# The core functionalty of PyEphem lives in the C-language _libastro # module, which packages the astronomy routines from XEphem as # convenient Python types. import ephem._libastro as _libastro import re from datetime import datetime as _datetime from datetime import timedelta as _timedelta from datetime import tzinfo as _tzinfo from math import acos, cos, isnan, pi, sin from time import localtime as _localtime __version__ = '4.1.6' # As a favor, compile a regular expression that our C library would # really rather not compile for itself. _libastro._scansexa_split = re.compile(r''' \s*:\s* # A colon optionally surrounded by whitespace, | # or, (? precision and f1 != f0: x0, x1 = x1, x1 + (x1 - x0) / (f0/f1 - 1) f0, f1 = f1, f(x1) return x1 # Find equinoxes and solstices. _sun = Sun() # used for computing equinoxes def holiday(d0, motion, offset): """Function that assists the finding of equinoxes and solstices.""" def f(d): _sun.compute(d) return (_sun.ra + eighthpi) % quarterpi - eighthpi d0 = Date(d0) _sun.compute(d0) angle_to_cover = motion - (_sun.ra + offset) % motion if abs(angle_to_cover) < tiny: angle_to_cover = motion d = d0 + 365.25 * angle_to_cover / twopi return date(newton(f, d, d + hour)) def previous_vernal_equinox(date): """Return the date of the previous vernal equinox.""" return holiday(date, -twopi, 0) def next_vernal_equinox(date): """Return the date of the next vernal equinox.""" return holiday(date, twopi, 0) def previous_summer_solstice(date): """Return the date of the previous summer solstice.""" return holiday(date, -twopi, pi + halfpi) def next_summer_solstice(date): """Return the date of the next summer solstice.""" return holiday(date, twopi, pi + halfpi) def previous_autumnal_equinox(date): """Return the date of the previous autumnal equinox.""" return holiday(date, -twopi, pi) def next_autumnal_equinox(date): """Return the date of the next autumnal equinox.""" return holiday(date, twopi, pi) def previous_winter_solstice(date): """Return the date of the previous winter solstice.""" return holiday(date, -twopi, halfpi) def next_winter_solstice(date): """Return the date of the next winter solstice.""" return holiday(date, twopi, halfpi) # Common synonyms. next_spring_equinox = next_vernal_equinox previous_spring_equinox = previous_vernal_equinox next_fall_equinox = next_autumn_equinox = next_autumnal_equinox previous_fall_equinox = previous_autumn_equinox = previous_autumnal_equinox # More-general functions that find any equinox or solstice. def previous_equinox(date): """Return the date of the previous equinox.""" return holiday(date, -pi, 0) def next_equinox(date): """Return the date of the next equinox.""" return holiday(date, pi, 0) def previous_solstice(date): """Return the date of the previous solstice.""" return holiday(date, -pi, halfpi) def next_solstice(date): """Return the date of the next solstice.""" return holiday(date, pi, halfpi) # Find phases of the Moon. _moon = Moon() # used for computing Moon phases def _find_moon_phase(d0, motion, target): """Function that assists the finding of moon phases.""" def f(d): _sun.compute(d) _moon.compute(d) slon = _libastro.eq_ecl(d, _sun.g_ra, _sun.g_dec)[0] mlon = _libastro.eq_ecl(d, _moon.g_ra, _moon.g_dec)[0] return (mlon - slon - antitarget) % twopi - pi antitarget = target + pi d0 = Date(d0) f0 = f(d0) angle_to_cover = (- f0) % motion if abs(angle_to_cover) < tiny: angle_to_cover = motion d = d0 + 29.53 * angle_to_cover / twopi return date(newton(f, d, d + hour)) def previous_new_moon(date): """Return the date of the previous New Moon.""" return _find_moon_phase(date, -twopi, 0) def next_new_moon(date): """Return the date of the next New Moon.""" return _find_moon_phase(date, twopi, 0) def previous_first_quarter_moon(date): """Return the date of the previous First Quarter Moon.""" return _find_moon_phase(date, -twopi, halfpi) def next_first_quarter_moon(date): """Return the date of the next First Quarter Moon.""" return _find_moon_phase(date, twopi, halfpi) def previous_full_moon(date): """Return the date of the previous Full Moon.""" return _find_moon_phase(date, -twopi, pi) def next_full_moon(date): """Return the date of the next Full Moon.""" return _find_moon_phase(date, twopi, pi) def previous_last_quarter_moon(date): """Return the date of the previous Last Quarter Moon.""" return _find_moon_phase(date, -twopi, pi + halfpi) def next_last_quarter_moon(date): """Return the date of the next Last Quarter Moon.""" return _find_moon_phase(date, twopi, pi + halfpi) # We provide a Python extension to our _libastro "Observer" class that # can search for circumstances like transits. class CircumpolarError(ValueError): pass class NeverUpError(CircumpolarError): pass class AlwaysUpError(CircumpolarError): pass def describe_riset_search(method): if method.