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Astro Tablets

A tool for dating the events in ancient Babylonian Astronomical Texts. This has been created for my Jerusalem Book (GitHub), discussing the chronology of the Neo-Babylonian empire.

Introduction: Background on Babylonian Astronomy.

User Guide: How the tool works, and how to use it and replicate the results.

Features

Support for these texts:

By computing the following:

  • A Lunar calendar (sunrise, sunset, first visibility, spring equinox)
  • Angular separation of moon, planets, stars
  • Visibility phenomena and stations of the inner and outer planets
  • Lunar eclipses and their durations
  • "Lunar Six" durations

Contributing

If you spot any issue or are confused about something please don't hesitate to raise a ticket on the issues page.

This project is GNU GPL-3.0 Licensed.

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