--- In [email protected], David Cragg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I will return to my telescope to look at Mars - if the cloud ever goes away! > > David Sullivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Bruce wrote on Dec 20: > >and it's not even the shortest day 'til tomorrow. > > Umm. The solstice is AFAIAA on Dec 22 this year. > As for sunrise and sunset times, the sunset was at its > earliest (15:54) where I live from Dec 11th to Dec 15th > (it's 15:56 today) and the sunrise is STILL getting later - > it was 08:06 today and it will be at its latest (08:08) > between Jan 5th and Jan 7th. > > This has been a public service announcement. You may > return to your grog now. > > Dave > NB Ephemerides > Thanks for that. We had a bonfire on the night of the 21st to help the sun up in the morning, seems to have worked as ever :-)
Wish the clouds and rain would go so we can do some stargazing. Mars is going to be really close to the full moon on Christmas eve around 9pm in the UK so if you are out boating in a area of low light pollution and it's not cloudy you will have a very interesting sky to to look at. Debbi nb TIAMI
