ASCL Code Record
[ascl:2104.003]
Hilal-Obs: Authentication agorithm for new moon visibility report
Faid, Muhamad Syazwan; Nawawi, Mohd Saiful Anwar Mohd; Nahwandi, Muhammad Syaoqi; Shariff, Nur Nafhatun Md; Hamidi, Zety Sharizat
Hilal-Obs authenticates lunar crescent first visibility reports. The code, written in Python, uses PyEphem (ascl:1112.014) for astrometrics, and takes into account all the factors that affect lunar crescent visibility, including atmospheric extinction, observer physiology, sky and lunar brightness, contrast threshold, and the type of observation.
- Bibcode:
- 2021ascl.soft04003F
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