Sirius Observation Study

This is a small Python JupyterLab project to dynamically model the heliacal rising of the star Sirius for a given place and date, so as to assist with planning an observation run.

It's intended solely for personal development and combines my interest in Python coding with some basic astronomy concepts. It demonstrates the use of the Astropy and Astroplan packages to fetch realtime positions of the Sun, Sirius, and Moon. It uses dimensionalized values, transforms them to a local observation context, confirms their rise times, and plots their positions with Matplotlib.

To preview this workbook:

sirius_obs_study.ipynb

To setup this workbook:

Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/aramis-dm/sirius_obs_study.git
cd sirius_obs_study

Create and activate a virtual environment:

python -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate  

Update pip and install the requirements:

python -m pip install pip --upgrade
pip install -r requirements.txt

Run JupyterLab workbook

jupyter lab sirius_obs_study.ipynb