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‎astroquery/jplhorizons/__init__.py

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'DEC_(r-app)': ('DEC_app', 'deg'),
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'dRA*cosD': ('RA_rate', 'arcsec/hour'),
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'd(DEC)/dt': ('DEC_rate', 'arcsec/hour'),
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'I_dRA*cosD': ('RA_ICRF_rate', 'arcsec/hour'), # both *_rate and *_ICRF_rate may be present
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'I_d(DEC)/dt': ('DEC_ICRF_rate', 'arcsec/hour'),
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'I_dRA*cosD': ('RA_ICRF_rate_app', 'arcsec/hour'),
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'I_d(DEC)/dt': ('DEC_ICRF_rate_app', 'arcsec/hour'),
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'Azi_(a-app)': ('AZ', 'deg'),
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'Elev_(a-app)': ('EL', 'deg'),
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'Azimuth_(a-app)': ('AZ', 'deg'),

‎astroquery/jplhorizons/core.py

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| true_anom | True Anomaly (float, deg, ``Tru_Anom``) |
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+------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
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| hour_angle | local apparent hour angle (string, |
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| | sexagesimal angular hours, ``L_Ap_Hour_Ang``) |
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| hour_angle | local apparent hour angle (float, |
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| | hour, ``L_Ap_Hour_Ang``) |
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| alpha_true | true phase angle (float, deg, ``phi``) |
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| PABLat | phase angle bisector latitude |
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| | (float, deg, ``PAB-LAT``) |
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+------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
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| App_Lon_Sun | apparent target-centered longitude of the Sun |
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| | (float, hour, ``App_Lon_Sun``) |
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+------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
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| RA_ICRF_app | airless apparent right ascension of the target|
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| | in the ICRF |
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| | (float, hour, ``RA_(ICRF-a-app)``) |
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+------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
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| DEC_ICRF_app | airless apparent declination of the target |
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| | in the ICRF |
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| | (float, deg, ``DEC_(ICRF-a-app)``) |
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+------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
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| RA_ICRF_rate_app | RA rate of change in the targets' ICRF |
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| | multiplied by the cosine of declination |
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| | (float, arcsec/hour, ``I_dRA*cosD``) |
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+------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
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| DEC_ICRF_rate_app| DEC rate of change in the targets' ICRF |
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| | (float, arcsec/hour, ``I_d(DEC)/dt``) |
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+------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
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| Sky_motion | Total apparent angular rate in the plane-of- |
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| | sky |
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| | (float, arcsec/minute, ``Sky_motion``) |
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+------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
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| Sky_mot_PA | position angle direction of motion in the |
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| | plane-of-sky |
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| | (float, deg, ``Sky_mot_PA``) |
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+------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
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| RelVel-ANG | flight path angle of the target's relative |
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| | motion with respect to the observer's |
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| | line-of-sight |
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| | (float, deg, ``RelVel-ANG``) |
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+------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
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| Lun_Sky_Brt | Sky brightness due to moonlight |
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| | (float, mag, ``Lun_Sky_Brt``) |
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| sky_SNR | approximate visual signal-to-noise ratio of |
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| | the target's brightness divided by lunar sky |
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| | brightness |
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| | (float, unitless, ``sky_SNR``) |
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Parameters

‎astroquery/jplhorizons/tests/test_jplhorizons_remote.py

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"App_Lon_Sun": 309.1603680 * u.deg,
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"RA_ICRF_app": 188.70238 * u.deg,
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"DEC_ICRF_app": 9.09628 * u.deg,
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"RA_ICRF_rate": 35.17809 * u.arcsec / u.hour,
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"DEC_ICRF_rate": -2.74321 * u.arcsec / u.hour,
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"RA_ICRF_rate_app": 35.17809 * u.arcsec / u.hour,
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"DEC_ICRF_rate_app": -2.74321 * u.arcsec / u.hour,
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"Sky_motion": 0.5880814 * u.arcsec / u.minute,
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"Sky_mot_PA": 94.457576 * u.deg,
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"RelVel-ANG": -53.53947 * u.deg,

‎docs/jplhorizons/jplhorizons.rst

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to the request use the ``optional_settings`` passing a key-value
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:meth:`~astroquery.jplhorizons.HorizonsClass.ephemerides` queries by default all
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:meth:`~astroquery.jplhorizons.HorizonsClass.ephemerides` queries by default most
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available quantities from the JPL Horizons servers. This might take a while. If
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you are only interested in a subset of the available quantities, you can query
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only those. The corresponding optional parameter to be set is ``quantities``.

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