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[quote="orin stepanek"]Were you really born on Valentines Day?[/quote]
Oh, yeah! :roll:
(Better than being born on XMas though.)

[quote="orin stepanek"]That's OK My wife was born on St. Patrick's Day i944. She's my little Leprechaun. 8) [/quote]
My wife's father was strongly pro-English and forced her to wear orange on St. Patrick's Day.

Were you really born on Valentines Day? That's OK My wife was born on St. Patrick's Day i944. She's my little Leprechaun. 8)

Orin

39°N 77°W at Thu 1946 Feb 14 23:00 UTC
___ 	Right Ascension     Declination      Altitude    Azimuth

Sun____    21h 51m 40s      −12° 58.3'       −3.890      76.442      Set
Mercury    22h 6m 8s        −13° 40.0'	    −1.619      73.664      Set
Venus__    22h 6m 8s        −13° 10.8'       −1.307      74.038      Set
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39°N 77°W at Thu 1986 Feb 6 13:00 UTC
___ 	Right Ascension     Declination      Altitude    Azimuth

Sun____    21h 19m 32s      -15° 36.6'        8.097      -62.293      Up
Mercury    21h 38m 16s      -16° 10.2'        4.450      -65.011      Up
Venus__    21h 38m 16s      -15° 33.5'        4.867      -65.459      Up
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39°N 77°W at Wed 2026 Jan 28 23:50 UTC
___ 	Right Ascension     Declination      Altitude    Azimuth

Sun____    20h 45m 59s      -17° 59.3'       -16.719      80.114     Set
Mercury    21h  9m  4s      -18° 30.4'       -12.639      76.292     Set
Venus__    21h  9m  4s      -17° 45.9'       -12.191      76.896     Set

[quote="orin stepanek"]
You were a nice little valentine; at least I'll bet your parents thought so! :lol: [/quote]
Why...I ought to.... :evil:
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I have a theory that the proverbial Biblical 40 years (Moses in the wilderness, etc.)
comes from the solar/Mercury/Venus cycle of about 40 years (of ~365.0 days):
[b][code]39°N 77°W at Thu 1946 Feb 14 23:00 UTC
___ Right Ascension Declination Altitude Azimuth

Sun____ 21h 51m 40s −12° 58.3' −3.890 76.442 Set
Mercury 22h 6m 8s −13° 40.0' −1.619 73.664 Set
Venus__ 22h 6m 8s −13° 10.8' −1.307 74.038 Set
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39°N 77°W at Thu 1986 Feb 6 13:00 UTC
___ Right Ascension Declination Altitude Azimuth

Sun____ 21h 19m 32s -15° 36.6' 8.097 -62.293 Up
Mercury 21h 38m 16s -16° 10.2' 4.450 -65.011 Up
Venus__ 21h 38m 16s -15° 33.5' 4.867 -65.459 Up
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39°N 77°W at Wed 2026 Jan 28 23:50 UTC
___ Right Ascension Declination Altitude Azimuth

Sun____ 20h 45m 59s -17° 59.3' -16.719 80.114 Set
Mercury 21h 9m 4s -18° 30.4' -12.639 76.292 Set
Venus__ 21h 9m 4s -17° 45.9' -12.191 76.896 Set[/code][/b]

[quote="neufer"][quote="orin stepanek"]A space heart; for all the lovers in the world. 8)
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap090214.html Thanks to APOD. :) [/quote]
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A.C. Neuendorffer... born Thu 1946 Feb 14 in Washington, D.C.
[b][code]39°N 77°W at Thu 1946 Feb 14 23:00 UTC

___ Right Ascension Declination Altitude Azimuth

Sun____ 21h 51m 40s −12° 58.3' −3.890 76.442 Set
Mercury 22h 6m 8s −13° 40.0' −1.619 73.664 Set
Venus__ 22h 6m 8s −13° 10.8' −1.307 74.038 Set[/code][/b][/quote]

You were a nice little valentine; at least I'll bet your parents thought so! :lol:

Orin

What! No chocolate! Intensive care indeed!

39°N 77°W at Thu 1946 Feb 14 23:00 UTC

___ 	Right Ascension     Declination      Altitude    Azimuth

Sun____    21h 51m 40s      −12° 58.3'        −3.890      76.442      Set
Mercury    22h 6m 8s        −13° 40.0'	     −1.619      73.664      Set
Venus__    22h 6m 8s        −13° 10.8'        −1.307      74.038      Set

[quote="orin stepanek"]A space heart; for all the lovers in the world. 8)
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap090214.html Thanks to APOD. :) [/quote]
IC Intracardiac
IC Intensive Care
IC Ice Crystals
IC Sea Ice Concentration
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A.C. Neuendorffer... born Thu 1946 Feb 14 in Washington, D.C.
[b][code]39°N 77°W at Thu 1946 Feb 14 23:00 UTC

___ Right Ascension Declination Altitude Azimuth

Sun____ 21h 51m 40s −12° 58.3' −3.890 76.442 Set
Mercury 22h 6m 8s −13° 40.0' −1.619 73.664 Set
Venus__ 22h 6m 8s −13° 10.8' −1.307 74.038 Set[/code][/b]

A space heart; for all the lovers in the world. 8) http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap090214.html Thanks to APOD. :)

Orin