[vsnet-chat 580] Re: The Sun is an EA... ;-)

["STAN WALKER" <astroman@voyager.co.nz>]

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> From: Fraser Farrell <fraserf@dove.net.au>
> To: vsnet-chat@kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
> Subject: [vsnet-chat 576] The Sun is an EA... ;-)
> Date: Thursday, September 04, 1997 2:14 AM
> 
> 
> G'day all,
> 
> It's still cloudy and/or raining here.  The only "variable" I have
observed
> for a month was Tuesday morning's partial solar eclipse.  And that was
only
> for about two minutes between rain clouds!
> 
> This winter is definitely more cloudy than usual.  Have other southern
> observers also had unusual cloudiness?
> 
> 
> 
> cheers,
> Fraser Farrell
> 
> http://vsnet.dove.net.au/~fraserf/   email: fraserf@dove.net.au
> traditional: PO Box 332, Christies Beach, SA  5165, Australia

Greetings, All,

Contrary to South Australia the north of New Zealand has been unusually
clear, which embarrasses me as I've been unable to use the 40-50 clear
nights in the past two months. And two weeks without rain in August in this
part of the country is hard to believe. But Auckland was wet for the
eclipse - I was down there for a couple of days and most of the astronomy
was done on the computer. I've been using a nice programme called PERIOD96
to look for multiple periods in several stars - it works well, but also
reveals some limitations in the observing. As always, we should have more
data!

Regards,
Stan Walker

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