forked from pool/python-ephem
Dirk Mueller
63d4dd833e
* When you provide PyEphem with a Python ``datetime`` that has a time zone attached, PyEphem now detects the time zone and converts the date and time to UTC automatically. * A new search routine had been written and tested to power the :ref:`transit-rising-setting` methods ``previous_rising()``, ``previous_setting()``, ``next_rising()``, and ``next_setting()``. They should no longer be susceptible to getting hung up in a loop. You should also find them substantially faster. * Fixed the ``constellation()`` routine so that it uses astrometric, rather than apparent, right ascension and declination. This should make it more accurate along the borders of each constellation. * Fixed how the underlying “libastro” library computes whether a body’s image is deflected by gravity when its light passes close to the Sun. Previously, users would see coordinates jump unexpectedly as the deflection formula turned on and off haphazardly. * Fixed the star positions in the ``ephem.stars`` star catalog by adding 8.75 years of proper motion to each star. Previously, each 1991.25 position from the Hipparcos catalog was being incorrectly treated as a 2000.0 position. * A new routine ``unrefract()`` lets you compute the real altitude of a body that you observe in the sky at a given apparent altitude. * The old ``cities.lookup()`` function is now officially deprecated. Because of a Google API restriction, it stopped working in 2018. * Planetary moon positions are now available through the year 2040 (previously, asking for a position past 2020 returned zeroes). * The ``Date`` object is improved such that the return values of OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/devel:languages:python/python-ephem?expand=0&rev=7