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- From: mcdonald@aries.scs.uiuc.edu (J. D. McDonald)
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- Subject: Re: Saturn's moons
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- Date: 16 Aug 92 15:23:22 GMT
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- In article <CMM.0.90.2.713934401.ephillip@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> Earl W Phillips <ephillip@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> writes:
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- >There are many programs that predict and displB{y the{ positions
- >of{ the moons of Jupiter..... {my question:{ Are there {any{
- >programs out there, written for the IBM-PC, that will do the
- >same for Saturn's moons?
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- You are in luck! And its free. My special version of Elwood Downey's
- "Ephem" for the PC will do this. It will give either just a list
- or a screen display of the positions (needs VGA for this). It's not hyper
- accurate for the outermost moons, but its good enough to locate all I can
- see with my 8" scope. It also, of course, does the rings. It does not
- predict eclipses of the moons by the rings or Saturn.
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- It is available by anonymous FTP from c.scs.uiuc.edu in file "ephemvga.zip".
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- Doug McDonald
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