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    Graduate Subtracting the proper motion resulting from movement of the Sun

    A brief cookbook can be found in Astronomy and Astrophysics, v.431, p.L1-L4 (2005) . Just in a case someone might need it sometime :).
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    Graduate Subtracting the proper motion resulting from movement of the Sun

    Hello, I have been trying to compute the velocity of the star with respect to its local medium from the proper motion measurements. Sure, you can calculate the corresponding velocities by v = 4.74*(proper motion)*distance (in suitable units), but this resulting velocity is now with respect to...
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    Python How can I properly handle exceptions in my Python program?

    Hello, thanks for all the help guys. I've managed to get the program working. I now see what I did wrong. Your post was especially helpful, Nascent.
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    Python How can I properly handle exceptions in my Python program?

    Yes, I'm aware of that. Writing prog --t --v 3 would result in a GetoptError, but I do not need to accommodate this mistake into the program. For now I'm concerned about prog --v 3 or prog --t 3 or only prog cases
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    Python How can I properly handle exceptions in my Python program?

    Hello, dear PFers. I'm currently beginning to learn Python and I got stuck at one exercise. Homework Statement Basically, I'm supposed to create a simple program that will calculate the position of an object according to the formula y(t) = v0*t - 0.5*g*t**2. Parameters v0 and t are supposed...
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    LaTeX Why Doesn't Latex Preview Work on This Forum?

    https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=8997