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References and literature

Software used:

Astronomical
calculations:
  
libTheSky — a Fortran library to compute sky positions.
Developed by and for hemel.waarnemen.com.
libTheSky
Fortran routines:   a library containing Some Useful Fortran Routines   libSUFR
Plotroutines:   PGPLOT Graphics Subroutine Library   PGPLOT
Visibility of the ISS:   The Perl script hwc_iss.pl was developed by Twisst en hemel.waarnemen.com.
It uses the Astro-satpass library.
Twisst
Astro-satpass

Fortran compiler:   The GNU Fortran compiler GFortran
Text editor:   GNU Emacs text editor Emacs
Image manipulation and conversion:   ImageMagick   ImageMagick
Graphical desktop:   KDE KDE
Operating system:   Gentoo Linux Gentoo


Existing theories to compute positions:

Theory for planet positions: Planetary Solutions VSOP87, Bretagnon & Francou,
1988A&A...202..309B:
ADS - CDS
Theory for the position of Pluto:     An accurate representation of the motion of Pluto, Goffin et al,
1986A&A...155..323G:    
ADS

Theory for lunar position:     Lunar Solution ELP 2000-82B, Chapront-Touze & Chapront,
1988A&A...190..342C:    
ADS - CDS
First and last appearance of the Moon: B.D. Yallop, NAO TN 69 (1997) (actually used)
Fouka, M., AfrSk 14, 54 (2010) (better overview)
PDF
ADS
Moons of Jupiter: Galilean satellite ephemerides E5,
Lieske 1998A&AS..129..205L
ADS
Moons of Saturn: TASS1.6: Ephemerides of the major Saturnian satellites,
Vienne & Duriez 1995V&A...297..588V;
ADS
Theory of motion and ephemerides of Hyperion,
Duriez & Vienne, 1997A&A...324..366D
ADS


Catalogues:

Stars:     Bright Star Catalogue (BSC):     CDS
SAO catalogue:     CDS
Hubble's Guide Star Catalogue (GSC):     CDS

Deep-sky:     Messier catalogue:     seds.org
New General Catalogue and Index Catalogue:     CDS


Literature discussing the calculation of positions and various data:

J. Meeus: Astronomical Algorithms Willmann-Bell, 1998 W-B - Amazon
Astronomical Algorithms is a good way to start calculating positions and appearences of Sun, Moon and planets. The advantage of this book is that it is simple and that there are many examples to test your code. The drawback is that it is often unclear why you need to compute something. The library libTheSky, which forms the “heart” of the software that is used to generate hemel.waarnemen.com, is to large extent based on this book. I suggest you start with this book and later consider one of the more advanced books below.

P.K. Seidelmann (Ed.): Explanatory supplement to the Astronomical Almanac University Science books, 1992 W-B - Amazon
The "Advanced Meeus": a lot more mathematical, but the explanations help you to understand why the provided calculations are necessary.

O. Montenbruck: Practical Ephemeris Calculations Springer-Verlag, 1989 Amazon
The same level as Meeus, but more concise and less ordered and complete. However, Montenbruck provides better explanations.

J.M.A. Danby: Fundamentals of Celestial Mechanics Willmann-Bell, 1988 W-B - Amazon
A very mathematical description of celestial mechanics. Good for your understanding, but a deeper mathematical background is needed.


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