Mike wrote:
> 
> I'm waiting for someone to create a project to develop macros for the
> sun, moon, stars and just about everything else involving the solar
> system as seen from earth.  Throw in day and night cycles too.
> 
> It would be kinda' cool if someone could create an outline for a macro
> that calculates the positions of various stars in the sky in such a way
> that it would be easy for others to add to it.  I figure the sky could
> be divided up into zones and then someone could get that section of sky
> and using star charts add all the visible stars up to about magnitude 6
> or 7. I figure with a few dozen people working on it we could have them
> all covered in a few months, though I really don't know how many stars
> this would actually cover.  Anyone know?
> 

I already have a load of #include files which correctly solve Kepler's
equation for eliptical orbits - we use them for solar system anumations

Scott Manley
spm### [at] stararmacuk

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