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* 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
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Mon Jan 17 20:30:14 UTC 2022 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
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- update to 4.1.1:
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* When you provide PyEphem with a Python ``datetime`` that has a time
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zone attached, PyEphem now detects the time zone and converts the date
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and time to UTC automatically.
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* A new search routine had been written and tested
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to power the :ref:`transit-rising-setting` methods
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``previous_rising()``,
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``previous_setting()``,
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``next_rising()``, and
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``next_setting()``.
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They should no longer be susceptible to getting hung up in a loop.
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You should also find them substantially faster.
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* Fixed the ``constellation()`` routine so that it uses astrometric,
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rather than apparent, right ascension and declination. This should
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make it more accurate along the borders of each constellation.
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* Fixed how the underlying “libastro” library computes whether a body’s
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image is deflected by gravity when its light passes close to the Sun.
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Previously, users would see coordinates jump unexpectedly as the
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deflection formula turned on and off haphazardly.
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* Fixed the star positions in the ``ephem.stars`` star catalog by adding
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8.75 years of proper motion to each star. Previously, each 1991.25
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position from the Hipparcos catalog was being incorrectly treated as a
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2000.0 position.
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* A new routine ``unrefract()`` lets you compute the real altitude
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of a body that you observe in the sky at a given apparent altitude.
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* The old ``cities.lookup()`` function is now officially deprecated.
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Because of a Google API restriction, it stopped working in 2018.
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* Planetary moon positions are now available through the year 2040
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(previously, asking for a position past 2020 returned zeroes).
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* The ``Date`` object is improved such that the return values of
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``str(d)``, ``d.datetime()``, and ``d.tuple()`` always agree and are
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always rounded to the nearest microsecond.
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* Earth satellites offer new orbit parameter attributes. The old names
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(which are still present, but no longer documented) started awkwardly
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with underscores, and had inconsistent getters and setters that would
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change the satellite if you attempted a round trip like ``sat._inc =
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sat._inc``. The new attributes (see the list in the Quick Reference)
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have simple names and use the same units when getting and setting.
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* Updated Pluto’s long-term orbital elements
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to match the Astronomical Almanac 2020.
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* Fixed the body ``copy()`` method to correct copy the extra attributes
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* that some bodies have beyond those of a normal body, like the catalog
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* number of an Earth satellite. This bug had made core dumps possible.
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* Expanded the ∆T table so that it now runs through 2018,
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with data from the Astronomical Almanac 2020.
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* The ``Observer.copy()`` method is now documented,
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and (after a user requested it)
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the class also now works with Python’s ``copy`` module.
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* PyEphem should now be able to compile for pypy3.
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* Restore PyEphem’s undocumented ability to parse angle strings like
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``'12 34 56'`` that are only separated with spaces, instead of
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insisting on ``'12:34:56'`` for 12 degrees, 34 arcminutes, and 56
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arcseconds.
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* Fix a compile error `‘for’ loop initial declarations are only allowed
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in C99 mode` reported from a user on Oracle Linux.
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* Fix ``MANIFEST.in`` so the ``.tar.gz`` source distribution includes
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all the header files necessary for compilation.
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* Upgraded to the MIT license following Elwood Downey’s generous
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decision to open-source XEphem’s code.
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* Fix a bug where supplying a string with a decimal degree measurement
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could send the parser into an infinite loop.
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* The ``FixedBody`` constructor, which accepts no arguments, now
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correctly raises a ``TypeError`` if any are supplied.
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Thu Sep 17 06:57:36 UTC 2020 - Dirk Mueller <dmueller@suse.com>
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- update to 3.7.7.1:
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* Fixed a memory leak in ``readdb()``.
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* Fixed the ``Body.copy()`` method to correctly copy
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object-specific fields across to the new object, like Saturn ring tilt
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and Earth satellite catalog number.
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Fri Sep 13 12:22:13 UTC 2019 - Tomáš Chvátal <tchvatal@suse.com>
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- Initial commit, needed by the convertdate
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