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.

Grab what you want from below:

• User Manual
• Source tarball, version 4.32
• Windows executable
• Ubuntu linux executable
• Sample ephem.cfg and ephem.db (put them in the same folder as the executable)

If you want something a little more modern, take a look at XEphem.

Enjoy!

Elwood Downey
President, Clear Sky Institute, Inc.
ecdowney@clearskyinstitute.com

Here are a few screen shots to give you an idea:

Main table:

Rise/set table:

Separations table:

Sky above: