Re: AW: Lunar ephemerids

2001-09-24 Thread Fernando Cabral
"Frans W. MAES" wrote: > > Dear Fernando, > > > Arthur Carlson wrote: > > > > > > I'm afraid you will have to be meticulous if you don't want to waste > > > your time. (Leaving aside the question of whether the project is likely > > > to be a waste of time regardless of how carefully it is done

Re: AW: Lunar ephemerids

2001-09-24 Thread Frans W. MAES
Dear Fernando, > Arthur Carlson wrote: > > > > I'm afraid you will have to be meticulous if you don't want to waste > > your time. (Leaving aside the question of whether the project is likely > > to be a waste of time regardless of how carefully it is done.) I see you are getting a bit meticul

Re: Lunar ephemerids

2001-09-21 Thread Fernando Cabral
In the begining I expected to send a thank you message for the guys who so promptly helped me with pointers and solutions to the lunar ephemerids question. In this list there are so many ladies and gentlemen ready to help that I ended up with a long list of names. So I opted for this "than

Re: AW: Lunar ephemerids

2001-09-21 Thread Fernando Cabral
Arthur Carlson wrote: > > I'm afraid you will have to be meticulous if you don't want to waste your > time. (Leaving aside the question of whether the project is likely to be a > waste of time regardless of how carefully it is done.) In my opinion you only a project like this is never a waste o

AW: Lunar ephemerids

2001-09-21 Thread Arthur Carlson
Fernando wrote: Without intending to be so meticulous as we think Germans are, I'd like to do something similar (but much, much simpler), like observing if seeds sowed in the new moon do any better than seeds sowed in the waning moon, etc. I'm afraid you will have

Re: Lunar ephemerids

2001-09-20 Thread Fernando Cabral
Fritz Stumpges wrote: > Thanks for your hints about TheSky. I'll check it up. > For now, please keep me informed as to what you are studying and how it > goes. There is a German (I think) lady (Maria Thun) who is a follower of Rudolf Stein. It is said that she carefully tested sowing, transplan

RE: Lunar ephemerids

2001-09-20 Thread Fritz Stumpges
Hi Frenando, (and all) Good luck in studying these kinds of relationships. It is only by looking scientifically at phenomena, that we can see if there really are any correlations. There are many scientific studies of astrology already, and I believe they have been most negative, but that does

Re: Lunar ephemerids

2001-09-20 Thread Steve Irick
I will also cover my ears to shut out the chuckles as I answer. We (not actually me) used to use the "Farmer's Almanac", and as I remember it gave reference to the astronomy of it. Steve Yorktown VA << At 12:32 PM 9/20/2001 -0300, Fernando Cabral wrote: S

Re: Lunar ephemerids

2001-09-20 Thread BillGottesman
Fernando, here is a link to the UNSO website. You can test drive a web version of their ephemerides calculator. It may have what you want. Bill Gottesman Vermont http://aa.usno.navy.mil/AA/";>Click here: USNO Astronomical Applications Department (http://aa.unso.navy.mil/AA/)

Lunar ephemerids

2001-09-20 Thread Fernando Cabral
Since I am among scients I am a little affraid to mention this topic, but... if people have to chuckle, so be it. I am interested in doing some experiments concerning the possible effect of the moon and planets on animal e vegetal life on Earth. In order to do that I need to have reasonably pr