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Added ephemeris download

Posted: April 6th, 2020, 2:55 pm
by jsachs
I recently revived a program I wrote more than twenty years ago to compute rise and set times and locations for the sun and moon given a date and location. There is now a download link to it on the Downloads page, just below the Moon calendars.

Re: Added ephemeris download

Posted: April 6th, 2020, 4:35 pm
by doug
I still have that program on my computer sixteen years later. Is the program "revised" or merely the identical thing, "revived".

Re: Added ephemeris download

Posted: April 6th, 2020, 5:03 pm
by jsachs
I had to make some minor changes, including allowing the entry of years past 2019 and revising the help file.

Re: Added ephemeris download

Posted: April 7th, 2020, 6:47 am
by MarkT
Cool little calculator. Not sure why, but when I open the Help file, the headings are listed but there is no content.
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It reminded me to look for the moon this morning:
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Thank you!

Re: Added ephemeris download

Posted: April 7th, 2020, 7:31 am
by jsachs
It works here, but I made a slight change that may help -- try downloading it again.

Re: Added ephemeris download

Posted: April 7th, 2020, 7:49 am
by MarkT
Okay, ver 3.0.0.1 downloaded, but sorry to say that did not improve things.

Re: Added ephemeris download

Posted: April 7th, 2020, 7:50 am
by jsachs
If you just double-click the chm file does it come up?

Re: Added ephemeris download

Posted: April 7th, 2020, 8:02 am
by MarkT
Yes, I tried that too. The Help window opens up, the list of contents is displayed, but the contents panel is blank
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Re: Added ephemeris download

Posted: April 7th, 2020, 8:48 am
by jsachs
OK, try 3.0.0.2 -- it has no help file, just a pdf manual which is launched from the help menu.

Re: Added ephemeris download

Posted: April 7th, 2020, 9:04 am
by MarkT
That's a perfect solution.