asteroid-tui 1.1.0

Tools for minor planets researchers: observation scheduling and planning
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asteroid_tui

asteroid-tui

Terminal tools for minor-planet researchers and enthusiasts: observation scheduling and planning from the command line.

License: GPL v3 crates.io docs.rs GitHub Downloads (all assets, all releases)

Crate: crates.io/crates/asteroid-tui · API docs: docs.rs/asteroid-tui · Repository: github.com/ziriuz84/asteroid_tui

More documentation: docs/ (architecture, config template).

Features

Available

  • Weather forecast — astronomical seeing, transparency, clouds, wind (via 7timer)
  • Sun & moon times — sunrise, sunset, twilight, moon phase (via sunrise-sunset.org)
  • Observing target list — visible minor planets and related objects for your site (via MPC What's Up)
  • Observatory settings — coordinates, horizon limits, MPC code, observer details
  • Bilingual UI — English and Italian

Planned

  • NeoCP listing
  • Object ephemeris

Installation

From crates.io (recommended)

Requires a Rust toolchain:

cargo install asteroid-tui

Pre-built binary (Linux)

Download the latest .tar.gz from GitHub Releases, extract it, and run asteroid-tui.

From source

git clone https://github.com/ziriuz84/asteroid_tui.git
cd asteroid_tui
cargo build --release
./target/release/asteroid-tui

Or install locally:

cargo install --path .

Quick start

asteroid-tui

On first run, a default configuration file is created at ~/.config/asteroid_tui/config.toml.

Use the numeric menu:

Menu Options
Main 1 Settings · 2 Scheduling · 0 Quit
Settings General (language, MPC token) · Observatory (site coordinates and limits)
Scheduling Weather forecast · Sun & moon times · Observing target list

Configure your observatory under Settings before using scheduling features that depend on your location.

Typical workflow

  1. Run asteroid-tui once so the default config file is created.
  2. Open Settings → Observatory and set latitude, longitude, altitude, and MPC code.
  3. Set language under Settings → General (en / it).
  4. Use Scheduling for weather, sun/moon times, or the observing target list.

Screenshots

Terminal screenshots can be added under docs/images/ and embedded here.

Configuration

Config path (Linux): ~/.config/asteroid_tui/config.toml

Key settings:

Section Purpose
[general] lang (en or it)
[observatory] latitude, longitude, altitude, mpc_code, horizon limits (north_altitude, etc.)

What's Up authentication: the app fetches a fresh CSRF authenticity_token from the MPC form page before each request. If scraping fails, it falls back to a built-in token (you may see a warning on stderr).

You can change language and observatory data from the in-app Settings menus.

See docs/config.example.toml for a full commented example.

Troubleshooting

Problem What to check
Weather or sun/moon errors Observatory latitude/longitude in Settings → Observatory
Target list fails or is empty Network access to MPC, date/time filters, horizon limits in Settings → Observatory
Wrong language lang in config or Settings → General (en / it)
Old version shown at startup Rebuild or reinstall; version comes from the package metadata

Data sources

Feature Source
Weather 7timer.info
Sun & moon api.sunrise-sunset.org
Target list Minor Planet Center — What's Up

Development

Prerequisites: Rust (stable), Cargo.

cargo test
cargo clippy -- -D warnings
cargo doc --no-deps --open   # API documentation locally

See CONTRIBUTING.md, docs/architecture.md, COMMIT_MESSAGES.md, and the Code of Conduct.

Release history: CHANGELOG.md.

Roadmap

  • NeoCP listing
  • Object ephemeris

Support

Open an issue or use Discussions on GitHub.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome. See CONTRIBUTING.md to get started.

Authors

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License

This project is licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.0 or later (GPL-3.0-or-later).