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The Hong Kong Observatory Almanac 2013 is now on sale.
The Almanac is bilingual (English and Chinese) and packed with information, including the traditional Chinese calendar, solar terms and moon phases, as well as the times of daily sunrise, sun transit, sunset, moonrise, moon transit, moonset and high and low tides, arranged month by month. The times of meridian passage and the rising and setting of the sun and planets are graphically illustrated. Also included in the publication are star maps of the four quarters of the year, the duration of twilight, details of solar and lunar eclipses, background information on calendars, determination of apparent solar time, observation of meteor streams and planetary phenomena, as well as monthly climatological information of Hong Kong and selected world cities. A survey form is also included in the middle pages of the publication for readers to provide feedback to the Observatory on the publication.
At $22 a copy, the almanac is available for sale at the Hong Kong Observatory Resource Centre and the Publications Sales Unit of the Information Services Department. An electronic book-ordering service is also available at the online Government Bookstore at www.bookstore.gov.hk.
Ends/Friday, December 21, 2012
Issued at HKT 14:01
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