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Class JObserve.CheckPlanets

java.lang.Object
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public class CheckPlanets

extends Object

See Also:

Ephemeris

FlagBits

An array of bit masks which when used with the Ephemeris planet codes (SUN, MOON ...) can be ORed with the return value from CheckPlanets to see if that object is too close.

CheckPlanets()

CheckPlanets(double, double, double, double, double, double[])

Check if any planets are too close to a celestial position Also checks Sun and Moon.

 public static final int FlagBits[]

An array of bit masks which when used with the Ephemeris planet codes (SUN, MOON ...) can be ORed with the return value from CheckPlanets to see if that object is too close. e.g.
boolean MoonClose = ((CheckPlanets_return | FlagBits[Ephemeris.Moon]) != 0);

 public CheckPlanets()

 public static int CheckPlanets(double ra,
                                double dec,
                                double IAT,
                                double sun_limit,
                                double planet_limit,
                                double AngularDistance[])

Check if any planets are too close to a celestial position Also checks Sun and Moon. A returned value of 0 indicated no objects were too close. Which objects were too close can be determined from ORing the return value with the appropriate FlagBits; a non zero value indicates that the selected object was too close.

Parameters:

the - Scan to be observed, modified if something found

double - Right ascension in radians

double - Declination in radians

double - IAT in Seconds

double - minimum allowable solar distance

double - minimum allowable planetary distance

double[] - returns with the angular distance (radians) Should contain 13 entries.

Returns:

array of bits telling which objects were too close, 0=> none. Others defined by Ephemeris (SUN, MOON...).

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