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Specific Copyright Information
The use of eclipse maps, figures, tables and eclipse predictions in other publications is freely permitted when accompanied by the following credit line:
"Eclipse map/figure/table/predictions courtesy of Fred Espenak, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center."
A copy of the finished publication (book, article, poster, etc.) should be mailed to:
Fred Espenak
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Code 693.0
Greenbelt, MD 20754
USA
A reference to the Eclipse Web Site should also be included somewhere in the publication. For example:
"For more information on solar and lunar eclipses, see Fred Espenak's Eclipse Web Site: sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/eclipse.html"
The use of eclipse maps, figures, tables and eclipse predictions on other web sites is also permitted using the above guidelines. The web usage should also include a link to the Eclipse Web Site along with the credit line. Use the following example as a guide:
Eclipse map courtesy of Fred Espenak - NASA/Goddard
Space Flight Center.
For more information on solar and lunar eclipses, see Fred
Espenak's Eclipse Web Site:
