/** I got a telescope for Christmas when I was about 6 years old. I pointed it out the window and the very first bright "star" I focused on turned out to be Saturn! What are the odds? This program calculates the position of Saturn every Christmas about 8 PM to verify my recollection. */ use planets.frink use sun.frink lat = 39.6 degrees North long = 104.9 degrees West for y = 1969 to 2020 { d = parseDate["$y-12-25 08:00 PM Mountain"] [az, alt] = Planet.Saturn.refractedAzimuthAltitude[d, lat, long] println["$d\t" + format[(az + 180 degrees) mod circle, degrees, 6] + "\t" + format[alt,degrees,6]] }