Solar Eclipse Calculations

This project demonstrates solar eclipse computations in Python, including:

• Eclipse search over a specified date range
• Besselian elements calculation
• Gamma value computation
• Maximum eclipse location (central eclipses)
• Start and end times of the eclipse
• Eclipse path plotting

The project uses Skyfield for astronomical calculations, along with custom modules for Besselian and eclipse-related computations.

Requirements

• Python 3.14
• JPL Development Ephemerides (DEXXX) files located in the ephem/ directory

How to Run

This project supports execution using uv, a fast Python package manager and runner.

To run the main eclipse computation script:

uv run main.py

Notes

Accuracy may drift significantly when computing eclipses more than ±1000 years from the present.

Results have been compared against: https://ytliu.epizy.com/eclipse/solar_general.html