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Please report here any bug found on this version as comment to this post. I’ll do the same.
Hi
When downloading version 304 I get a serious virus alert from Windows Defender :
Trojan:Win32/Wacatac.Blml and the file was deleted.
Do you think it could be a false positive ?
Regards
I use a dedicated Windows 10 Virtual Machine (no mail or browsing activity) for compiling U1, with Avast Antivirus installed. Frankly neither Windows Defender nor Avast told me the file is infected by anything. You should try with some other W10 pc to be reasonably sure.
Thank you for your reply.
I downloaded again Version 0.9.9.304R and no more virus alert from Windows Defender.
It is not uncommon for Windows Defender to detect false positive.
Now its time to check the nice improvements of this update.
Best regards
Ok, thanks for checking.
Enjoy U1 and stay safe 🙂
Hi
A quick check regarding the major lunar standstill at Chimney Rock Colorado (37°11′30″N 107°18′23″W). A paper published in 1991, Lunar Standstills at Chimney Rock, McKim Malville, J., Eddy, F. W., & Ambruster, C., Journal for the History of Astronomy, Archaeoastronomy Supplement, Vol. 22, p.S43, 1991, http://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1991JHAS…22…43M, reports a major lunar standstill on 8 August 1988 when the Moon’s declination was +28.5°.
Using http://www.astropixels.com/ephemeris/moon/moondec1901.html, the result is : 1988 Aug 08 04:52 UT, DE=+28.504°. JPL HORIZONS result is : 1988-Aug-08 04:54 UT, DE=+28.50231°. Using Uruk_One version 304 beta, the result is CE 1988 Aug 08 04:55.0 UTC, DE=+28.502°. Very good.(All calculations are geocentric).
As far as I am concerned, I find that the date and time display on the right of UTC and TDT JDN are a bit too small and should be more visible. But it’s only a small issue in my opinion.
Regards.
Hi,
just in case someone interested with the article “Lunar StandStills at Chimney Rock” I have placed the working link on the External Links Page of this Site. This comment area doesn’t like Harvard Edu links unless they are directly related to the pdf. 🙂
Regards
Hi
The Royal Society just published an addendum to Stephenson and al. 2016 paper regarding delta t. The paper is open access and can be downloaded : https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspa.2020.0776
The Nautical Almanac site has also been updated : http://astro.ukho.gov.uk/nao/lvm/
Best regards.