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/ linode_dns_update.php
Created
August 25, 2018 03:45
Update an existing Linode DNS A or AAAA record to a supplied IP address using the Linode v4 API. Can be used with the pfSense custom dynamic DNS client.
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| <?php | |
| /* An extremely basic example using PHP to update a Linode DNS entry via the | |
| Linode v4 API (<https://developers.linode.com/api/v4>). | |
| Takes an IP address as a GET parameter. | |
| Can be used with pfSense's custom Dynamic DNS service (add a new Dynamic | |
| DNS client, choose service type of 'Custom' or 'Custom (v6)' for IPv6, add | |
| an update URL of 'https://yourlinode.com/yourscript.php?ip=%IP%', and add |
abirkill
/ visual_magnitude.py
Created
July 26, 2018 00:15
Calculate the visual magnitude of a satellite (e.g. the ISS) using PyEphem
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| #!/usr/bin/env python | |
| import ephem | |
| import math | |
| ''' | |
| Takes two PyEphem objects, one for the sun and one for the satellite, and the | |
| satellite's standard magnitude value (-1.3 for the International Space Station), | |
| and calculates the visual magnitude of the satellite. | |
| ''' | |
| def calculate_visual_magnitude(sun, satellite, standard_magnitude): |