/** This program generates a digital sundial. */ use sun.frink lat = 40 deg North long = 105 deg West d = now[] g = new graphics //for date = beginningOfDayPlus[d, 0] + 6 hours to beginningOfDayPlus[d, 0] + 18 hours step 1 hour for hour = 6 hours to 18 hours step 1/2 hour for date = beginningOfYearPlus[d, 0] + hour to beginningOfYearPlus[d, 1] step 1 day { // Azimuth-altitude [az,alt] = refractedSunAzimuthAltitude[date, lat, long] // Change Meeus convention to have 180 deg as south. az = (az+180 deg) mod circle if (alt > 0 deg) { print["$date\t"] // print[format[ra, deg, 5] + "\t" + format[decl, deg, 5] + "\t"] print[format[az mod circle, deg, 5] + "\t" + format[alt, deg, 5] + "\t"] // x y z angle toward the sun // The y axis is positive toward south. // // x = r * cos[alt] sin[az] // y = r * cos[alt] cos[az] // z = r * sin[alt] // // Inverse: // r = sqrt[x^2 + y^2 + z^2] // alt = arcsin[z / r] (if r != 0) // az = arctan[x,y] x = cos[alt] sin[az] y = cos[alt] cos[az] z = sin[alt] print[format[x, 1, 5] + "\t" + format[y, 1, 5] + "\t" + format[z, 1, 5]] // print[format[lambda, deg, 5] + "\t" + format[beta, deg, 5]] println[] g.fillEllipseCenter[(az-180 deg) cos[-alt], -alt, 1 deg, 1 deg] } } g.show[]