Re: Astronomy--Programs to Compute Siderial Time?

2010-01-07 Thread John Machin
On Jan 7, 2:40 pm, W. eWatson wolftra...@invalid.com wrote: John Machin wrote: What you have been reading is the Internal maintenance specification (large font, near the top of the page) for the module. The xml file is the source of the docs, not meant to be user-legible. What is it

Astronomy--Programs to Compute Siderial Time?

2010-01-06 Thread W. eWatson
Is there a smallish Python library of basic astronomical functions? There are a number of large such libraries that are crammed with excessive functions not needed for common calculations. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Astronomy--Programs to Compute Siderial Time?

2010-01-06 Thread W. eWatson
W. eWatson wrote: Is there a smallish Python library of basic astronomical functions? There are a number of large such libraries that are crammed with excessive functions not needed for common calculations. It looks like I've entered a new era in my knowledge of Python. I found a module

Re: Astronomy--Programs to Compute Siderial Time?

2010-01-06 Thread Roy Smith
In article hi2o39$hm...@news.eternal-september.org, W. eWatson wolftra...@invalid.com wrote: Is there a smallish Python library of basic astronomical functions? There are a number of large such libraries that are crammed with excessive functions not needed for common calculations. FWIW, if

Re: Astronomy--Programs to Compute Siderial Time?

2010-01-06 Thread W. eWatson
Roy Smith wrote: In article hi2o39$hm...@news.eternal-september.org, W. eWatson wolftra...@invalid.com wrote: Is there a smallish Python library of basic astronomical functions? There are a number of large such libraries that are crammed with excessive functions not needed for common

Re: Astronomy--Programs to Compute Siderial Time?

2010-01-06 Thread John Machin
On Jan 7, 11:40 am, W. eWatson wolftra...@invalid.com wrote: W. eWatson wrote: Is there a smallish Python library of basic astronomical functions? There are a number of large such libraries that are crammed with excessive functions not needed for common calculations. It looks like I've

Re: Astronomy--Programs to Compute Siderial Time?

2010-01-06 Thread W. eWatson
John Machin wrote: On Jan 7, 11:40 am, W. eWatson wolftra...@invalid.com wrote: W. eWatson wrote: Is there a smallish Python library of basic astronomical functions? There are a number of large such libraries that are crammed with excessive functions not needed for common calculations. It