Ephemerides of variable stars

Interactive computer program for computing ephemerides of eclipsing binary stars.

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1. Description

Ephemerides is a computer program which computes times of minima of eclipsing binary stars. The data of variable stars are read from several catalogue files. It is intended to be used off-line, no internet connection is required at run-time. The current version works in the MS Windows 98 SE, 2000, XP, Vista and Windows 7, 8.1 and 10. It is intended for visual, CCD and PE observers.

The graphical user interface is very simple and intuitive. It can be run in the two operation modes: the computation ephemerides for one specific night or the computation of ephemerides for a particular variable star and a season. It is possible to print the table of minima on a connected printer or save it to an ASCII, HTML or CSV file.

It is possible to build and use a custom catalogue file of your own variables.


2. Software licence

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2, as published by the Free Software Foundation.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.


3. Installation

What do I need?

A computer with MS Windows 98 SE, ME, 2000, XP, Vista or Windows 7. There are no special requirements on hardware. Program takes about 2.8 MB on your hard disk and a few megabytes of RAM.

Where can I download it?

Click on the following link and save the file to your disk. The packages also contains the electronic help in english and czech language.

Current installation package contains following catalogue files:

The BRNO catalog file was compiled using the information from the O-C gate. Because the original source does not contain some useful information, the GCVS catalog and its supplements was used to fill in the variability type, eclipse duration (D) and GSC identification.

There are also tables of predefined locations. Download the package, unpack it to the installation directory.

How shall I install it?

Download the binary installation package (see above). Save it to your disk and start. The installation package contains simple wizard, which will guide you through the rest of the installation. It doesn't require rebooting the computer.

Where can I get help?

The electronic help is included in the installation. You can open it from the 'Start' menu or in the application main window by clicking on the button with the question mark on the toolbar. When everything has failed, please contact the author.

How to uninstall it?

Run 'uninstall' program in the installation directory or open the Control panel and use the 'Install or remove program' tool.

Is the source code also available?

Yes, there is a package with source codes. It's been written in Borland Delphi 7.


4. Author

Ing. David Motl, E-mail


5. Bug reports

Send bug reports, comments, suggestions to the mailbox: E-mail


6. History

Version 1.20 (July 27, 2018)
Version 1.19 (April 10, 2017)
Version 1.18
Version 1.17 (October 7, 2015)
Version 1.16 (June 29, 2014)
Version 1.15 (June 18, 2013)
Version 1.14 (June 15, 2012)
Version 1.13 (December 23, 2011)
Version 1.12 (June 13, 2011)
Version 1.11 (December 18, 2010)
Version 1.10 (November 10, 2010)
Version 1.9 (August 3, 2010)
Version 1.8 (January 5, 2010)
Version 1.7 (January 2, 2010)
Version 1.6 (July 22, 2009)
Version 1.5 (August 23, 2008)
Version 1.4 (November 16, 2006)

7. References


8. Other software

C-Munipack

Description: The C-Munipack is the software package, which offers the complete solution for reduction of images carried out by CCD camera, intended on a observation of variable stars. Each step of reduction process can be run from the command line or via simple and intuitive graphical user interface.

Licence: GNU GPL

Home Page: http://c-munipack.sourceforge.net/


© 2010 Ing. David Motl