XEphem \eks-i-'fem\ n. [X Window System + Ephemeris] (1990) : 1. From Xceptional Astronomical Software by Jeff Medkeff, Sky and Telescope magazine February 2000, page 65: "XEphem, the brainchild of programmer Elwood Downey, is a star-charting, sky-simulating, ephemeris-generating celestial virtuoso that can do just about everything ... what's not to like?" From X Marks the Spot by David Ratledge, Sky and Telescope magazine August 2002, page 67: "If everyday sky charting is all you want, then one of several more user-friendly and cheaper Windows packages will suffice. However, that's not what XEphem is all about. It's for those who need that little extra and are willing to put the effort in to achieve it. If, like me, you are in that category then I would certainly recommend XEphem." 2. The scientific-grade interactive astronomical ephemeris software package for UNIX-like* systems. Written in C, X11 and Motif with full source code freely available, easily ported to systems including: Mac OSX Intel (screen shot) Linux FreeBSD Solaris AIX HP-UX OpenVMS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ephem -- ephemeris program for 24x80 character display If you are looking for a screen-based astronomical ephemeris program with that retro look, or just want something very small and efficient, try ephem. It was written almost 30 years ago in C and still compiles on just about any UNIX platform (including Linux and Mac OS X) and even VMS and Windows. The output is always 24 rows and 80 columns, just like the old glass TTYs. Reproducible: Steps to Reproduce:
URL: http://www.clearskyinstitute.com/xephem/ and http://www.clearskyinstitute.com/ephem/index.html => http://www.clearskyinstitute.com/xephem/
CC'ing Joseph, since I know he's quite interested in astronomical software.
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