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From: rkaminsk@risky.ecs.umass.edu (Robert D. Kaminsky)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: Unusual program
Message-ID: <1991Jun12.235450.16891@risky.ecs.umass.edu>
Date: 12 Jun 91 23:54:50 GMT
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In article <1238@ocsmd.com> glenn@zeus.ocs.com (Glenn Ford) writes:
>I am looking for a program (or algorithm, to write my own if need be)
>that, given current time of day, latitude and longitude, will calculate
>the suns current position.  Any program or existing algorithm for this??
>If there is a more proper news group, please let me know..
>

I highly recommend the book "Practical Astronomy with Your Calculator"
or "Practival Astronomy with Your Computer" by Peter Duffett-Smith.
The books lay out very easy to follow methods to calculate a very wide
variety of astronomy problems.

                                   -- Bob Kaminsky