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Dr. Sethanne Howard, (sethanneh@msn.com), creator of the concept of this document is the retired Chief of the Nautical Almanac Office at the US Naval Observatory. She received her Ph.D. in astrophysics in 1989 from Georgia State University.
Dr. Howard has written a book containing the information that went into the creation of this web site. It is called The Hidden Giants and is available from Amazon.