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Article #3673Looking for a source of apparent star positions
From: Ron Story
Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1993 03:01
Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1993 03:01
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Hi-- I've written an ephemeris library and I'm looking for an accurate source of on-line apparent star positions. I've spent a good deal of time working around the numerical limitations of C language double variable and would like to check my program against a known source. What I would really like is list of RA and Dec values with proper motions of a given Epoch and the apparent object position at a given date. It would be great if the positions were also took in latitude and longitude and maybe altitude but that would be icing on the cake. Optionally, a program in the public domain that would take these values and produce apparent positions would be fine. Thanks, Ron -- Ron Story N7TLC (rstory@mentorg.com)| These are my opinions so: | Mentor Graphics Corp. (503)685-7000 | #include <std_disclaim.h> | "...Yes, I believe that's sarcasm, the lowest form of wit." |
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Newsgroups: sci.astro Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!news.mentorg.com!simhp720!rstory From: rstory@simhp720.mentorg.com (Ron Story) Subject: Looking for a source of apparent star positions Message-ID: <1993Jan09.030123.6982@news.mentorg.com> Sender: rstory@simhp720 (Ron Story) Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1993 03:01:23 GMT Nntp-Posting-Host: simhp720.mentorg.com Organization: Mentor Graphics Keywords: ephemeris database star catalog position Lines: 23