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References and literature |
Software used: |
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| Astronomical calculations: |
libTheSky — a Fortran library to compute sky positions.
Developed by and for hemel.waarnemen.com. |
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| 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 |
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| 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: |
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| 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 |
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| 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 | |||||
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Theory of motion and ephemerides of Hyperion, Duriez & Vienne, 1997A&A...324..366D |
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Catalogues: |
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| 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: |
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| 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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