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diff --git a/man/man1/astro.html b/man/man1/astro.html new file mode 100644 index 00000000..f410421c --- /dev/null +++ b/man/man1/astro.html @@ -0,0 +1,125 @@ +<head> +<title>astro(1) - Plan 9 from User Space</title> +<meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv=Content-Type> +</head> +<body bgcolor=#ffffff> +<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%> +<tr height=10><td> +<tr><td width=20><td> +<tr><td width=20><td><b>ASTRO(1)</b><td align=right><b>ASTRO(1)</b> +<tr><td width=20><td colspan=2> + <br> +<p><font size=+1><b>NAME </b></font><br> + +<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=2><td><tr><td width=20><td> + + astro – print astronomical information<br> + +</table> +<p><font size=+1><b>SYNOPSIS </b></font><br> + +<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=2><td><tr><td width=20><td> + + <tt><font size=+1>astro</font></tt> [ <tt><font size=+1>−dlpsatokm</font></tt> ] [ <tt><font size=+1>−c</font></tt> n ] [ <tt><font size=+1>−C</font></tt> d ] [ <tt><font size=+1>−e</font></tt> <i>obj1 obj2</i> ]<br> + +</table> +<p><font size=+1><b>DESCRIPTION </b></font><br> + +<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=2><td><tr><td width=20><td> + + <i>Astro</i> reports upcoming celestial events, by default for 24 hours + starting now. The options are:<br> + <tt><font size=+1>d</font></tt> Read the starting date. A prompt gives the input format.<br> + <tt><font size=+1>l</font></tt> Read the north latitude, west longitude, and elevation of the + observation point. A prompt gives the input format. If <tt><font size=+1>l</font></tt> is missing, + the initial position is read from the file <tt><font size=+1>/usr/local/plan9/sky/here</font></tt>.<br> + <tt><font size=+1>c</font></tt> Report for <i>n</i> (default 1) successive days.<br> + <tt><font size=+1>C</font></tt> Used with <tt><font size=+1>−c</font></tt>, set the interval to <tt><font size=+1>d</font></tt> days (or fractions of days).<br> + <tt><font size=+1>e</font></tt> Report distance between the centers of objects, in arc seconds, + during eclipses or occultations involving <i>obj1</i> and <i>obj2</i>.<br> + <tt><font size=+1>p</font></tt> Print the positions of objects at the given time rather than + searching for interesting conjunctions. For each, the name is + followed by the right ascension (hours, minutes, seconds), declination + (degrees, minutes, seconds), azimuth (degrees), elevation (degrees), + and semidiameter (arc seconds). For the sun and + + <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=2><td><tr><td width=20><td> + + moon, the magnitude is also printed. The first line of output + presents the date and time, sidereal time, and the latitude, longitude, + and elevation.<br> + + </table> + <tt><font size=+1>s</font></tt> Print output in English words suitable for speech synthesizers.<br> + <tt><font size=+1>a</font></tt> Include a list of artificial earth satellites for interesting + events. (There are no orbital elements for the satellites, so + this option is not usable.)<br> + <tt><font size=+1>t</font></tt> Read ΔT from standard input. ΔT is the difference between ephemeris + and universal time (seconds) due to the slowing of the earth’s + rotation. ΔT is normally calculated from an empirical formula. + This option is needed only for very accurate timing of occultations, + eclipses, etc.<br> + <tt><font size=+1>o</font></tt> Search for stellar occultations.<br> + <tt><font size=+1>k</font></tt> Print times in local time (‘kitchen clock’) as described in the + <tt><font size=+1>timezone</font></tt> environment variable.<br> + <tt><font size=+1>m</font></tt> Includes a single comet in the list of objects. This is modified + (in the source) to refer to an approaching comet but in steady + state usually refers to the last interesting comet (currently + Hale-Bopp, C/1995 O1).<br> + +</table> +<p><font size=+1><b>FILES </b></font><br> + +<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=2><td><tr><td width=20><td> + + <tt><font size=+1>/usr/local/plan9/sky/estartab<br> + </font></tt> + <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=2><td><tr><td width=20><td> + + ecliptic star data<br> + + </table> + <tt><font size=+1>/usr/local/plan9/sky/here<br> + </font></tt> + <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=2><td><tr><td width=20><td> + + default latitude (N), longitude (W), and elevation (meters)<br> + + </table> + +</table> +<p><font size=+1><b>SOURCE </b></font><br> + +<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=2><td><tr><td width=20><td> + + <tt><font size=+1>/usr/local/plan9/src/cmd/astro<br> + </font></tt> +</table> +<p><font size=+1><b>SEE ALSO </b></font><br> + +<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=2><td><tr><td width=20><td> + + <a href="../man1/scat.html"><i>scat</i>(1)</a><br> + +</table> +<p><font size=+1><b>BUGS </b></font><br> + +<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=2><td><tr><td width=20><td> + + The <tt><font size=+1>k</font></tt> option reverts to GMT outside of 1970-2036.<br> + +</table> + +<td width=20> +<tr height=20><td> +</table> +<!-- TRAILER --> +<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%> +<tr height=15><td width=10><td><td width=10> +<tr><td><td> +<center> +<a href="../../"><img src="../../dist/spaceglenda100.png" alt="Space Glenda" border=1></a> +</center> +</table> +<!-- TRAILER --> +</body></html> |