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README.md

Welcome to XEphem!

XEphem is an interactive astronomy program for all UNIX platforms.

Sky view

To see more screenshots, scroll to the bottom of this README.

Documentation

Project Status

  • Elwood Downey has generously released XEphem under the MIT License! An “XEphem” organization has been created on GitHub to host XEphems source code.

  • The XEphem community hopes to modernize the code to make it easier to compile, package, and run on modern systems. In the meantime, XEphem compiles most readily on older Linux platforms like Ubuntu 14.04.

  • If you want to get started immediately, a Docker image that successfully compiles and runs XEphem atop Ubuntu 14.04 is available. Its documented in its own README file.

  • The repository also includes a .tito directory and xephem.spec file for building an XEphem RPM package.

  • Otherwise, if you want to tackle XEphem development on another platform, start with the INSTALL file in the main branch of the repository.

  • Direct questions to the main repositorys GitHub Discussions by clicking “New discussion” and writing up your question.

More Screenshots

Sun view

Solar system view

Saturn and its moons

Binary star view

Moon view

Earth view