Created by: bran2miz
Skyfield is a pure Python astronomy package that makes it easy to generate high precision- research grade positions for planet and earth satellites.
-Written in pure python and it installs without any compilation -Supports Python 2.6, 2.7 and 3. -Compute geocentric positions -Obtain topocentric coordinates from a specific location on the Earth’s surface to the desired planet. -Will accept Astropy time objects as input and return results in AstroPy units.
Similar to Astropy, Skyfield can chart the morning and evening sky for a particular planet, such as the apparition of Venus.
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