__doc__ is None: return method method.__doc__ += """, returning its date. The search starts at the `date` of this `Observer` and is limited to the single circuit of the sky, from antitransit to antitransit, that the `body` was in the middle of describing at that date and time. If the body did not, in fact, cross the horizon in the direction you are asking about during that particular circuit, then the search must raise a `CircumpolarError` exception like `NeverUpError` or `AlwaysUpError` instead of returning a date. """ return method class Observer(_libastro.Observer): """A location on earth for which positions are to be computed. An `Observer` instance allows you to compute the positions of celestial bodies as seen from a particular latitude and longitude on the Earth's surface. The constructor takes no parameters; instead, set its attributes once you have created it. Defaults: `date` - the moment the `Observer` is created `lat` - zero latitude `lon` - zero longitude `elevation` - 0 meters above sea level `horizon` - 0 degrees `epoch` - J2000 `temp` - 15 degrees Celsius `pressure` - 1010 mBar """ __slots__ = [ 'name' ] elev = _libastro.Observer.elevation def copy(self): o = self.__class__() o.date = self.date o.lat = self.lat o.lon = self.lon o.elev = self.elev o.horizon = self.horizon o.epoch = self.epoch o.temp = self.temp o.pressure = self.pressure return o __copy__ = copy def __repr__(self): """Return a useful textual representation of this Observer.""" return ('' % (str(self.date), str(self.epoch), self.lon, self.lat, self.elevation, self.horizon, self.temp, self.pressure)) def compute_pressure(self): """Set the atmospheric pressure for the current elevation.""" # Formula from the ISA Standard Atmosphere self.pressure = (1013.25 * (1 - 0.0065 * self.elevation / 288.15) ** 5.2558761132785179) def _compute_transit(self, body, start, sign, offset): """Internal function used to compute transits.""" if isinstance(body, EarthSatellite): raise TypeError( 'the next and previous transit methods do not' ' support earth satellites because of their speed;' ' please use the higher-resolution next_pass() method' ) def f(d): self.date = d body.compute(self) return degrees(offset - sidereal_time() + body.g_ra).znorm if start is not None: self.date = start sidereal_time = self.sidereal_time body.compute(self) ha = sidereal_time() - body.g_ra ha_to_move = (offset - ha) % (sign * twopi) if abs(ha_to_move) < tiny: ha_to_move = sign * twopi d = self.date + ha_to_move / twopi result = Date(newton(f, d, d + minute)) return result def _previous_transit(self, body, start=None): """Find the previous passage of a body across the meridian.""" return self._compute_transit(body, start, -1., 0.) def _next_transit(self, body, start=None): """Find the next passage of a body across the meridian.""" return self._compute_transit(body, start, +1., 0.) def _previous_antitransit(self, body, start=None): """Find the previous passage of a body across the anti-meridian.""" return self._compute_transit(body, start, -1., pi) def _next_antitransit(self, body, start=None): """Find the next passage of a body across the anti-meridian.""" return self._compute_transit(body, start, +1., pi) def previous_transit(self, body, start=None): """Find the previous passage of a body across the meridian.""" original_date = self.date d = self._previous_transit(body, start) self.date = original_date return d def next_transit(self, body, start=None): """Find the next passage of a body across the meridian.""" original_date = self.date d = self._next_transit(body, start) self.date = original_date return d def previous_antitransit(self, body, start=None): """Find the previous passage of a body across the anti-meridian.""" original_date = self.date d = self._previous_antitransit(body, start) self.date = original_date return d def next_antitransit(self, body, start=None): """Find the next passage of a body across the anti-meridian.""" original_date = self.date