driver.ted.astro
Class T_Sidereal

java.lang.Object
  driver.ted.astro.T_Sidereal

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

public class T_Sidereal
extends java.lang.Object
implements java.io.Serializable

Title: T_Sidereal Description: This class will be used to calculate and return sidereal times Copyright: (c) 2001 - 2006

Version:

1.1

Author:

Ted Driver

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

T_Sidereal()
Constructor

Method Summary

double	getApparentSiderealTime(T_JulianDate JD) The apparent sidereal time in degrees at the specified julian date.
double	getSiderealTime(T_JulianDate JD) Returns the Sideral Time at Greenwich in degrees
static void	main(java.lang.String[] args) Test program

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

T_Sidereal

public T_Sidereal()

Constructor

Method Detail

getSiderealTime

public double getSiderealTime(T_JulianDate JD)

Returns the Sideral Time at Greenwich in degrees

Parameters:

JD - The T_JulianDate object defining the time for which the sidereal time is desired

Returns:

Sidereal time in degrees

getApparentSiderealTime

public double getApparentSiderealTime(T_JulianDate JD)

The apparent sidereal time in degrees at the specified julian date.

Parameters:

JD - T_JulianDate object defining the julian date for which the sidereal time is desired

Returns:

Apparent sidereal time in degrees

main

public static void main(java.lang.String[] args)

Test program

Parameters:

args - args