Hi All, I need to bring everyone up to date on the status of the Astro stuff. I have been in contact with Tim Jenness on moonrise issues and here is what has transpired:
On Tue, 22 Jul 2003, Hill, Ronald wrote: > > Hi Tim, > > > > > > Sure - I can't guarantee to be able to find the time since > > > I'm busy at the moment but I'll try. > > > Thanks Tim :) > > I have chosen the below date/location as the test date. When > > I run the script as is I receive this. > > > F:\scripts>moonrise.pl > > Rise Time:15:30 > > Set time:21:59 > > F:\scripts> > > > As you can see I am way off :( > > I'll see what I get with slalib. > > > Actually, FYI, an update to my Astro::Coords module > > > on CPAN (which I will release next week) includes moon and > > > sunrise time [it's not the main focus of the module but since it > > > implemented rise & set time for arbitrary objects, > > > sun/moon rise falls out of it because the > > > SLALIB library has sun and moon positions built in.] > > > > > I checked the readme for the Astro-SLA module. > > > Please contact Pat Wallace ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) for details of how > > to obtain the (proprietary) C SLALIB library. > > > A C compiler is required - this is an XS module. A Fortran compiler (such > > as g77) is required if you are building against the Fortran library [or > > at least the Fortran runtime libraries]. > The fortran library has just been LGPLed. At some point soon (not > immediately) I will try to run it through f2c. The C version is defintely > not LGPL'ed (it's free to astronomers but Pat actually sells it to > companies like Meade for their telescope tracking). > > > Outch!! Not many people have a Fortran compiler on windows :( > > It sure would be nice to use this. The problem is that > > I am writing this for the DateTime project and I don't > > think this would fit with that project.(opensource) > It was LGPL'ed because of the DateTime project. Josh was wondering whether > we could get slalib opened up, and it turns out that we could. kudos to Josh :) I think this is great news! Now all we have to do is somehow integrate this into DateTime. > > > Any way, i would like to thank you for taking a look at this. > > No problem
