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Re: Beta Cap -- the tenth lunars star
From: Dan Allen
Date: 2004 Jan 20, 18:12 -0800
From: Dan Allen
Date: 2004 Jan 20, 18:12 -0800
On Tuesday, January 20, 2004, at 05:15 PM, Frank Reed wrote: > "Beta Capricorni" was listed in the 1778 Nautical Almanac for lunar > distances, but we didn't have confirmation then as to when it was > removed from the list. I had time today to check later editions of the > almanac. It was gone by 1780 Where does one find old Almanacs? I have never seen an old Almanac for sale. Since they are dated they seem to be thrown away and considered to be worth little as soon as the year is past. Dan