You can put the file in a different location. Then you need to provide the full path at run time in the environment variable JPLEPH, or you can set the full path at build time of the program that imports the package, like this:
go build -ldflags "-X github.com/pebbe/novas.JPLephFile=/opt/opt_local/novas/JPLEPH" program.goTo see if this file is suitable for your system, run:
go test github.com/pebbe/novas