Re: Lunar Eclipse in Bharani 03

Viveshwar wrote:

> Eclipses are organized according to Saros series, which includes
> eclipses at 18 yr. 11 day 8 hour intervals, which occur at virtually the
> same identical place in the heavens.  

The Saros cycle is not based on eclipses occurring at the same place in
the heavens, as I stated in this post, but on eclipses that *appear* the
same from earth.  It's based on geocentric observation, not sidereal
position.  See the NASA discussion at:

http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/LEsaros/LEsaros.html

According to this, the Chaldeans knew about the Saros cycles.  It is
highly likely that the architects of Stonehenge knew about it as well. 
The oldest feature of Stonehenge is a circle of 56 pits, which are
thought to have been used to predict eclipses.  Three Saros cycles are
very close to 56 years, and it is every *third* eclipse in the cycle
which can be seen at the same place on earth, since the 8 hr. increment
rotates each successive eclipse in the cycle 120 deg. around the earth.

As above, so below
Viveshwar