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SKYFIELD - python package

Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2016 5:16 am
by Vasanth
Hi,

Came across one good package for astrology/astronomy related - skyfield.
Python developers may be interested.

http://rhodesmill.org/skyfield/

check it out, looks promising; JPL ephemeris, MIT license

Related video (intro section) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVEEndIwOSA

Vasanth

Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2016 7:31 pm
by zoidsoft
From what I've seen it has a more up to date ephemeris (DE421), but the JPL is about 10 times larger than the Swiss Ephemeris. I'd recommend embedding it into C++ to help out the user interface.

https://docs.python.org/2/extending/embedding.html