Hi
Went to update Star Atlas pro comet orbits today, no go. So I went to the relevent websites, all down, I cant believe it
The Comet Information and the International Comet Quarterly (ICQ) site is down
http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/icq/icq.html
ICQ/CBAT/MPC: Recent Comet Magnitudes at
http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/icq/CometMags.html
Its down too.
I cant believe they dont have mirror sites for such inportant information
Does this mean that if someone actually discovers a new comet or asteroid, theye is now no way of reporting it?
The amazing thing is that after googling for other sources, this seems to be the only source on Earth for up to date orbital elements, so if the site is gone, thats it. Every piece of software from The Sky, megastar, Star Atlas pro, even the freeware cartes Du Ciel all use this same database. With it unaccessable theers no way of getting updates. gee someone needs to remedy that pronto.
Ive been trying since about 9 am this morning, cant bet a peep from those websites.
Scott