body,td,a,p,.h {font-family:Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; 
font-size:1.0em;padding: 0px; margin: 0px;}

a {font-weight: normal; color:#cfc:; text-decoration: none}
a:link{color:#040;font-weight: bold; text-decoration:none;}
a:visited{color:#040;font-weight: bold;text-decoration:none;}
a:hover{color:#090;font-weight: bold;text-decoration:underline;}
a:active{color:#cfc;font-weight: bold;text-decoration:none;}


p {margin-top:1em;}
p.note{font-weight: bold; color: #292;  }  



/* the three frames for the left, central and right-hand boxes*/
#navcolumn {position: absolute; left:10px; top:0px; width:50px; background:url(lh_background.gif);padding:0px;z-index:1}
#maintext {background:#fff;  margin-left: 50px; top:10px; margin-right:250px;padding:2em;font-size:0.8em;}
#picturecolumn {position: absolute;	right:10px;	top:0px;width:250px; background:url(right_column_background.gif);padding:0px;}


#picturecolumn_halley {position: absolute;	right:10px;	top:0px;width:250px; background-color:#ddd;padding:0px; font-size: 0.7em; color:#0c0;}

span.date {font-size: 0.8em; color:80f}