d = self._next_antitransit(body, start) self.date = original_date return d def disallow_circumpolar(self, declination): """Raise an exception if the given declination is circumpolar. Raises NeverUpError if an object at the given declination is always below this Observer's horizon, or AlwaysUpError if such an object would always be above the horizon. """ if abs(self.lat - declination) >= halfpi: raise NeverUpError('The declination %s never rises' ' above the horizon at latitude %s' % (declination, self.lat)) if abs(self.lat + declination) >= halfpi: raise AlwaysUpError('The declination %s is always' ' above the horizon at latitude %s' % (declination, self.lat)) @describe_riset_search def previous_rising(self, body, start=None, use_center=False): """Search for the given body's previous rising""" return self._find_rise_or_set(body, start, use_center, -1, True) @describe_riset_search def previous_setting(self, body, start=None, use_center=False): """Search for the given body's previous setting""" return self._find_rise_or_set(body, start, use_center, -1, False) @describe_riset_search def next_rising(self, body, start=None, use_center=False): """Search for the given body's next rising""" return self._find_rise_or_set(body, start, use_center, +1, True) @describe_riset_search def next_setting(self, body, start=None, use_center=False): """Search for the given body's next setting""" return self._find_rise_or_set(body, start, use_center, +1, False) def _find_rise_or_set(self, body, start, use_center, direction, do_rising): if isinstance(body, EarthSatellite): raise TypeError( 'the rising and settings methods do not' ' support earth satellites because of their speed;' ' please use the higher-resolution next_pass() method' ) original_pressure = self.pressure original_date = self.date try: self.pressure = 0.0 # otherwise geometry doesn't work if start is not None: self.date = start prev_ha = None while True: if isnan(self.date): raise ValueError('cannot find a next rising or setting' ' if the date is NaN') body.compute(self) horizon = self.horizon if not use_center: horizon -= body.radius if original_pressure: horizon = unrefract(original_pressure, self.temp, horizon) abs_target_ha = self._target_hour_angle(body, horizon) if do_rising: target_ha = - abs_target_ha # rises in east (az 0-180) else: target_ha = abs_target_ha # sets in west (az 180-360) ha = body.ha difference = target_ha - ha if prev_ha is None: difference %= tau # force angle to be positive if direction < 0: difference -= tau bump = difference / tau if abs(bump) < default_newton_precision: # Already at target event: move forward to next one. bump += direction else: difference = _plusminus_pi(difference) bump = difference / tau if abs(bump) < default_newton_precision: break self.date += bump prev_ha = ha if abs_target_ha == _slightly_more_than_pi: raise AlwaysUpError('%r is above the horizon at %s' % (body.name, self.date)) if abs_target_ha == _slightly_less_than_zero: raise NeverUpError('%r is below the horizon at %s' % (body.name, self.date)) return self.date finally: if self.pressure != original_pressure: self.pressure = original_pressure body.compute(self) self.date = original_date def _target_hour_angle(self, body, alt): lat = self.lat dec = body.dec arg = (sin(alt) - sin(lat) * sin(dec)) / (cos(lat) * cos(dec)) if arg < -1.0: return _slightly_more_than_pi elif arg > 1.0: return _slightly_less_than_zero return acos(arg) def next_pass(self, body, singlepass=True): """Return the next rising, culmination, and setting of a satellite. If singlepass is True, return next consecutive set of ``(rising, culmination, setting)``. If singlepass is False, return ``(next_rising, next_culmination, next_setting)``. """ if not isinstance(body, EarthSatellite): raise TypeError( 'the next_pass() method is only for use with' ' EarthSatellite objects because of their high speed' ) result = _libastro._next_pass(self, body) # _libastro behavior is singlepass=False if ((not singlepass) or (None in result) or (result[4] >= result[0])): return result # retry starting just before next_rising obscopy = self.copy() # Almost always 1 minute before next_rising except # in pathological case where set came immediately before rise obscopy.date = result[0] - min(1.0/1440, (result[0] - result[4])/2) result = _libastro._next_pass(obscopy, body) if result[0] <= result[2] <= result[4]: return