At 08:50 AM 6/13/01 +0100, you wrote:

>Dear Larry,
>I recently studied 'The Historical Supernovae' by David Clark and
>F.Richard Stephenson. Is this the Stephenson to which you refer?

Hello, Guy,
Yes, that's him. He and L.V. Morrison did a study of occultations of stars
by the Moon, eclipses of the Sun, and transits of Mercury, published in
1984. The dT tables in Astronomical Ephemeris are based on their work. (At
least as of 1988, which is the last AE I bought.)

>
>Unfortunately I have now had to return it to the Royal Astronomical
>Society in London. However from the notes I kept there was reference to
>the eclipse of 136BC and a picture of a Babylonian tablet said to
>contain notes relating to this event. As my main interest is in 'Guest
>Stars' I did not keep any further notes on the eclipse.
>
>Would you like me on my next visit to London (in about a month) to check
>if the book is still in the library and whether it states from where the
>eclipse of 136BC was seen?
>
>Let me know if you wish me to dig further.

That would be greatly appreciated, if and when it's convenient, Guy.

Larry
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