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Some Astro Trivia
From: Charles Seitz
Date: 2004 Dec 3, 22:41 -0500
From: Charles Seitz
Date: 2004 Dec 3, 22:41 -0500
While searching the web for pictures of John Philip Sousa and his famous
band, I stumbled upon a neat website that may interest those who like to
talk
about occulations, oppositions, conjunctions, eclipses and sundry
astronomical phenomena.
http://transitofvenus.org/
How can JP Sousa possibly be associated with a Transit of Venus? He must
have be intrigued enough with the 1882 transit to compose the 'Venus Transit
March' when asked by the Smithsonian to perform at a ceremony that dedicated
a statue of Joseph Henry, inventer of the electric motor.
If you are interested, you can audition the catchy little ditty here:
http://www.dws.org/sousa/mid/transit.mid
Have fun --- CHAS
