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Date: 21 Dec 2006 01:30:56
From: west
Subject: Astronomy Programs
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What Astronomy program would you recommend that can be used, for instance,
to predict the time of rising of Venus in Hawaii exactly 2 years from now or
the true ecliptic longitude and geocentric distance of the Sun at any given
instance? I think in college Astronomy courses you would have to write your
own program. In that case which program would you recommend? May have to be
under Linux OS, from what I am reading. I know that 20 years ago most
computations were written in Basic (my speed). What are they using now? All
comments are welcomed and thanks.
Cordially,
west
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Date: 21 Dec 2006 04:09:52
From: Sam Wormley
Subject: Re: Astronomy Programs
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west wrote:
> What Astronomy program would you recommend that can be used, for instance,
> to predict the time of rising of Venus in Hawaii exactly 2 years from now or
> the true ecliptic longitude and geocentric distance of the Sun at any given
> instance? I think in college Astronomy courses you would have to write your
> own program. In that case which program would you recommend? May have to be
> under Linux OS, from what I am reading. I know that 20 years ago most
> computations were written in Basic (my speed). What are they using now? All
> comments are welcomed and thanks.
>
> Cordially,
> west
>
>
Xephem
http://www.google.com/search?q=xephem
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