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Planet Ephemeris

 

oleThe Planet Ephemeris application gives the position of the 9 planets of the solar system and the earth's moon in a number of co-ordinate systems - heliocentric, geocentric, RA-Declination, Altitude-Azimuth, HA-Declination.[1]

 

The calculated positions are based on modern astronomical theories.

 

Planet Ephemeris was developed by the 'Commandery of the West' for any and all Initiates who wish to do personal studies in Astrosophy.

 


 

INSTRUCTIONS

 

Download the program selecting the one appropriate for your Operating System by right-clicking on the link and save it to a suitable location on your hard disk.

 

For Windows XP: 

xPlans_Zip.exe

Note that the XP version may or may not work on Vista.

For Windows 98: 

xPlans_Zip98.exe  
   

Run the self-extracting program that you have just downloaded.

When asked, give the password: notforsale

 
 
 

The Planet Ephemeris application - which allows the calculation of the planetary positions - is based on  "Astronomy with your Personal Computer" by Peter Duffett-Smith as well as the 'xephemeris' project whose source code was invaluable.

 

[1]As no modern perturbation theory exists for the astronomical body Pluto, its position is approximate at best.

 

Having said that, it is also debatable whether Pluto actually corresponds to planet Ω or planet DEA

 

 

Other astronomical programs that the Initiates of Astrosophy may find useful are:

Astronomy Programs:

 

ole¤ CyberSky

ole¤ Ephemeris Tool 4

ole¤ Home Planet

ole¤ WinEphem 109

oleยค Stellarium - Open Source Planetarium

http://easynews.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/stellarium/stellarium-0.6.2.exe

 

The following is useful but is difficult to obtain:

ole¤ Planet's Orbits v1.7 and c88 from Alcyone Software

 

Astronomy Web Sites:

 

ole¤ FormiLab - Solar System Live

ole¤ NASA - The Solar System

ole¤ The Jet Propulsion Laboratory - 'Near Earth Objects'

ole¤ IMCCE, Paris, France

 

ole¤ Astronomy and numerical software source codes

ole¤ Planetary data

 

Other Astronomy Resources:

 

ole¤ PortableApps  -    Download page for 'Celestia Portable' here

ole¤ PortableApps  -    Download page for 'Stellarium Portable' here

 

Note that the above suggested web sites and astronomy programs are purely for information purposes.

 

Inclusion as a link on this site does not imply 'agreement with' or 'recommendation of' any these sites or applications - or with any of the views that are expressed therein.

 

 
     
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