Contents
| Preface | 3 |
| Seasons, some constants | 5 |
| Sidereal time | 6 |
| Ephemeris of the Sun | 10 |
| Rectangular equatorial coordinates of the Sun | 26 |
| Aberration, parallax, mean longitude of the Sun, obliquity of the ecliptic, nutation in obliquity | 34 |
| Mean longitude of the Moon, mean elements of the Moon's orbit and equator | 35 |
| Ephemeris of the Moon | 36 |
| Right ascension, declination and geocentric distance of the Moon | 52 |
| Coefficients of the Tchebyshov polynomials, the Moon | 60 |
| Phases of the Moon, perigee and apogee | 60 |
| Heliocentric coordinates of the planets | 61 |
| Osculating elements of the internal planets | 66 |
| Osculating elements of the outer planets | 67 |
| Ephemeris of Mercury | 68 |
| Ephemeris of Venus | 76 |
| Ephemeris of Mars | 84 |
| Ephemeris of Jupiter | 92 |
| Ephemeris of Saturn | 100 |
| Ephemeris of Uranus | 108 |
| Ephemeris of Neptune | 116 |
| Ephemeris of Pluto | 124 |
| Position and velocity of the Earth | 126 |
| Precession and nutation | 127 |
| Terms of reductions at 0h Terrestrial Dynamical Time | 142 |
| Eclipses | 150 |
| Planetary configurations | 160 |
| Ephemeris for physical observations of the Sun | 164 |
| Ephemeris for physical observations of the Moon | 168 |
| Ephemeris for physical observations of Mercury | 176 |
| Ephemeris for physical observations of Venus | 184 |
| Ephemeris for physical observations of Mars | 188 |
| Ephemeris for physical observations of Jupiter | 196 |
| Physical data for the Sun, Moon, and major planets | 203 |
| Rotational elements of the planets | 203 |
| Ephemeris for physical observations of Saturn | 204 |
| Saturn's rings | 210 |
| Ephemeris for physical observations of Uranus | 212 |
| Ephemeris for physical observations of Neptune | 214 |
| Times of sunrise and sunset for latitudes from +30° through +70° | 216 |
| Times of moonrise and moonset for latitudes from +30° through +70° | 224 |
| Abbreviations of names of constellations | 256 |
| Abbreviations of names of catalogues | 256 |
| Mean places of stars (J2007.5) | 257 |
| Mean places of circumpolar stars (J2007.5) | 271 |
| Mean places of stars (ICRS) | 272 |
| Mean places of circumpolar stars (ICRS) | 286 |
| Terms of reductions for 0h of sidereal dynamical time | 287 |
| Second order terms of reductions | 295 |
| Apparent places of stars | 299 |
| Apparent places of circumpolar stars | 482 |
| Tables for latitude determinations from observations of Polaris | 576 |
| Table for altitudes and azimuths of Polaris | 581 |
| Earth rotation angle and Equation of the Origins | 584 |
| Celestial Intermediate Reference System | 588 |
| Matrix elements for conversion to CIRS | 592 |
Auxiliary tables
| I. | Julian dates | 601 |
| II. | Conversion of mean time to sidereal time (with accuracy 0.01s) | 606 |
| IIb. | Conversion of sidereal time to mean time (with accuracy 0.01s) | 607 |
| III. | Conversion of mean time to sidereal time (with accuracy 0.001s and 0.0001s) | 608 |
| IIIb. | Conversion of sidereal time to mean time (with accuracy 0.001s and 0.0001s) | 609 |
| IV. | Conversion of minutes and seconds to parts of gradus and
back |
610 |
| IVb. | Conversion of decimal parts of gradus to minutes and
seconds and back |
611 |
| V. | Conversion of arc to time | 612 |
| VI. | Conversion of minutes and seconds to parts of hour | 612 |
| VII. | Conversion of hours, minutes and seconds to parts of day | 613 |
| VIII. | Elements of Earth's spheroid by F.N. Krasovskij. Calculation geocentric coordinates of the Earth's surface points | 614 |
| VIIIb. | Elements of IUGG Earth's spheroid. Calculation geocentric coordinates of the Earth's surface points | 615 |
| IX. | Coefficients of Bessel's interpolation formula | 616 |
| X. | Refraction (the precision 1") | 617 |
| XI. | Refraction (the precision 0.1") | 618 |
Explanation to Astronomical Yearbook for 2007
| 1. | General remarks | 619 |
| 2. | Interpolation | 628 |
| 3. | Sidereal time | 631 |
| 4. | Transition from One Time Measure System to Another | 632 |
| 5. | Fundamental ephemeris of the Sun, the Moon, and major planets | 636 |
| 6. | Ephemeris of the Sun: the equatorial and ecliptical coordinates | 639 |
| 7. | Rectangular equatorial coordinates of the Sun | 643 |
| 8. | Mean elements of Sun's orbit. Mean elements of Moon's orbit and equator | 643 |
| 9. | Ephemeris of the Moon. Coefficients of the Tchebyshov polynomials. Phases of the Moon, perigee, apogee | 643 |
| 10. | Heliocentric coordinates of planets. Osculating elements | 645 |
| 11. | Ephemerides of the major planets | 646 |
| 12. | Position and velocity of the Earth. precession and nutation | 648 |
| 13. | Terms of reductions | 650 |
| 14. | Eclipses |
651 |
| 15. | Planetary configurations and other astronomical phenomena | 655 |
| 16. | Ephemeris for physical observations of the Sun | 655 |
| 17. | Ephemeris for physical observations of the Moon | 656 |
| 18. | Planetocentric and planetographic coordinates of the Earth and the Sun | 657 |
| 19. | Ephemeris for physical observations of planets | 659 |
| 20. | Saturn's rings | 660 |
| 21. | Times of rise and set of the Sun and Moon | 661 |
| 22. | Mean places of stars | 662 |
| 23. | Apparent places of stars | 664 |
| 24. | Apparent places of circumpolar stars | 672 |
| 25. | Tables for latitude determinations from observations of Polaris | 675 |
| 26. | Earth rotation angle and Equation of the Origins | 676 |
| 27. | Parameters of the Celestial Intermediate Reference System | 677 |
| 28. | Matrix elements for conversion from ICRS to CIRS | 677 |
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Index | 679 |