[Chaos-l] Accuweather website astronomy information
Robert Nielsen
robertnielsen at nc.rr.com
Sat May 24 10:03:36 EDT 2008
Not too shabby ... there isn't a lot of *really* useful information
(like the Clear Sky Clock), but it's not bad ...
Robert
D Gary Grady wrote:
> I'm very possibly the last person on the planet to learn this, but in
> case there's someone else for whom this is news, Accuweather has added a
> local astronomy forecast to its website. To see it go to
>
> http://www.accuweather.com
>
> and type in the appropriate zip code, then in the dropdown box above and
> to the right of the forecast, change from "Lifestyle weather" to
> "Astronomy."
>
> This will take you to a forecast labeled "Tonight's Viewing Conditions"
> with the 10 pm forecast for temperature, wind, dew point, and
> visibility, plus the rising and setting times for the sun and moon and
> the phase of the moon. There's also an astronomy photo of the day (not
> the same as NASA's) and some other stuff.
>
> Clicking on the "More Details" link takes you to forecasts for the next
> several days, but scroll down and you'll see tonight's hour-by-hour
> forecast followed by rising and setting times of eight planets (or seven
> planets and Pluto if you're a dang radical).
>
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