Is there a way to use PyEphem to calculate rise/set values for a list of targets? I have an astropy.tableof coordinates (in RA & Dec) for my targets and I would like to use PyEphem (or another package) to produce a further two columns with Rise & Set times for each object in the observers reference frame.
I know PyEphem has a catalog of pre-installed objects such as bright stars and planets but what I want to do is utilise its location.next_setting(ephem.Object()) and location.next_rising(ephem.Object()) functions to calculate when my list of targets will be observable, not just the bright stars and planets.
I know there are alternatives to PyEphem out there, so far I have tried to install Astroplan without success (not sure if this is stable yet), and I have looked into Skyfield but I dont see any extra capabilities on top of PyEphem just yet.
This is similar to how my table looks now, with the last two columns added on as an example of how I want it to become.
RA Dec Apparent Magnitude Rise Time Set Time
deg deg
float64 float64 float64
0.0 90.0 20.1080708665 06:04:34 22:43:17
18.9473684211 80.5263157895 22.7223534546 06:25:01 22:21:56
37.8947368421 71.0526315789 19.4416167208
56.8421052632 61.5789473684 20.7207435685
75.7894736842 52.1052631579 19.9318711443
94.7368421053 42.6315789474 23.8544483535
113.684210526 33.1578947368 15.8981196334
132.631578947 23.6842105263 24.2866475431
151.578947368 14.2105263158 15.9503148326
170.526315789 4.73684210526 16.5505303858
189.473684211 -4.73684210526 24.194771397