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--Apple-Mail-1--547274417 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; delsp=yes; format=flowed Do you recall seeing Orion in the January and February's sky? =20 Today, just above Orion's "head", Sun reaches its highest point in =20 our sky. Officially Sun is in the "toe" of Castor, one of the Gemini =20= Twins, not far from the M 35 star cluster referred to as the Jewel =20 Box. However, I like to relate its position to Orion because Orion so =20= dominates the winter night sky. When Sun keeps company with Orion, =20 IT MUST BE SUMMER! The magic spot in the sky that switches the season to summer is =20 Right Ascension 6h 00 min, Declination +23.44=B0 (that's the longitude =20= and latitude of a point on a star map). It marks the very top of the =20= hill that Sun has appeared to climb since December 21, 2007. Sun =20 will reach that spot, without doing anything unusual, this evening at =20= 21:00 h ADT. Associated with this event is a little sad note: =20 after Sun reaches that point, it appears to begin its downhill journey. Fortunately the change =20 happens very slowly at first. HAVE A HAPPY, ENJOYABLE SUMMER. Here is the link to the daily ANALEMMA I keep online" http://=20 web.mac.com/sherm39/iWeb/Site/analemma1.html It shows Sun's position relative to the stars. It is always linked =20 from this index page: http://web.mac.com/sherm39/iWeb/Site/=20 main_index.html Sherman W. http://web.mac.com/sherm39/iWeb/Site/home.html= --Apple-Mail-1--547274417 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "> <br><div><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: = separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: = Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; = font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; = text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: = 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; = white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><div>Do you recall = seeing Orion in the January and =A0February's sky? =A0Today,=A0just = above Orion's "head",=A0=A0Sun reaches its highest point in our sky. = =A0Officially Sun is in the "toe" of Castor, one of the Gemini Twins, = not far from the M 35 star cluster referred to as the Jewel Box. = However, I like to relate its position to Orion because Orion so = dominates the winter night sky. =A0When Sun keeps company with Orion, IT = MUST BE SUMMER! =A0=A0</div><div><br = class=3D"webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>The magic spot in the sky = that switches the season to summer =A0is Right Ascension 6h 00 min, = Declination +23.44=B0 =A0(that's the longitude and latitude of a point = on a star map). =A0It marks the very top of the hill that Sun has = appeared to climb since December 21, 2007. =A0Sun will reach that spot, = without doing anything unusual, this evening at 21:00 h ADT. =A0 = Associated with this event is a little sad note: =A0 after Sun reaches = that point, it</div><div>=A0appears to begin its downhill journey. = =A0Fortunately the change happens very slowly at first. =A0 HAVE A = HAPPY, ENJOYABLE SUMMER.</div><div><br = class=3D"webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Here is the link to the = daily ANALEMMA I keep online" =A0<a = href=3D"http://web.mac.com/sherm39/iWeb/Site/analemma1.html">http://web.ma= c.com/sherm39/iWeb/Site/analemma1.html</a></div><div>It shows Sun's = position relative to the stars. =A0=A0It is always linked from this = index page: =A0<a = href=3D"http://web.mac.com/sherm39/iWeb/Site/main_index.html">http://web.m= ac.com/sherm39/iWeb/Site/main_index.html</a></div><div><br = class=3D"webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><br = class=3D"webkit-block-placeholder"></div></span></div>Sherman W.<div><br = class=3D"webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><a = href=3D"http://web.mac.com/sherm39/iWeb/Site/home.html">http://web.mac.com= /sherm39/iWeb/Site/home.html</a></div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-1--547274417--
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