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It is colourful, informative, intriguing. I considered buying one. But that would be kinda silly, all by itself...
So, I decided to make my own visual almanac (for 45° latitude). Inspired by, you'll be happy to note, the "Right Ascensions of the Sun and Planets 2008" graph in the Observer's Handbook. I used Macromedia Fireworks to do it.
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I enhanced my version.
- full colour, i.e. indigo background, coloured planets
- realistic twilight
- twilight encroaching in the corners
- uncluttered vertical axes
- Mercury inferior and superior conjunctions shown
Warning: the full size image is approx. 3000 pixels square.
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Note: My version corrects are error in the Observer's Handbook. The labels for Jupiter and Pluto in the handbook are flipped. Jupiter should be at the bottom, the wavy line; whereas, Pluto should be at the top, the nearly straight line.
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