From William SHEEHAN
@. . . . . . . . . Sent:
Subject:
updating our e-mail service and change of address
Dear Friends and Colleagues:
We have updated our computing
capacity and added the high-speed internet service necessitating our change of
e-mail address again. We will no longer
be using the sheehanbr@tds.net nor sheehan4@tds.net, starting
We are sorry for the
inconvenience this may cause, but hope to hear from you soon!
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@ . . . . . . My dear friend Masatsugu:
Apologies for the lapse -- I have
been trying to change over to a new computer and have had computer
crashes! But you have been much in my
thoughts.
I must
thank you at once for the wonderful kindness you have bestowed upon me by
sending, by regular mail, the back issues of the CMO and the articles on the
1874 transit of Venus expeditions to
Mars has not been recently in the sights of my telescope, but we
are all eagerly anticipating the Mars Odyssey's new mission in quest of Martian
water. Tom Dobbins, Martin Gaskell and I have written a detailed account of the
Martian flares, which includes many of the important Japanese observations --I
shall send you this by regular post as it contains some specially scanned
images. Perhaps the mysteries of Edom
Promontorium will at last succumb to our investigation at the next opposition!
Dobbins is in
I have been
making progress with the transits of Venus, and am trying my best to make a
visit to
In the near future I hope to turn
from the 1761 and 1769 transits of Venus to a discussion of the 1874 event and
will send you those materials if you wish. You have been enormously helpful and
I thank you again and profusely for your efforts on my behalf.
I am very eager to set up some observing time with you for the
Grand Opposition of 2003. I am at this point planning a visit to
I do hope you have been well this new year and I send my belated
wishes on the occasion of your 63rd birthday -- still very young!
With kind regards,
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Bill SHEEHAN (