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<h2>Contributions
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Last updated 17 Feb 2019
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Follows is a random list of contributions of one sort or another related
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to XEphem. We have not necessarily tested these but are happy to serve as a
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central exchange for these efforts. If you have questions about these please
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contact the authors directly. Send your contribution ideas to
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<a href="mailto:xephem@clearskyinstitute.com">xephem@clearskyinstitute.com</a>.
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<p><li>
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<a target="_blank" href="moon.fts">Here</a> is an alternative version of
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moon.fts that was made using strips of LRO images with low sun angles. It
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is a much better match to what you see when viewing a given location while
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it is near the terminator. Thanks to Martin Federspiel, Martin.Federspiel at gmx.de.
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<a target="_blank" href="xeseds2.1.pl-removethis">xeseds2.1.pl</a> is
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a Perl script that can be used with the fifo interface. Once running, then
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when you click on "Telescope GoTo" over many types of objects in Sky View,
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a command is sent to put up a new browser window (konquerer by default) to
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fetch a page of information about the object from various web sites. It's
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quite nice. Thanks go to Tim Walker, twalker@bigpond.net.au.
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<i>Note: due to a server config beyond my control, the file name can not end with
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.pl so after downloading this file, please remove the "-removeme" portion.</i>
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Catalogs contributed by Steve Mencinsky, SM310531 at Exchange.Australia.NCR.COM
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<li><a href="M31globulars.edb">M31globulars.edb</a> is a list of
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principle globular clusters in galaxy M31.
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<li><a href="SMC.edb">SMC.edb</a> is a list of
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deep sky objects in the Magellanic Clouds.
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<li><a href="recons100.edb">recons100.edb</a> is the complete census
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as of January 1, 2000, of objects outside our solar system
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known within 10 parsecs.
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Looking for Motif? Here are prebuilt libraries and include files suitable
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for compiling XEphem from source on several systems. Right-click and
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Save the desired file, explode, and set the MOTIFI and MOTIFL macros
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in Makefile.smple in the XEphem source directory to point to the explode
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directory.
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<li><a href="linux-x86-motif-dev.tar.gz">Linux on x86</a>
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<li><a href="linux-alpha-motif-dev.tar.gz">Linux on Alpha</a>
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<li><a href="freebsd-motif-dev.tar.gz">FreeBSD on x86</a>
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<li><a href="osx-motif-dev.tar.gz">Mac OS X</a>
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Brandon Craig Rhodes has built an excellent astronomical Python library
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called
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<a target="PyEphem" href="http://rhodesmill.org/brandon/projects/pyephem.html">PyEphem</a>
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based on XEphem's libraries. Even if you don't use Python check it out,
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it's enough to make you switch.
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XEphem runs very well under Windows using virtualization technologies such as
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<a target="vbox" href="http://www.virtualbox.org">VirtualBox</a>. You
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will need to load a linux distribution such as
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<a target="ubuntu" href="http://www.ubuntu.com">Ubuntu</a>.
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Here are four .fav files of favorite NGC objects for each season of the
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year. Contributed by the late Guillermo Andrade, database contributor
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<em>par excellent</em>.
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<li><a target="summer" href="RASC_NGC_SUMMER.fav">Summer</a>
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<li><a target="autumn" href="RASC_NGC_AUTUMN.fav">Autumn</a>
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<li><a target="winter" href="RASC_NGC_WINTER.fav">Winter</a>
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<li><a target="spring" href="RASC_NGC_SPRING.fav">Spring</a>
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Here are two more Constellation Figures files inspired by popular sky
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atlases used in Germany and England:
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<a target='eurofigs_de' href='eurofigs_de.csf'>eurofigs_de.csf</a>
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and
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<a target='eurofigs_uk' href='eurofigs_uk.csf'>eurofigs_uk.csf</a>
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Put them in your shared or private XEphem directory and it will
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automatically become available as a choice in the Sky View -> Options
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-> Constellation menu. Contributed by Georg Graf, georg.graf at gmx.de.
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Bob Abraham has contributed an alterate image of Mars. It is made from
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observations from Earth and so more closely matches what a visual observer
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sees at the telescope than the Mars Orbiter map included with XEphem. The
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image is not perfectly registered with the Martian coordinate system of
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database objects but it is close enough for many purposes. Please see his
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<a target="vismars" href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/xephem/message/1933?threaded=1">forum posting</a>
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for full details and to download the final image. To use the image in
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XEphem, first save your current Mars map in
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<code>ShareDir/auxil/marsmap.jpg</code> somewhere then copy in Bob's
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image. Thanks Bob, this is a great idea.
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Drop-in replacement for <a target="_blank" href="vsop87.tgz"> VSOP </a> files in libastro.
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Contributed by <a href="mailto:gcorrad@gmail.com">Gustavo A. Corradi</a> who claims improved accuracy.
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Improved entries for telescopes on the Canary Islands for the <b>xephem_sites</b> file, contributed by
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Peter Suetterlin, pit at astro dot su dot se
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Isaac Newton Telescope (98-inch) ; 28 46 0 N ; 17 53 0 W ; 2336 ; AST1ADT,M3.5.0,M10.5.0
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Large Earth-based Solar Tel. (LEST) ; 28 46 0 N ; 17 53 0 W ; 2400 ; AST1ADT,M3.5.0,M10.5.0
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Nordic Optical Telescope ; 28 45 0 N ; 17 53 0 W ; 2382 ; AST1ADT,M3.5.0,M10.5.0
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Roque de los Muchachos, La Palma ; 28 45 30 N ; 17 52 48 W ; 2327 ; AST1ADT,M3.5.0,M10.5.0
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Telescopio Nazionale Galileo ; 28 46 0 N ; 17 53 0 W ; 2400 ; AST1ADT,M3.5.0,M10.5.0
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William Herschel Telescope ; 28 46 0 N ; 17 53 0 W ; 2332 ; AST1ADT,M3.5.0,M10.5.0
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Richard Mather has posted
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<a target="_blank" href='http://vixra.org/abs/1802.0035'>here</a>
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a family of Java programs that convert several catalog formats to XEphem .edb format.
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Here is an updated version of
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<a target="_blank" href='wcs.c'>libip/wcs.c</a>
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that supports the CD martix headers from astrometry.net and elsewhere. Thanks to
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Roman Tolesnikov, rtolesnikov@yahoo.com.
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