RainbowTracker

This app shows the positions of Rainbow and Moonbow in Python

The project uses Skyfield for astronomical calculations

Requirements

• Python 3.x
• JPL Development Ephemerides (DEXXX) files located in local directory (already included)
• Windows 11 ONLY

How to use the app

Click the left mouse and Drag to view the positions. Click the "+" or "-" to add or sub seconds, minutes, hours. Click the "Now" to undo all changes of time to current time. The "Stop" pauses and unpauses the time.

How to Run (.exe file)

Go to the releases section, Download the latest version of the RainbowTrackerExecutable and click the main.exe

How to Run (Raw python file)

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

To run the main Eclipse computation script (on the folder):

uv run main.py

After doing some changes and you want to convert back to a normal .exe file, use this command pyinstaller main.pyw --onefile --windowed --collect-all panda3d --collect-all ursina and put the DejaVuSans.ttf, icon.ico and your dexxx.bsp file in the dist folder