Astronomical Calendar: Sun and Moon Ephemerides and Twilight Calculator

The Astronomical Calendar is a software package for automated calculations of the celestial coordinates (ephemerides) of the Sun and Moon. It computes the times of sunrise and sunset, the boundaries of civil, nautical, and astronomical twilight, and lunar phases, based on the geographic coordinates of the observing site and its time zone. A web-based implementation is hosted at the Fesenkov Astrophysical Institute and is available in Kazakh, Russian, and English. The service allows users to obtain ephemerides for any location on Earth and export results as tables (including PDF output). The Astronomical Calendar is widely used for planning observations with robotic telescopes and for estimating natural illumination conditions. The web page of the Astronomical Calendar is available at: https://fai.kz/calendar/calendar_eng.php

Web implementation of the Astronomical Calendar developed at the Fesenkov Astrophysical Institute. Computes Sun and Moon ephemerides, sunrise/sunset times, twilight boundaries, and lunar phases for arbitrary geographic coordinates and time zones. Interface is available in Kazakh, Russian, and English, with PDF export options. Intended for observation planning and general astronomical use. The Astronomical Calendar web tool can also be accessed at: https://fai.kz/calendar/calendar_eng.php

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Source https://dc.g-vo.org/rr/q/lp/custom/fai.kz/soft_astro_calendar/q/astrocal-web
Related Identifier https://dachs.fai.kz/soft_astro_calendar/q/astrocal-web/info
Related Identifier https://fai.kz/calendar/calendar_eng.php
Metadata Access http://dc.g-vo.org/rr/q/pmh/pubreg.xml?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_b2find&identifier=ivo://fai.kz/soft_astro_calendar/q/astrocal-web
Provenance
Creator Fesenkov Astrophysical Institute
Publisher Fesenkov Astrophysical Institute
Publication Year 2023
OpenAccess true
Contact FAI NVO Team <vo(at)fai.kz>
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Resource Type Dataset
Discipline Astrophysics and Astronomy; Interdisciplinary Astronomy; Natural Sciences; Observational Astronomy; Physics; Solar System Astronomy