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The NOVAS C astrometry library, made better.

- [API documentation](https://smithsonian.github.io/SuperNOVAS/apidoc/html/files.html).
- [SuperNOVAS pages](https://smithsonian.github.io/SuperNOVAS) on github.io, including
- [SuperNOVAS pages](https://smithsonian.github.io/SuperNOVAS) on github.io

[SuperNOVAS](https://github.com/Smithsonian/SuperNOVAS/) is a C/C++ astronomy software library, providing
high-precision astrometry such as one might need for running an observatory or a precise planetarium program. It is a
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for different observer locations, if need be, via `novas_change_observer()`.

Note that without a proper ephemeris provider for the major planets, you are invariably restricted to working with
`NOVAS_REDUCED_ACCURACY` frames, providing mas precisions only. To create `NOVAS_FULL_ACCURACY` frames, with sub
μas precision, you will you will need a high-precision ephemeris provider for the major planets (not just only the
Earth and Sun included by default), to account for gravitational bending around massive plannets. Without it, μas
accuracy cannot be ensured, in general. Therefore, attempting to construct high-accuracy frames without an appropriate
high-precision ephemeris provider will result in an error from the requisite `ephemeris()` call.
`NOVAS_REDUCED_ACCURACY` frames, providing milliarcsecond precision only. To create `NOVAS_FULL_ACCURACY` frames, with
sub-μas precision, you will you will need a high-precision ephemeris provider for the major planets (beyond the
low-precison Earth and Sun calculator included by default), to account for gravitational bending around massive
planets. Without it, μas accuracy cannot be ensured, in general. Therefore, attempting to construct high-accuracy
frames without an appropriate high-precision ephemeris provider will result in an error from the requisite
`ephemeris()` call.


#### Calculate an apparent place on sky
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