** VERSION 0.9.9.425R CHANGELOG **
(1) Canon of Solar Eclipses from BCE 13000 to CE 17000 has been reworked. I have enhanced scanning resolution, so times of Greatest Eclipse are… Read More »** VERSION 0.9.9.425R CHANGELOG **
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Happy Birthday to the TNG Telescope
Happy Birthday to the TNG (Telescopio Nazionale Galileo), the biggest Italian optical / infrared telescope located at the Roque de los Muchachos on the island of La… Read More »Happy Birthday to the TNG Telescope
Version 0.9.9.406R Beta Bug Reporting
Please place here comments about bugs of the current version. I’ll do the same. A) BUG : Terminal 6. Applying COF correction to the position… Read More »Version 0.9.9.406R Beta Bug Reporting
** VERSION 0.9.9.406R CHANGELOG **
(1) – Terminal 5 (Lunar Eclipses) has been simplified. As some contacts adopt the same equation (P1,P4 – U1,U4 – U2,U3) I removed their duplicates.… Read More »** VERSION 0.9.9.406R CHANGELOG **
Willmann-Bell out of business
OMG, The Willmann-Bell Publishers and Booksellers has gone out of business. It was the historical publisher of Jean Meeus’ books. So sad. 🙁 https://www.willbell.com
Guillaume Le Gentil, the unluckiest astronomer in History
Unbelievable. Read here.
Version 0.9.9.386R Beta Bug Reporting [no more online]
Please place here comments about bugs of the current version. I’ll do the same. BUG – There’s a known bug in Lazarus apparently affecting only… Read More »Version 0.9.9.386R Beta Bug Reporting [no more online]
Uruk_One is on Astronomy Linux 21.04
Current version of Uruk_One (0.9.9.374R) is now available on Astronomy Linux 21.04 as pre-installed application. There’s a lot of interesting astronomy software inside the distro,… Read More »Uruk_One is on Astronomy Linux 21.04
FTP access at Lowell Observatory discontinued.
FTP access at Lowell Observatory has been discontinued, therefore the file “astorb.dat” can’t be retrieved anymore by Uruk_One. In few days a new version of… Read More »FTP access at Lowell Observatory discontinued.
** VERSION 0.9.9.386R CHANGELOG **
(1) – Let’s talk about Lunar Eclipses. I decided to revert back to Danjon’s rules for computing Lunar Umbra and Penumbra diameters and take into… Read More »** VERSION 0.9.9.386R CHANGELOG **
