Thank you very much Thomas, as usual it works immediately!
Will the "new" alamanac.py be part of the next version?
Regards,    Paul

On 23 January 2018 at 20:14, Thomas Keffer <[email protected]> wrote:

> ​Separation is not supported in v3.8, but it would not be hard to add. Try
> the attached version of almanac.py
>
> -tk​
>
> On Tue, Jan 23, 2018 at 11:26 AM, Paul Bartholdi <[email protected]
> > wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I would like to add in the "almanac" part of the main weewx page the
>> distance on the sky between planets, as between Mars and Jupiter these
>> days. I know how to use "IF...THEN" to select only the interesting ones.
>>
>> I know more or less how to play with almanac and ephem (see my page "
>> http://shire-bdi.gotdns.com/weewx";), though I have very little
>> experience with python.
>> I am aware in ephem of the "separation" on the sky between two celestial
>> bodies, but have not been able to got anything working.
>>
>> I tried something like
>>
>>    #set $dvm = $almanac.separation(($almanac.venus.alt,$almanac.venus.az),
>> ($almanac.mars.alt,$almanac.mars.az))
>>
>> but all attempts have been rejected because it uses 3 (!) parameters
>> which is not supported.
>>
>> Most probably I started in the wrong direction. Could you put me back on
>> the right rails?
>>
>> Thank you very much in advance,       Paul
>>
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