   This program calculates the position of the Sun,
the Moon and the planets for Mel Bartel's "Scope.exe"
program.  The program is for anytime, anywhere except
for Pluto (1885-2100 AD).  The accuracy is usually within 
+/- one arc second.  One exception is for Mercury 
(+/- 5 arc seconds) because I did not take in account
for gravity.  Sorry Albert.  The other exception is for 
the Moon (+/- 15 arc seconds) due to the complex nature 
of its orbit.
   The output of the data file is "SolarSys.dat".  The 
values are for J2000 reference frame.  The idea for the 
program was to execute it before running "Scope" 
via a batch file.
   I started this project two years ago for my own 
education.  The first theory I used was in error.  
Bumper!  After obtaining a copy of Jean Meeus' 
book "Astronomical Algorithms", I was able to succeed.  
The program takes in account for aberration, nutation 
and parallax before adjusting RA & Dec to J2000.
   I hope you find the program useful.

          Rex Kindell


For questions email me at Kindellism@netzero.net


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The "Std_In.txt" input file sets the program to 
automatically run using the computer's date/time 
plus the location data in "Locale.txt".


Format for "Locale.txt"

Longitude (deg)   W= pos
Latitude  (deg) 
Altitude (feet)
Time Zone.  USA's time zones are negative.  EST = -5

Example:
90
40
100
-4

