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Re: Algorithm for star ephemerides?
From: George Huxtable
Date: 2001 Apr 20, 06:19 EDT
From: George Huxtable
Date: 2001 Apr 20, 06:19 EDT
Bob Batten's mailing of a few days ago, copied below, contains a typo which could mislead searchers. The author's name is not Muess, but Jean Meeus. There's also on earlier version of the same work entitled "Astronomical formulae for calculators". Both are a wonderful mine of information on calculating celestial positions, and much else beside. But neither contains a catalogue of positions of the limited number of navigational stars, with names and proper-motions, which I think was the object of the initial enquiry. This would indeed be a useful addition to a future edition. But as Bob Batten points out, the work is primarily intended for astronomers rather than navigators. ================== >Check out "Astronomical Algorithms" by Muess under the "Math and >Celestial Mechanics" section of the Willmann-Bell Inc. astronomy >booksellers web site www.willbell.com. It's intended for astronomers, >but the algorithms still apply. > >Bob >S/V Omnity >Lake Erie shore of Michigan ------------------------------ george@XXX.XXX George Huxtable, 1 Sandy Lane, Southmoor, Abingdon, Oxon OX13 5HX, UK. Tel. 01865 820222 or (int.) +44 1865 820222. ------------------------------
