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Software

NOVAS—Naval Observatory Vector Astrometry Software

NOVAS info

NOVAS is an integrated package of routines for computing various commonly needed quantities in positional astronomy. Available as Fortran, C, or Python source code.
Current version: 3.1 [Updated March 2011].

Free to DoD and civilian customers - see the NOVAS pages.

Information for DoD Users   (CAC required)

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NavPac and Compact Data

This product is a publication of His Majesty's Nautical Almanac Office (HMNAO) of the United Kingdom. The NavPac software, supplied on CD-ROM, enables navigators to easily compute their position at sea from observations made with a sextant. Compact Data, the book supplied with NavPac, provides simple, efficient and consistent formulae and methods for calculating the positions of the Sun, Moon, navigational planets, and stars, as well as sight reduction using a personal computer or programmable calculator.

Standards Of Fundamental Astronomy (SOFA) Libraries

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