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Changes for version 0.131 - 2024-03-16

  • Deprecate Astro::Coord::ECI::Utils subroutines date2epoch() and epoch2datetime().
  • Deal with POSIX::strftime() behavior change in Perl 5.38.9, which made formatting GMT times problematic.
  • Refurbish some of the eg/* scripts which have not kept track with API changes of various sorts.
  • Correct bug in ::TLE->__make_tle_epoch(). The fractional part was wrong for negative epochs.
  • Updates to canned magnitude table.
  • Move all tests that BAIL_OUT() into t/basic.t.

Documentation

Overview of Astro::Coord::ECI and friends
Predict satellite passes over an observer.

Modules

Manipulate geocentric coordinates
Provide common methods without multiple inheritance.
Compute the position of the Moon.
Compute the position of a star.
Compute the position of the Sun.
Compute satellite locations using NORAD orbit propagation models
Represent a set of data for the same ID.
Utility routines for astronomical calculations