Celestial data
Posted by EQF on November 11, 2003 at 17:59:12:

Roger, you are correct. It is not that difficult. The problem is that so far it has simply not been done.

What I am presently attempting to do is get a subroutine written which takes the UTC time and generates the subsolar and sublunar data and similar data for the planets and then returns it to the main program. The necessary information is available from Web sites such as the following ones. It is a matter of getting the necessary calculations identified and the subroutine written.

http://www.stjarnhimlen.se/comp/ppcomp.html

http://www.astro.com/

At the moment no decision has even been made on what language to use. Basic would probably be the best one as its code can be easily converted to other languages. I am also trying to get some information on Perl program capabilities.


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     ● Re: Celestial data - Roger Hunter  18:18:55 - 11/11/2003  (20069)  (1)
        ● Re: Celestial data - EQF  19:42:16 - 11/11/2003  (20070)  (0)