Questions tagged [skyfield]
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Rising sign/constellation at a given time and place
I am new to astronomy, and trying to learn how to use Skyfield to calculate the rising sign/constellation (typically referred to as the Ascendant in astrology).
I tried a number of approaches based on what I have learnt so far:
Using GMST and…
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why are my Sha and Declination calculations not the same as the answers from the Nautical Almanac?
from skyfield.api import Star, load
from skyfield.data import hipparcos
import math
with load.open(hipparcos.URL) as f:
df = hipparcos.load_dataframe(f)
achernar_star=Star.from_dataframe(df.loc[7588])
planets = load('de421.bsp')
earth =…
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