Standards of Fundamental Astronomy

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Standards of Fundamental Astronomy
Stable release
2023-10-11 / 2023-10-11
Written in C and Fortran
Operating system Cross-platform
Type Numerical library
License SOFA Software License
Website http://www.iausofa.org/

The Standards of Fundamental Astronomy (SOFA) software libraries are a collection of subroutines that implement official International Astronomical Union (IAU) algorithms for astronomical computations.

Contents

As of February 2009 they are available in both Fortran and C source code format.

Capabilities

The subroutines in the libraries cover the following areas:

Licensing

As of the February 2009 release, SOFA licensing changed to allow use for any purpose, provided certain requirements are met. [1] Previously, commercial usage was specifically excluded and required written agreement of the SOFA board. [2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ SOFA Software License for Issue 2009-02-01, International Astronomical Union, 2008-09-30, archived from the original on 2009-06-01, retrieved 2009-09-09.
  2. ↑ SOFA Software License for Issue 2008-03-01, International Astronomical Union, 2007-05-21, archived from the original on August 3, 2012, retrieved 2009-09-09.


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