Alexander Avtanski wrote:

What I don't understand is why old information like this goes out
as a "NEWS ALERT" (even in capital letters). That's OK, but it got
me for a second: "Ah, another bright one!", and I was a bit
disappointed when I figured it out...


A couple of weeks ago a (non-astronomer)friend emailed me the news of
the close approach of Mars in August. He was chagrined when I told him
he was almost exactly a year late :-)

Phil