The times should be very accurate. There's a "high-precision" file you can get from the download page for even better accuracy in planet postions, but I think the difference is something like arcseconds per century, vs arcseconds per decade, so even the basic version should be so accurate you'd have a hard time measuring any error. -John
--- talquence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I just downloaded Cartes du Ciel so am unfamiliar with it as yet. > Using animation into the future I detected four solar system events > of some interest.Tree of them I follower up. > The occlusion of Jupiter and it's moons by our moon visible from > my home 2005/12/7/00:44:00 to 01:50:00. visible in part to western > north America south to the US/Mexican border > The occlusion of Venus by the moon visible from my location > starting 2005/08/07 from 21:18:35 to 21:49:10. > A solar eclipse (2006/03/29) whose path passes through 35d 33'32" > > east- 39d 45'n where the totality lasts from 13:03:58 to 13:07:33 > their time > My question is; How accurate are these times and positions. > I just switched from dial-up to adsl a while ago and was able to > download Chartes du Ciel and Halo Northern Sky. I like features of > both so run them parrallel on my computer.Both gave identical > results. > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> $4.98 domain names from Yahoo!. Register anything. http://us.click.yahoo.com/Q7_YsB/neXJAA/yQLSAA/1.XolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To Post a message, send it to: [email protected] To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/skychart-discussion/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
