driver.ted.astro
Class T_SolarCoords

java.lang.Object
  driver.ted.astro.T_SolarCoords

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

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

Title: T_SolarCoords Description: This class implements the T_SolarCoords class which returns coordinates for the sun Copyright: (c) 2001 - 2006

Version:

1.1

Author:

Ted Driver

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

T_SolarCoords()
Default Constructor, calculates the coordinates with the current system time.

T_SolarCoords(T_JulianDate J)
Constructor: creates object with time defined by T_JulianDate object

Method Summary

double	getAlpha_low() Low precision Right Ascension Coordinate.
double	getDelta_low() Low precision Declination Coordinate.
static void	main(java.lang.String[] args) Test program
void	setDateTime(T_JulianDate J) Set the time for which coordinates will be calculated

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

T_SolarCoords

public T_SolarCoords()

Default Constructor, calculates the coordinates with the current system time.

T_SolarCoords

public T_SolarCoords(T_JulianDate J)

Constructor: creates object with time defined by T_JulianDate object

Parameters:

J - T_JulianDate object defining the time

Method Detail

setDateTime

public void setDateTime(T_JulianDate J)

Set the time for which coordinates will be calculated

Parameters:

J - T_JulianDate object defining the time

getAlpha_low

public double getAlpha_low()

Low precision Right Ascension Coordinate. Accurate to 0.01 degrees.

Returns:

Right Ascension in degrees (0-360)

getDelta_low

public double getDelta_low()

Low precision Declination Coordinate. Accurate to 0.01 degrees

Returns:

Declination in degrees (-180 to 180)

main

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

Test program

Parameters:

args - args