[Kstars-devel] www/areas/edu/kstars

[Jason Harris]

CVS commit by harris: 

Added news item about upcoming comets.

CCMAIL: kstars-devel at kde.org
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  A            screens/com_neat.png   1.1
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  M +39 -2     index.php   1.32


--- www/areas/edu/kstars/index.php  #1.31:1.32
@@ -56,5 +56,5 @@
 <b>KStars</b> is a Desktop Planetarium for KDE. It provides an accurate
 graphical simulation of the night sky, from any location on Earth, at
-anydate and time.  The display includes 40,000 stars, 13,000 deep-sky
+anydate and time.  The display includes 130,000 stars, 13,000 deep-sky
 objects,all 8 planets, the Sun and Moon, and thousands of comets and
 asteroids.</p>
@@ -67,4 +67,41 @@
 <p>
 <div id="contentheader">
+<b>21 Apr 2004: Spring Comets</b><br/></div>
+</p>
+
+<div id="content">
+<p>
+There are two comets that may be visible to the unaided eye this spring, and both of them are included in KStars.  Both comets are on extremely long-period orbits, so this is their first known trip to the inner solar system.  That means there's no telling if they will become very bright or not.
+</p>
+<p>
+The first comet is named "LINEAR (2002 T7)".  It reaches perihelion (closest approach to the Sun) on 23 April, and should continue to brighten in the days following.  LINEAR (2002 T7) will be visible in the pre-dawn hours of late April and early May.
+</p>
+<p>
+The other comet is named "NEAT (2001 Q4)", and while it's still early for firm predictions, many people seem to think it has a better chance of putting on a good show for us Earthlings.  By mid-May, NEAT (2001 Q4) will be high in the sky after sunset.
+</p>
+<p>
+Here are two screenshots from KStars showing each comet around the time they are expected to peak:
+</p>
+<p>
+<table>
+<TR>
+<TH>Comet LINEAR (2002 T7)<br />05:00 01 May 2004</TH>
+<TH>Comet NEAT (2001 Q4)<br />21:00 15 May 2004</TH>
+</TR>
+<TR>
+<TD><a href="screens/com_linear.png"><img border="0"  src="screens/com_linear_thumb.png"></a></TD>
+<TD><a href="screens/com_neat.png"><img border="0" src="screens/com_neat_thumb.png"></TD>
+</TR>
+</table>
+</p>
+<p>
+<small>
+Note: these images show the sky from Tucson, AZ, USA.  You should run KStars to find where these objects will be from your location
+</small>
+</p>
+</div>
+
+<p>
+<div id="contentheader">
 <b>14 Apr 2004: Add Sedna to KStars!</b><br/></div>
 </p>
@@ -251,5 +288,5 @@
 contribution.
 </p>
-</td>
+</TH>
 <td valign="top">
 <a href="screens/moonphases.png"><img