There is, actually, a Mac version of XEphem but it’s slightly hidden! At the download site, there are three disk 'images' (they’re CD-ROM sized compressed tar files). Disks #2 and #3 are star catalogs, but #1: http://clearskyinstitute.com/xephem/XEphem-3.7.7-disk1.tgz contains a ready-to-run Mac XEphem. I’m going light on details here because more detailed procedures might belong elsewhere, but (a) XEphem requires the Motif GUI library (embedded in the app) and X-11 (sort of included with macOS), and (b) since the author hasn’t digitally signed the app, it needs to launched via a right-click. XEphem has a slightly 'olden' look, but it’s an impressive work. It’s author has stopped working on it but, aside from discovering more moons of Jupiter, this field changes only slowly! Comets, asteroids, and artificial earth satellites are all kept up to date from the usual sources. > On Jul 24, 2017, at 5:24 PM, Robert Fisher via Seesat-l <seesat-l_at_satobs.org> wrote: > > Yah, easiest way to install is with the MacPorts package manager. I could provide some concise instructions if anyone is interested. > >> On Jul 24, 2017, at 17:15, Dr. T.S. Kelso <ts.kelso_at_celestrak.com> wrote: >> >> Robert, >> >> XEphem is listed on CelesTrak under Unix/Linux at http://www.clearskyinstitute.com/xephem/. It shows a Mac screenshot, but does not provide a link to a Mac package that most macOS users would be looking for. - TS _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-lReceived on Tue Jul 25 2017 - 16:14:12 UTC
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