Topocentric Positions of Major Solar System Objects and Bright Stars
provides high precision topocentric position data for the Sun, Moon, major planets and selected bright stars.

Synthetic Views of the Earth and Solar System Bodies

  Day and Night Across the Earth
creates synthetic views of the Earth's surface (in grayscale or color) for any date and time
  Apparent Disk of Solar System Object
creates a synthetic image of the telescopic appearance of the Moon or other solar system object for specified date and time

Dates

  Earth's Seasons - Equinoxes, Solstices, Perihelion,and Aphelion 1992-2020
  Spring Phenomena, 25 BCE to 38 CE
  Julian Date Conversion

Celestial Navigation

  Celestial Navigation Data
provides computed altitudes and azimuths and other data for an assumed position and time
  Navigational Star Chart

Miscellaneous

  Astronomical Almanac Online
provides complementary data to the printed Astronomical Almanac
  International Celestial Reference System (ICRS) - Important Links
  Occultations of Stars by Asteroids (International Occultation Timing Association)

DoD Information

  DoD Information (restricted access)

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36 posted on 03/24/2007 2:59:28 PM PDT by RaceBannon (Innocent until proven guilty: The Pendleton 8...down to 3..GWB, we hardly knew ye...)
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To: RaceBannon

Thanks for those links in post 37.


48 posted on 03/24/2007 3:13:11 PM PDT by Zuben Elgenubi
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