Welcome to Kanon documentation

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Kanon is the History of Astronomy Python package and tools. Still in early development.

Current Features

units

  • Define standard positional numeral systems (BasedReal)

  • Working arithmetics on those numbers

  • Set your own precision contexts and algorithms on arithmetical operations

  • Keep track of all operations

tables

  • Build or import ancient astronomical tables

  • Perform arithmetical and statistical operations

  • Support for BasedReal values

calendars

  • Define new calendar types

  • Date conversions

How to use

Install the package with pip

pip install kanonpy

For now kanon features are only available through its Python library

import kanon.units as u

a = u.Sexagesimal(1,2,3)
b = u.Sexagesimal(2,1,59)

a + b
# 3,4,2 ;

Development

To start developing on this project you need to install the package in editable mode

git clone git@gitlab.obspm.fr:lgauffier/kanon.git
cd kanon
pip install -e .

The changes you make in the code are reflected on your Python environment