Naval Observatory Vector Astrometry Subroutines
The Naval Observatory Vector Astrometry Software (NOVAS) is a software library for astrometry-related numerical computations. It is developed by the Astronomical Applications Department, United States Naval Observatory. Currently, NOVAS has two different editions for C and Fortran respectively.
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