For a solar system object and a period of time, get the object's ephemerides from JPL Horizons, and display them as a (complex) plot showing the visibility and observability of the object.
It uses astroquery.jplhorizons to get the ephemerides from JPL. The plots are taylored for my observing programs...
usage: Visibility.py [-h] [-f OUTFILE] [-o OBJECT] [-s START] [-e END] [-d DELTAMAX]
options:
-f OUTFILE, --outFile OUTFILE
Root of the output file (no extension)
-o OBJECT, --object OBJECT
Designation of the object; must be resolved by Horizon; in case of doubt use the Unique JPL ID (in the ephem header, 1st line Rec #:
-s START, --start START
Start time, YYYY-MM-DD
-e END, --end END End time, a YYYY-MM-DD
-d DELTAMAX, --deltaMax DELTAMAX
Max value of Delta for plot; leave to 0 for auto.
Example:
