I recently grabbed a Unix copy of the source for the Swiss Ephemeris, so that I could experiment with the developers API, but I cannot get it to compile. Has...
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orb_epoch
Aug 3, 2009 3:44 pm
Hello, What kind of commandlines can be used to get the specific date in a year when a star reaches it's maximum culmination with swetest.exe? For instance in...
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Jonathan Dunn
jonathanclar...
Aug 3, 2009 8:20 pm
I think the issue is more about what time of year the star will be culminating nearest midnight? The star should culminate with roughly the same...
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whikyb
Aug 4, 2009 3:12 am
Has any member of the group modified the Visual Basic sample code in the Swiss Ephemeris package to work in Visual Basic 2008 Express Edition or any other...
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ski woka
skiwoka
Aug 4, 2009 3:18 pm
hi Chick Our very helpful member Allen Edwall has softwares and source codes. All in VB and free on his home page: http://www.astrowin.org ...
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Juan Bachisio
jpsaba28
Aug 14, 2009 3:28 pm
Dear All, I am having some probles when intend to calculate Ixion Ephe... I am Using VB 6, I got Error 6 "Overflow"; I call with SE_AST_OFFSET + 28978, Ephe...
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Arturo González
arturogmata
Aug 18, 2009 9:29 am
I tried swe_unix_src_1.76.00.tar.gz yesterday. There is a little mistake in Makefile. It doesn't compile swehel.c Try this Makefile, it works fine in my iMac: ...
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socha91
Aug 18, 2009 1:51 pm
Hello, does anyone have xCode sample project to show us how to link to Swisseph? I am also new to OSX programing and I would appreciate some help from a MAC...
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David Cochrane
keplerastrology
Sep 5, 2009 5:39 pm
Hi All, The Swiss Ephemeris calculates heliocentric, geocentric, and barycentric positions but I do not believe has a feature to calculate positions a chart...
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Jonathan Dunn
jonathanclar...
Sep 6, 2009 2:33 pm
Basiclly, get helio XYZ positions (without light-time correction or atmospheric distortion). For each body, take X, Y, and Z, and subtract your target...
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David Cochrane
keplerastrology
Sep 6, 2009 2:56 pm
Hi Jonathan, Thank you! Yes, this makes perfect sense and is as simple and straightforward as I figured it would be. David ... From: Jonathan Dunn To:...
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99astro
djtankh_irtra
Sep 6, 2009 3:24 pm
Hi David, The simple substraction is an inaccurate method! But there's a way to calculate it. You should calculate a modified vector's "endpoint"; on the...
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David Cochrane
keplerastrology
Sep 6, 2009 4:03 pm
Hi, Thanks for your input on this. I don't think calculating planet-centric positions is as complex as you are suggesting. The Swiss Ephemeris already converts...
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Bogdan Krusiski
bogdanfrkr
Sep 6, 2009 7:00 pm
the only part missing is the orientation of the planet's equator, to get its "ecliptic"; with it's starting point. with best regards Bogdan Krusiñski _____ ...
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99astro
djtankh_irtra
Sep 6, 2009 7:14 pm
Hi Bogdan, A planet's Eclipic determined by the Sun and the planet's its orbital plain, so nothin to do with it's Equator... ******** Be well, 99astro (Sa Ra...
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Bogdan Krusiski
bogdanfrkr
Sep 6, 2009 7:28 pm
?? solstice point - interesction of equator and ecliptic planes... so it defines the most important factor - longitude in this new coordinates. Without it you...
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David Cochrane
keplerastrology
Sep 6, 2009 7:39 pm
Hi, ... But like Bogdan I do wonder what point on the planet's orbital plane we use to be 0 Aries assuming that we want a tropical zodiac analagous to the one ...
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David Cochrane
keplerastrology
Sep 6, 2009 7:47 pm
Hi Bogdan, We sent e-mails simultaneously and we are on the same page. David ... From: Bogdan Krusinski To: swisseph@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, September...
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Jonathan Dunn
jonathanclar...
Sep 6, 2009 8:03 pm
Well, helio positions are normally presented in reference to the geocentric tropical framework. If that's good enough for you, then the X-X0 method will work...
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Dieter Koch
artizarrak
Sep 6, 2009 8:49 pm
Hello I think the Horizons System (http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/horizons.cgi) provides ephemerides for the positions of planetary north poles. (Note, other planets ...
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99astro
djtankh_irtra
Sep 6, 2009 8:51 pm
Oh, sorry, then just I misunderstood you. You're right in this. ******** Be well! 99astro (Sa Ra DjtAnkh IrtRa, Gime, ifj. Gimesi András) http://KemitEnPet.hu...
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David Cochrane
keplerastrology
Sep 6, 2009 9:19 pm
Hello Dieter, It is always a question when exploring new horizons what value and practical application they may have, and a great deal of research in physics...
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Jonathan Dunn
jonathanclar...
Sep 7, 2009 12:13 am
Interestingly, this dovetails with something I'm interested in right now. For Moon(s) is there some value in looking at it's *own* plane and how that crosses...
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Abhi
jaamaylem
Sep 11, 2009 11:55 am
Hi! I know this is a bit offtopic but as it is still about astrological programming I thought I would ask here. There is not so much traffic in this group,...
All, I'm working on a Ruby interface to sweph using Ruby-FFI under Windows. The idea is to replicate many of the sweph functions as closely as possible. An...
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Hiroshi Masuda
astropesquisa
Sep 17, 2009 4:01 pm
Deat administrator of group Please change my email address to msdhrs@... Sincerely Hiroshi Masuda ...
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Shriramana Sharma
trivishtapam
Sep 17, 2009 4:10 pm
... Dear sir, please see the following: And after that subscribe by sending a mail to: swisseph-subscribe@yahoogroups.com from the new email address. -- ...
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xzytec
Sep 21, 2009 10:22 pm
I tried to compile SE on Linux, more specifically Ubuntu 9.04. I got a bunch of warnings that said: ISO C90 does not support `long long' The fix was easy, just...
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xzytec
Sep 21, 2009 10:50 pm
... cc -c -g -O9 -Wall -pedantic -std=c99 swepcalc.c swepcalc.c: In function `calcserv': swepcalc.c:169: warning: `rspeed' may be used uninitialized in...
