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task #14628: Program/library for ephemeris calculation
Submitter: | Mohammad Akhlaghi <makhlaghi> | ||
Submitted: | Wed 13 Sep 2017 08:36:27 PM UTC | ||
Should Start On: | Tue 12 Sep 2017 10:00:00 PM UTC | Should be Finished on: | Tue 12 Sep 2017 10:00:00 PM UTC |
Category: | New program | Priority: | 5 - Normal |
Item Group: | Enhancement | Status: | Postponed |
Privacy: | Public | Assigned to: | None |
Percent Complete: | 0% | Open/Closed: | Open |
Effort: | 0.00 |
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One useful tool for observations is a tool for ephemeris calculations, for example the positions of the Sun, Moon, planets and etc.
So it would be good if such a tool can be included in Gnuastro. For example a command like the following could give the position of the Sun and the Moon at the current date and position on earth:
This issue was brought up by Christopher Howard.
As a starting point, we might be able to learn a lot from astropy's implementation.