def moon_dist(star_ra, star_dec, time_stamp):
"""
@brief: This function calculates projected distance from the Moon to a given object on the sky.
@param star_ra: The right ascension of a star given in the format: HH:MM:SS.
@param star_dec: The declination of a star given in the format: DD:MM:SS.
"""
song_site = ephem.Observer()
song_site.lat = conf.lat_obs
song_site.long = conf.long_obs
song_site.elev = conf.elev_obs
song_site.date = time_stamp
moon = ephem.Moon()
moon.compute(song_site)
# star = ephem.readdb('star,f|A0,'+str(star_ra)+','+str(star_dec)+',2000')
if len(str(star_ra).split(":")) == 1:
star_ra = song_convert_coor.COOR_CONVERTER().convert_ra(star_ra)
star_dec = song_convert_coor.COOR_CONVERTER().convert_dec(star_dec)
star = ephem.FixedBody()
star._ra = star_ra
star._dec = star_dec
star.compute(song_site)
m_d = ephem.separation(star, moon)
moon_d = float(str(m_d).split(":")[0])
return moon_d
def sun_dist(self, star_ra, star_dec):
"""
@brief: This function calculates projected distance from the Sun to a given object on the sky.
@param star_ra: The right ascension of a star given in the format: HH:MM:SS.
@param star_dec: The declination of a star given in the format: DD:MM:SS.
"""
song_site = ephem.Observer()
song_site.lat = self.obs_lat
song_site.long = self.obs_lon
song_site.elev = self.obs_elev
sun = ephem.Sun()
sun.compute(song_site)
# star = ephem.readdb('star,f|A0,'+str(star_ra)+','+str(star_dec)+',2000')
if len(str(star_ra).split(":")) == 1:
star_ra = song_convert_coor.COOR_CONVERTER().convert_ra(star_ra)
star_dec = song_convert_coor.COOR_CONVERTER().convert_dec(star_dec)
star = ephem.FixedBody()
star._ra = star_ra
star._dec = star_dec
star.compute(song_site)
sun_d = ephem.separation(star, sun)
return sun_d
def star_rise_pre(self, star_ra, star_dec):
"""
@brief: This function calculates when the object with given coordinates was rising last time.
@param star_ra: The right ascension of a star given in the format: HH:MM:SS.
@param star_dec: The declination of a star given in the format: DD:MM:SS.
"""
song_site = ephem.Observer()
song_site.lat = self.obs_lat
song_site.long = self.obs_lon
song_site.elev = self.obs_elev
# star = ephem.readdb('star,f|A0,'+str(star_ra)+','+str(star_dec)+',2000')
if len(str(star_ra).split(":")) == 1:
star_ra = song_convert_coor.COOR_CONVERTER().convert_ra(star_ra)
star_dec = song_convert_coor.COOR_CONVERTER().convert_dec(star_dec)
star = ephem.FixedBody()
star._ra = star_ra
star._dec = star_dec
star.compute(song_site)
rise_star = song_site.previous_rising(star)
return rise_star
def star_alt_at(self, star_ra='', star_dec='', time_stamp='', unit='s'):
"""
@brief: This function will calculate the altitude of an object with given coordinates at a given time seem from Teide.
@param star_ra: The right ascension of a star given in the format: HH:MM:SS.
@param star_dec: The declination of a star given in the format: DD:MM:SS.
@param time_stamp: Time of when the altitude should be calculated in the format: YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss
"""
song_site = ephem.Observer()
song_site.lat = self.obs_lat
song_site.long = self.obs_lon
song_site.elev = self.obs_elev
song_site.date = time_stamp
# star = ephem.readdb('star,f|A0,'+str(star_ra)+','+str(star_dec)+',2000')
if len(str(star_ra).split(":")) == 1:
star_ra = song_convert_coor.COOR_CONVERTER().convert_ra(star_ra)
star_dec = song_convert_coor.COOR_CONVERTER().convert_dec(star_dec)
star = ephem.FixedBody()
star._ra = star_ra
star._dec = star_dec
star.compute(song_site)
alt_star = star.alt
if unit == 's': # 's' for string
return alt_star
else: # return float value
return float(str(alt_star).split(":")[0]) + float(
str(alt_star).split(":")[1]) / 60. + float(
str(alt_star).split(":")[2]) / 3600.
def star_az(self, star_ra, star_dec):
"""
@brief: This function will determine the azimuth of an object with given coordinates at a given time.
@param star_ra: The right ascension of a star given in the format: HH:MM:SS.
@param star_dec: The declination of a star given in the format: DD:MM:SS.
"""
song_site = ephem.Observer()
song_site.lat = self.obs_lat
song_site.long = self.obs_lon
song_site.elev = self.obs_elev
# star = ephem.readdb('star,f|A0,'+str(star_ra)+','+str(star_dec)+',2000')
if len(str(star_ra).split(":")) == 1:
star_ra = song_convert_coor.COOR_CONVERTER().convert_ra(star_ra)
star_dec = song_convert_coor.COOR_CONVERTER().convert_dec(star_dec)
star = ephem.FixedBody()
star._ra = star_ra
star._dec = star_dec
star.compute(song_site)
az_star = star.az
return az_star