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>From: Elimburg0@cs.com
>Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2001 13:56:09 EST
>Subject: Change of (e)mail address

Many of you know me either personally or as the programmer of the Lunar 
Occultation Workbench (LOW). I'd like to let you know that my (e)mail address 
has changed. You can now visit Sonja and me at or send your snail mail to:

Flurstrasse 19
5623 Boswil
Switzerland

Date: Fri, 30 Jan 1998 22:25:08 +0100
From: Eric Limburg 
Dear occultation observers, 

It is with a little pride and much satisfaction that I'd like to present to
you the new  web-site of the Dutch Occultation Association (DOA). 

Perhaps the most interesting feature it has to offer is the  Lunar
Occultation Workbench (LOW) software program. This freeware program allows
you to calculate predictions of occultations by the Moon of the 8 major
planets and the 53.879 stars listed in the XZ94D star catalogue. Both total
and grazing occultations can be calculated for any location on Earth for
any period between 4000 BC and 8000 AD. In addition you can efficiently
record your observations. They can be exported and sent of to the
International Lunar Occultation Centre (ILOC) or to your local coordinator.
Further it offers you figures displaying the Moon and the star/planet at
the moment of occultation, views of the Moon's limb, a reaction time
tester, etc., etc. 

LOW is a 32-bits Windows-based (95 or NT) program requiring at least a 486
(+ co-processor) or higher PC, at least 8 MB of RAM and 13 MB of diskspace
for the standard version. On a Pentium II 266 MHz it takes just over 1
minute to produce the predictions for 1 year for a 25 cm (10") telescope
using the default settings. In my case that gives me over 2.500 predictions! 

I hope that many of you find LOW to your liking! 

Kind regards, 
  

Eric Limburg 
Dutch Occultation Association 
Go to the software site