Easy to install On a Debian box install with the apt package manager. apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys AB406C34 Add these to your /etc/apt/sources.list.d deb [ arch=amd64 ] http://apt.nick-strauss.com/apt/debian jessie main apt-get install orbtimes
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(Here is new release with -Z option to set artificial time used in this post) orbtimes-1.9.tar.gz 563172 bytes <2020-12-20 Sun> I saw it tonight. Pretty awesome — not the closest it will be — but luckily the sky was clear. Here in Missouri it was about thirty degrees above the […]
From I have found as a layman, the major evidence in support of global warming is the Keeling curve. CO2 measured directly since 1958 and from ice cores for hundreds of years shows an increase from about 270 ppm to over 420 ppm today. What is more troubling is the […]
add to /etc/apt/sources.list.d deb http://apt.nick-strauss.com/apt/debian jessie main then, you can update and get orbtimes as, apt-get update; apt-get install orbtimes then, man orbtimes and orbtimes.
orbtimes-1-7-4-tar Improved Moon ecliptic crossing algorithm. Gives better results for solar eclipses. Testing on Eclipses of 21-Aug-2017 and 9-Aug-1999 etc.
orbtimes-1-7-3-tar Running –selftest mode has eclipse related calculations, fails apparent moon doesn’t always cross the ecliptic.