result raise ValueError("this software is having trouble with those satellite parameters") del describe_riset_search # Time conversion. def _convert_to_seconds_and_microseconds(date): """Converts a PyEphem date into seconds""" microseconds = int(round(24 * 60 * 60 * 1000000 * date)) seconds, microseconds = divmod(microseconds, 1000000) seconds -= 2209032000 # difference between epoch 1900 and epoch 1970 return seconds, microseconds def localtime(date): """Convert a PyEphem date into naive local time, returning a Python datetime.""" seconds, microseconds = _convert_to_seconds_and_microseconds(date) y, m, d, H, M, S, wday, yday, isdst = _localtime(seconds) return _datetime(y, m, d, H, M, S, microseconds) class _UTC(_tzinfo): ZERO = _timedelta(0) def utcoffset(self, dt): return self.ZERO def dst(self, dt): return self.ZERO def __repr__(self): return "" UTC = _UTC() def to_timezone(date, tzinfo): """"Convert a PyEphem date into a timezone aware Python datetime representation.""" seconds, microseconds = _convert_to_seconds_and_microseconds(date) date = _datetime.fromtimestamp(seconds, tzinfo) date = date.replace(microsecond=microseconds) return date # Coordinate transformations. class Coordinate(object): def __init__(self, *args, **kw): # Accept an optional "epoch" keyword argument. epoch = kw.pop('epoch', None) if epoch is not None: self.epoch = epoch = Date(epoch) if kw: raise TypeError('"epoch" is the only keyword argument' ' you can use during %s instantiation' % (type(self).__name__)) # Interpret a single-argument initialization. if len(args) == 1: a = args[0] if isinstance(a, Body): a = Equatorial(a.a_ra, a.a_dec, epoch = a.a_epoch) for cls in (Equatorial, Ecliptic, Galactic): if isinstance(a, cls): # If the user omitted an "epoch" keyword, then # use the epoch of the other object. if epoch is None: self.epoch = epoch = a.epoch # If we are initialized from another of the same # kind of coordinate and epoch, simply copy the # coordinates and epoch into this new object. if isinstance(self, cls) and epoch == a.epoch: self.set(*a.get()) return # Otherwise, convert. ra, dec = a.to_radec() if epoch != a.epoch: ra, dec = _libastro.precess( a.epoch, epoch, ra, dec ) self.from_radec(ra, dec) return raise TypeError( 'a single argument used to initialize %s() must be either' ' a coordinate or a Body, not an %r' % (type(a).__name__,) ) # Two arguments are interpreted as (ra, dec) or (lon, lat). elif len(args) == 2: self.set(*args) if epoch is None: self.epoch = epoch = Date(J2000) else: raise TypeError( 'to initialize %s you must pass either a Body,' ' another coordinate, or two coordinate values,' ' but not: %r' % (type(self).__name__, args,) ) class Equatorial(Coordinate): """An equatorial sky coordinate in right ascension and declination.""" def get(self): return self.ra, self.dec def set(self, ra, dec): self.ra, self.dec = hours(ra), degrees(dec) to_radec = get from_radec = set class LonLatCoordinate(Coordinate): """A coordinate that is measured with a longitude and latitude.""" def set(self, lon, lat): self.lon, self.lat = degrees(lon), degrees(lat) def get(self): return self.lon, self.lat @property def long(self): return self.lon @long.setter def long(self, value): self.lon = value class Ecliptic(LonLatCoordinate): """An ecliptic latitude and longitude.""" def to_radec(self): return _libastro.ecl_eq(self.epoch, self.lon, self.lat) def from_radec(self, ra, dec): self.lon, self.lat = _libastro.eq_ecl(self.epoch, ra, dec) class Galactic(LonLatCoordinate): """A galactic latitude and longitude.""" def to_radec(self): return _libastro.gal_eq(self.epoch, self.lon, self.lat) def from_radec(self, ra, dec): self.lon, self.lat = _libastro.eq_gal(self.epoch, ra, dec) # For backwards compatibility, provide lower-case names for our Date # and Angle classes, and also allow "Lon" to be spelled "Long". date = Date angle = Angle LongLatCoordinate = LonLatCoordinate # Catalog boostraps. Each of these functions imports a catalog # module, then replaces itself with the function of the same name that # lives inside of the catalog. def star(name, *args, **kwargs): """Load the stars database and return a star.""" global star import ephem.stars star = ephem.stars.star return star(name, *args, **kwargs) def city(name): """Load the cities database and return a city.""" global city import ephem.cities city = ephem.cities.city return city(name)