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Re: Lunar distance calculations
From: Ken Harris
Date: 2022 Mar 10, 22:24 -0800
From: Ken Harris
Date: 2022 Mar 10, 22:24 -0800
Just a simple command line python / skyfield script to compute almanac info to test my sextant : https://pastebin.com/5k8bwnHX
Some misfeatures :
I set the ephemeris file directory to ~/skyfield-data, which might not work on Windoze.
It downloads the ephemeris file (16 megabytes) and the hipparcos star catalog (53 megabytes). Worse, I only hard code 10 star names, so that needs work (the stellarium star name data code is commented out).
