Fix #301 with new URL for Hipparcos; Version 1.15

skyfielders · Nov 20, 2019 · 72528e7 · 72528e7
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diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -3,8 +3,12 @@ Changelog
 
 .. currentmodule:: skyfield.positionlib
 
-Next
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+1.15 — 2019 November 20
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+* Changed the URL for the Hipparcos catalog, because the VizieR archives
+  FTP server is no longer responding.
+  `#301 <https://github.com/skyfielders/python-skyfield/issues/301>`_
 
 * Added a :func:`~skyfield.almanac.dark_twilight_day()` function that
   not only handles sunrise and sunset but also all three kinds of

diff --git a/skyfield/data/hipparcos.py b/skyfield/data/hipparcos.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 from skyfield.units import Angle
 
 days = T0 - 2448349.0625
-URL = 'ftp://cdsarc.u-strasbg.fr/cats/I/239/hip_main.dat.gz'
+URL = 'http://cdsarc.u-strasbg.fr/ftp/cats/I/239/hip_main.dat.gz'
 url = URL  # old name, in case anyone used it
 
 def parse(line):