KSAlmanac Class Reference

#include <ksalmanac.h>

Public Member Functions
	KSAlmanac ()
double	getDawnAstronomicalTwilight ()
double	getDuskAstronomicalTwilight ()
double	getMoonRise ()
double	getMoonSet ()
double	getSunRise ()
double	getSunSet ()
QTime	moonRise ()
QTime	moonSet ()
void	setDate (KStarsDateTime *newdt)
void	setLocation (GeoLocation *m_geo)
QTime	sunRise ()
QTime	sunSet ()
double	sunZenithAngleToTime (double z)

Detailed Description

A class that implements methods to find sun rise, sun set, twilight begin / end times, moon rise and moon set times.

Implement methods to find important times in a day

Author

Prakash Mohan

Version

1.0

Definition at line 42 of file ksalmanac.h.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

KSAlmanac::KSAlmanac

(

)

Definition at line 33 of file ksalmanac.cpp.

Member Function Documentation

double KSAlmanac::getDawnAstronomicalTwilight ( )

inline

Definition at line 68 of file ksalmanac.h.

double KSAlmanac::getDuskAstronomicalTwilight ( )

inline

Definition at line 67 of file ksalmanac.h.

double KSAlmanac::getMoonRise ( )

inline

Definition at line 65 of file ksalmanac.h.

double KSAlmanac::getMoonSet ( )

inline

Definition at line 66 of file ksalmanac.h.

double KSAlmanac::getSunRise ( )

inline

All the functions returns the fraction of the day as their return value.

Definition at line 63 of file ksalmanac.h.

double KSAlmanac::getSunSet ( )

inline

Definition at line 64 of file ksalmanac.h.

QTime KSAlmanac::moonRise ( )

inline

Definition at line 72 of file ksalmanac.h.

QTime KSAlmanac::moonSet ( )

inline

Definition at line 73 of file ksalmanac.h.

void KSAlmanac::setDate

(

KStarsDateTime *

newdt

)

Set the date for computations to the given date.

Parameters

The	new date to set as a KStarsDateTime

Definition at line 130 of file ksalmanac.cpp.

void KSAlmanac::setLocation

(

GeoLocation *

m_geo

)

Set the location for computations to the given location.

Parameters

The	location to set for computations

Definition at line 135 of file ksalmanac.cpp.

QTime KSAlmanac::sunRise ( )

inline

Definition at line 70 of file ksalmanac.h.

QTime KSAlmanac::sunSet ( )

inline

Definition at line 71 of file ksalmanac.h.

double KSAlmanac::sunZenithAngleToTime

(

double

z

)

Convert the zenithal distance of the sun to fraction of the day.

Parameters

z	Zenithal angular distance

Returns

Time as a fraction of the day, at which the zenithal distance is attained by the sun

Note

This is accurate only for zenithal angles close to sunset. TODO: Make this more accurate

Definition at line 141 of file ksalmanac.cpp.

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:

• ksalmanac.h
• ksalmanac.cpp