Ephemeris Settings (MacOS)

Ephemeris Settings are accessed via the Gear button at the top of the Ephemeris tab. These settings effect only the Ephemeris tabs.

The Ephemeris display settings are accessed via the gear button. Clicking that button display the following dialog which can be used to set:

• Time Zone andTime for data shown in the tables.
• Data Precision – long or short format.
• Color Scheme – color scheme used to display the ephemeris tables.
• Tropical or Sidereal – This setting is no longer global and relates only to the ephemeris tables displayed in the Ephemeris Tab. The sidereal setting uses the Ayanamsa selected in iPhemeris Preferences.
• Geocentric, Topocentric, Heliocentric – Topocentric and Heliocentric are only available with the Extended Ephemeris. See the iPhemeris store to purchase Extended Ephemeris.

Time Zone & Ephemeris Hour
This setting controls what time zone and hour each row of data in the Ephemeris tables uses. The tables will show the data in the selected Time Zone at the selected Ephemeris Hour.

• Time Zone – It uses standard Time Zone notation. Locations West of Greenwich are negative (-) and East are positive (+). It does not auto adjust for Summer/Winter time.
• Ephemeris Hour – Sets the hour in the the selected Time Zone.

Examples

1. For a Noon GMT Ephemeris, set a Time Zone of UTC (GMT) 00:00 with an Hour of 12.
2. For a Midnight Ephemeris is your Time Zone, set the Time Zone to your time zone and the Hour to 00:00.
3. For a New York Stock Market Ephemeris, set the Time Zone to -5:00 (or -4 during summer time) and the Ephemeris Hour to 9:30.