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Time can be an ambiguous concept in Ruby and in astronomy. In Astronoby, we often have to convert time into Julian Date, into Terrestrial Time, make mathematical operations on it, etc. This introduces `Instant`, a value object that stores an instant in time in terrestrial time as a Julian Date. It allows for conversion into `Time`, `DateTime`, `Date`, but also TAI, GMST, get ΔT, get the difference with UTC in Julian Date. It also supports comparison with other instances, and to get the difference in Julian Date with another instant.
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## 0.7.0 - 2025-05-12 _If you are upgrading: please see [UPGRADING.md]._ ### Bug fixes * Fix Moon monthly phase events calculation by @valeriy-sokoloff in ([#124]) ### Features * Add `Instant` value object ([#121]) * Introduce barycentric position of Solar System major bodies ([#127]) * Introduce Astrometric position for planets ([#129]) * Rename Barycentric into Geometric ([#130]) * Rename IRCF and remove module Position ([#131]) * Geometric and Astrometric reference frames with coordinates ([#132]) * Ecliptic coordinates for Geometric and Astrometric reference frames ([#134]) * Add Geometric and Astrometric positions for `Sun` and `Moon` ([#135]) * Implement new aberration correction ([#136]) * Precession matrix for 2006 P03 model ([#137]) * Introduce `MeanOfDate` reference frame ([#138]) * New nutation model ([#141]) * Light deflection correction ([#142]) * Introduce `Apparent` reference frame ([#143]) * Introduce `Topocentric` reference frame ([#145]) * Improve Vector integration with value objects ([#146]) * Handle refracted topocentric horizontal coordinates ([#147]) * Add `#angular_diameter` to apparent and topocentric reference frames ([#149]) * Introduce new calculator for rising, transit and setting times ([#148]) * Clean code after Ephem refactoring ([#152]) * Improve `RisingTransitSettingEventsCalculator` ([#155]) * Simplify `RisingTransitSettingEventsCalculator` ([#156]) * Lazy-load reference frames ([#157]) * Overall performance improvements ([#163]) * Add support for IMCCE INPOP by @JoelQ and @rhannequin ([#166]) * Update INPOP excerpt in spec data ([#167]) * Introduce a better rise/transit/set calculator ([#168]) * Drop `Astronoby::Observer#observe` ([#174]) ### Improvements * Bump standard from 1.42.1 to 1.49.0 by @dependabot ([#123], [#128], [#150], [#165]) * Bump rubyzip from 2.3.2 to 2.4.1 by @dependabot ([#120]) * Add more tests for Julian Date conversion ([#122]) * Upgrade main Ruby version and supported ones ([#125]) * Update email address and gem description ([#126]) * Increase precision of mean obliquity ([#133]) * Add supported Rubies ([#139]) * Set Ruby 3.4.2 as default version ([#140]) * Fix dependency secutiry patch ([#151]) * Improve HMS/DMS formats ([#153]) * Use excerpts ephemerides for specs of Sun and Moon ([#154]) * Add link to deprecated documentation ([#160]) * Default Ruby 3.4.3 and support recent rubies ([#169]) * Better Moon phases test coverage ([#172]) * Optimize Observer with GMST from Instant ([#173]) * Update README about documentation location ([#175]) * Add GitHub Actions permissions ([#176]) ### New Contributors * @valeriy-sokoloff made their first contribution in #124 * @JoelQ made their first contribution in #166 **Full Changelog**: v0.6.0...v0.7.0 [#120]: #120 [#121]: #121 [#122]: #122 [#123]: #123 [#124]: #124 [#125]: #125 [#126]: #126 [#127]: #127 [#128]: #128 [#129]: #129 [#130]: #130 [#131]: #131 [#132]: #132 [#133]: #133 [#134]: #134 [#135]: #135 [#136]: #136 [#137]: #137 [#138]: #138 [#139]: #139 [#140]: #140 [#141]: #141 [#142]: #142 [#143]: #143 [#145]: #145 [#146]: #146 [#147]: #147 [#148]: #148 [#149]: #149 [#150]: #150 [#151]: #151 [#152]: #152 [#153]: #153 [#154]: #154 [#155]: #155 [#156]: #156 [#157]: #157 [#160]: #160 [#163]: #163 [#165]: #165 [#166]: #166 [#167]: #167 [#168]: #168 [#169]: #169 [#172]: #172 [#173]: #173 [#174]: #174 [#175]: #175 [#176]: #176 [UPGRADING.md]: https://github.com/rhannequin/astronoby/blob/main/UPGRADING.md
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Time can be an ambiguous concept in Ruby and in astronomy.
In Astronoby, we often have to convert time into Julian Date, into Terrestrial Time, make mathematical operations on it, etc.
This introduces
Instant, a value object that stores an instant in time in terrestrial time as a Julian Date. It allows for conversion intoTime,DateTime,Date, but also TAI, GMST, get ΔT, get the difference with UTC in Julian Date.It also supports comparison with other instances, and to get the difference in Julian Date with another instant.