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Welcome to the home of Obliquity where every page has been designed with accessibility in mind, no matter what your hardware or software. There is something for every member of the family at Obliquity.

Obliquity News

31 December 2009 This month's Blue Moon causes a huge spike in visitor numbers as more than 32,000 people visit on New Year's Eve. Our main Blue Moon page reaches one million hits!

19 October 2009 Obliquity acquires a European flavour with the addition of obliquity.eu to our family of domains.

4 September 2009 obliquity.com is eleven years old today! The web site has had more than 14 million hits during its first eleven years, and its popularity continues to grow, especially in Blue Moon years!

SkyEye: What is happening in the sky tonight? No matter where in the world you live, you can find star charts and explanations of celestial events visible from your neck of the woods.
Interactive Astronomy Pages: Experiment with the acclaimed Blue Moon calculator, find the phases of the Moon for any month, list the eclipses for any year. Sky & Telescope liked these pages and so will you!
Cat Gallery: This is the home of the legendary Cat Dictionary. Whether you've come to enter the fabulous Cat Caption Competition, read about the Bar Hill Gang, or just flick through photos of felines, our four-footed critters bid you welcome.
Meet the Family!: Hundreds of interlinked, easy-to-navigate pages trace several centuries of the Harper, Stockman, and related families across the Old and New Worlds. Even if your family isn't listed here, you will find a variety of resources to help you in your genealogy research on the Internet.
A Brief History of the Calendar: Our calendar can trace its roots back over 6000 years to ancient Egypt. Its story features Julius Caesar, the Council of Nicaea (which gave us the Nicene Creed), a small Russian monk called Denis, the Venerable Bede and Pope Gregory XIII.
Why Have I Been Exiled?: The Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 has exiled many Americans who are living abroad with their non-American families.
Computers and the Internet: Learn the rudiments of web page design, fight the evils of junk email, and find out more about scientific programming.
About Obliquity: Who and what is Obliquity?
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Obliquity News
31 December 2009	This month's Blue Moon causes a huge spike in visitor numbers as more than 32,000 people visit on New Year's Eve. Our main Blue Moon page reaches one million hits!
19 October 2009	Obliquity acquires a European flavour with the addition of obliquity.eu to our family of domains.
4 September 2009	obliquity.com is eleven years old today! The web site has had more than 14 million hits during its first eleven years, and its popularity continues to grow, especially in Blue Moon years!