Re: Astronomical Information [OT]

2002-04-03 Thread Ged Haywood
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

Re: Astronomical Information

2002-04-01 Thread Medi Montaseri
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 mod_

Re: Astronomical Information

2002-04-01 Thread simran
'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

Re: Astronomical Information

2002-04-01 Thread Perrin Harkins
> 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=dist&query=astro - Perrin

Astronomical Information

2002-04-01 Thread simran
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 the