Re: Solar math

2018-03-23 Thread Yvon Massé
+0200 From: Dan-George Uza<cerculdest...@gmail.com> To: Sundial List<sundial@uni-koeln.de> Subject: Solar math Message-ID: <cacouayotq_cqidqzgcwrj7o4pqf1r6gt+wbu+jwyaamfmhv...@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Dear all, given the azi

Fwd: Solar math

2018-03-22 Thread Gian Casalegno
-03-22 21:00 GMT+01:00 Subject: Re: Solar math To: Gian Casalegno <gian.casale...@gmail.com> Hi Dan, Another, free solution would be to use www.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/grad/solcalc/. After giving in latitude, date and time, it provides solar azimut and altitude (= elevation). I have used it t

Re: Solar math

2018-03-22 Thread Gian Casalegno
Dan, the program AlmSun by Rafał Tomasik can compute the instant when the sun reaches the desired azimuth and height. More info can be found at http://almsun.pl/en/ Actually it is not freeware but it requires a small payment (it was 19 $ two years ago). Ciao. Gian 2018-03-22 15:47 GMT+01:00

Re: Solar math

2018-03-22 Thread Bill Gottesman
I don't know any software, but my approach would be: 1. Use Altitude and Azimuth and Latitude to calculate Declination (straightforwad Spherical Trig calculation. If you need formula, it will take me a moment to come up with it) 2. Calculate dates for the declination (longitude/time zone will

Solar math

2018-03-22 Thread Dan-George Uza
Dear all, given the azimuth and altitude of a point in the sky, what would be the best way of finding the dates and times during which the Sun reaches that point? Is there any software for this? Dan Uza ---