[Moon] Realtime Moon Tracking - Linux

[Zach Leffke]

Hi Berndt,

A year ago, I would have recommended PyEphem.  PyEphem is a Python 
package that can track astronomical objects (including sun and moon) as 
well as satellites (via TLEs).  I've used it a lot for various projects, 
mainly for satellites, and it has been as accurate as any other software 
on Linux (i've compared my programs against GPredict, and get the same 
results).

https://rhodesmill.org/pyephem/


If you go to that link the lead developer has posted a note about the 
deprecation of PyEphem.  This is news to me.  It still exists and will 
continue to receive updates for compatibility, but he is no longer 
working on it.  It looks like he has endeavored on a complete re-write 
for a newer better package called Skyfield. I have yet to dive in, but 
based on my experiences with PyEphem and how happy I've been with it, 
for new projects I plan to use Skyfield instead.

https://rhodesmill.org/skyfield/


Good luck!

-Zach, KJ4QLP

Research Associate
Aerospace Systems Lab
Ted & Karyn Hume Center for National Security & Technology
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
Work Phone: 540-231-4174
Cell Phone: 540-808-6305

On 1/19/2019 10:30 PM, Berndt Josef Wulf via Moon wrote:
> G'day,
>
> I'm looking for Moon real time tracking software that runs on Linux
> (Ubuntu), preferably with source code. The majority of software found
> so far support Windows only.
>
> I use GPredict for satellite tracking, but to my surprise it doesn't
> support Lunar and Solar tracking.
>
> 73, Berndt
> VK5ABN
>
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