So why does the docs say: *Note that ephemeris files never receive updates, so once you have a file like de421.bsp on disk you never need to download it again.*
The configured bsp-file will be downloaded and the file, according to the docs, never changes. Karen K schrieb am Montag, 1. Dezember 2025 um 11:08:18 UTC+1: > [email protected] schrieb am Montag, 1. Dezember 2025 um 08:12:16 UTC+1: > > Skyfield epehmeris data files don't receive updates. If there is an > update, there will be new files. So you download the file once and never > update it, and you may use it for decades. > https://rhodesmill.org/skyfield/planets.html > > > Not true. Celestrak files are updated very often. Timescales are updated > as well. And even the ephemerides of the planets are updated sometimes. > > It depends on the configuration what the WeeWX Skyfield almanac extension > does. If the user set up to use Earth satellite data, they get updated > daily. And it is no use to do it less often. Time scales and ephemerides > files get downloaded as configured (where it is possible to switch off > updates). > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "weewx-user" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/666aef56-62a4-440f-95c6-0cae208377fcn%40googlegroups.com.
