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Obliquity News

14 June 2007 obliquity.com reaches 10 million hits! It usually takes a year or so to notch up a million hits, but this time we managed it in a mere four months, mainly thanks to enormous interest in the 2007 Blue Moon which led to almost 400,000 hits in a single month.

9 December 2007 obliquity.com reaches 11 million hits! The site has been live for nine years, and currently gets an average of 3,300 page views per day, which is equivalent to more than a million hits each year.

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.
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Obliquity News
14 June 2007	obliquity.com reaches 10 million hits! It usually takes a year or so to notch up a million hits, but this time we managed it in a mere four months, mainly thanks to enormous interest in the 2007 Blue Moon which led to almost 400,000 hits in a single month.
9 December 2007	obliquity.com reaches 11 million hits! The site has been live for nine years, and currently gets an average of 3,300 page views per day, which is equivalent to more than a million hits each year.