Re: *** HILAL (Crescent Moon) SIGHTING Sun/Mon 8/9 May 2005 CE, RABI-UT-THANI 1426 AH ***

In article <mqi281tpvmhbkmtnr97vkituvvijh764jd@xxxxxxx>, saullevy1@xxxxxxx
says...
>Ahem: Most astronomers couldn't care less, Wally.
>
>Saul Levy

You could say that about most fields in astronomy: most astronomers
aren't into that particular field - they do something else.



>On Mon, 09 May 2005 23:28:01 GMT, Wally Anglesea?
><wanglese@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>On Mon, 9 May 2005 17:14:43 +0000 (UTC),
>>dmcanzi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (David Canzi -- non-mailable) wrote:
>>
>>>In article <wNwfe.49350$c42.48268@xxxxxxxx>,
>>>Tom McDonald <tmcdonald2672@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>Dr. Durrani posts this every month, to help Muslims, but also to
>>>>help astronomers.
>>>
>>>He's not helping astronomers. Reports of first naked-eye sightings
>>>of the new crescent moon are astrological trivia, not science.
>>
>>
>>Ahem. Beg pardon, but I know at least 3 astronomers who regularly
>>enjoy attempting new crescent moon sightings. None of them beleive in
>>astrology, and none of them are muslims. I don't know if they read
>>these newsgroups to get the Hilal notifications though. (Note:feel
>>free to speak up if you do).
>

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