Re: More Moon and Sun

[Lew Haddad <lhaddad@dawsoncollege.qc.ca>]

There are two books I know of with programs and algorithmes for a wide
variety of calculations (orbits and positions of moon and planets, phases
and eclipses of the moon and so on):

Celestial Basic by Eric Burgess (Sybex, ISBN 0-89588-087-3);

Practical Astronomy with your Calculator  by Peter Duffett-Smith (Cambridge
UP, ISBN 0-521-28411-2); I believe he has another book with `calculator'
replaced by `PC'.

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At 01:22 AM 5/7/96 -0500, you wrote:
> I think I didn't ask for the information I need:
>
> I think I need the *equations* to determine the positions of the Sun and
> Moon and the Moon phase so I can plot them or feed the data into a spread
sheet.
> Several list members have given references to very good programs where I
> give the date and lat and long and the answers are given.  I thank them for
> that.  But in addition I guess I need the *equations* used in those programs.
>
> Please note I use MSDOS6.11 and Windows31 (I have Win95, but not the courage
> to "upgrade" -- so they say)
>
> I would also like a reference to a program to give lat and long of various
> sites -- I guess that may be called a map. (:-) 
>
> More TX
>
> Jim.Green@Snow.edu
Lew Haddad 
Physics Department
Dawson College
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Montreal QC
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(lhaddad@dawsoncollege.qc.ca)