Stellarium software and the occultation of Aldebaran observed by Copernicus

Amelia Carolina Sparavigna (1)

1 Polito - Politecnico di Torino = Polytechnic of Turin

Here we propose an example of the use of Stellarium software for simulating a phenomenon of 1497, the lunar occultation of Aldebaran observed by Nicolaus Copernicus. We will also use CalSKY for the phase of the moon.

Mots clés: History of Science; Nicolaus Copernicus; Stellarium software; History of Astronomy

Domaines: Histoire, Philosophie et Sociologie des sciences; Histoire de la Physique [physics.hist-ph]; Astrophysique [astro-ph]

Amelia Carolina Sparavigna. Stellarium software and the occultation of Aldebaran observed by Copernicus. Philica, 2017, 2017 (923). ⟨hal-01435500⟩