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  1. stella
    They should be visible from about 3.30 till around 6.30, with a possible burst of activity around 4.50 a.m. U.T.
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    Yes, I spotted the Zodiacal light in the morning sky about a month ago. It was nicely aligned along the Regulus-Saturn direction. 30 years ago I saw the Zodiacal band from Australia, stretching right across the sky. However, I was unable to detect the gegenschein since it was positioned directly in front of the Milky Way. Amazing that the Milky Way was causing light pollution!
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    Not according to this BBC link. http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/myspace/nightsky/ :lol:
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    Sometimes Lady Luck does smile on you Last night the sky was completely cloudy, except for one smallish hole in the North-west. So I pointed my binoculars towards the hole to see what stars could be seen. And there, right in the middle of the hole, was Comet Swan.
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    Yes, the whole of the eclipse will be visible, not long after Moonrise.
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    I think you mean "lose", Crimsone. :blush:
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    "There's one phenomenon that I haven't included on that list but has anyone seen the zodiacal light? Really hard for the uK with all that light pollution." Yes, I've seen it. I could trace the light right along the ecliptic as far as the Milky Way. However, this was from Australia. I've also seen ZL from the Mediterranean.
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    It's not true, Cruithne and other corkscrew asteroids are not moons of the Earth, even though it does have major effects on the orbits round the Sun that these objects follow.
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    I bet they don't mention the words "Nix" 0r "Hydra".
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    I think you need to check your units, Mr. D. Where you have "seconds", my calculations indicate you should have "minutes". This looks like an :lol: to me!
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    "Isn't there a name for this twilight, or at least the never quite complete darkness? I remember hearing it years ago but have forgotten. Anyone know it?" By far the best word for it is "Gloaming". Made famous by Sir Harry Lauder, with his song "Roaming in the Gloaming".
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    "You can still see a gradually downward drift despite the leap days being added to counteract this. " My logic indicates that it is the removal of leap days that counteracts this. See for example, the years 1900 and 2100 (which are not leap years, despite being exactly divisible by 4). Both of those have an obvious effect shown in your graph, of bringing back the equinox date to March 21.
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