Thanks for the prompt reply and I look forward to the results and incorporating the final version in my program,
ØØØÙ ØÙÙÙ ØÙØØÙ Ù ØÙØÙØÙ abdulhaq On Saturday 05 June 2004 07:19, Thamer Mahmoud wrote: > abdulhaq writes: > > Thamer, the new changes sound great, but I still have some concerns > > (please be patient with me). > > This is just a quick replay. I will be returning to this topic, after > the coding is done, with more info and testing results. (I will be > busy for most of next week, so I can't really say when will that > happen) > > [snipped] > > > However, I'd still like to put my mind to rest in this important > > matter. The yanabi website claims to have times accurate to +- 2 > > seconds, and also seems to very closely conform to the libnova > > generated data. I can't find any mention of marsbase.net claiming to > > use VSOP87 in its calculation. > > It's mentioned here (bottom left) > http://www.marsbase.net/m/sunrise-sunset-marsrise-marsset.php > > > My point is that our times (ITL, abdali etc) are varying, as you > > point out, by minutes and yet it seems as if it is possible to > > calculate the time to the nearest two seconds. > > > > The yanabi website only gives its answers to the nearest minute, which > > is rounded up for maghrib and down for shuruq. Also, dhuhr time is > > adjusted for the full disc of the sun to move off the highest point. > > This explains the discrepancy you found between libnova and yanabi for > > instance. > > I'm aware of this and I did not mention yanabi. In fact, I did not > test neither yanabi nor libnova. I've mentioned libnova and marsbase > results based on your own findings in an older post. There might be > logical reasons that explains why marsbase and libnova are producing > different results. I do not know and I certainly did not do any > testing/reading of both tools to figure out why this is actually > happening. > > Of course, there is still a good chance that we might end up with the > same exact results as libnova (or marsbase ;), I'm not sure for now. I > will post more info on this as I start testing the new code. > > Regards, > Thamer Mahmoud > > _______________________________________________ > Developer mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.arabeyes.org/mailman/listinfo/developer _______________________________________________ Developer mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.arabeyes.org/mailman/listinfo/developer
