On Thu 2011-02-03T18:18:51 +0000, Michael Deckers hath writ: > A more current and > freely available description is in Kaplan's excellent summary at > [http://www.usno.navy.mil/USNO/astronomical-applications > /publications/Circular_179.pd].
start here http://aa.usno.navy.mil/publications/docs/Circular_179.php and for those who want code to implement these calculations the USNO NOVAS library is unencumbered. http://aa.usno.navy.mil/software/novas/novas_info.php -- Steve Allen <s...@ucolick.org> WGS-84 (GPS) UCO/Lick Observatory Natural Sciences II, Room 165 Lat +36.99855 University of California Voice: +1 831 459 3046 Lng -122.06015 Santa Cruz, CA 95064 http://www.ucolick.org/~sla/ Hgt +250 m _______________________________________________ LEAPSECS mailing list LEAPSECS@leapsecond.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/leapsecs