Hi there,
On 2 Apr 2002, simran wrote:
I have (for weeks) been trying to find a Perl Module (preferablly
one that works under mod_perl) that does various astronomical
calculations - in particular i want to be able to work out the
distance of a planet (in our solar system) on a given date.
Hi All,
I have (for weeks) been trying to find a Perl Module (preferablly one
that works under mod_perl) that does various astronomical calculations -
in particular i want to be able to work out the distance of a planet (in
our solar system) on a given date.
Maybe i have been searching for
Maybe i have been searching for the wrong keywords or been looking in
the wrong places
You have. Try this:
http://search.cpan.org/search?mode=distquery=astro
- Perrin
'tis was the first place i looked (but forgot to mention in my email)
:-) but the modules there are rather limited in what they do.
Anton, perhaps we should write the module and put it there, i loaned the
book Astronomical Algorithms from the library, but the formulas in it
are not trivial and
Around 1996, I ported./worked on an AIPS( Astronomical Image
Processing Sysetm) software to Linux.
See http://www.aoc.nrao.edu/aips parhaps they have some Perl API
by now..
simran wrote:
Hi All,
I have (for weeks) been trying to find a Perl Module (preferablly one
that works under
