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More work getting MacOS build process to work. Avoid excessive number of floating point digits of output in the demo tests, so that insignificant floating point variations don't cause unit test failures.
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4.2 KiB
Python
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98 lines
4.2 KiB
Python
Executable File
#!/usr/bin/env python3
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# camera.py - by Don Cross - 2021-03-27
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#
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# Example Python program for Astronomy Engine:
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# https://github.com/cosinekitty/astronomy
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#
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# Suppose you want to photograph the Moon,
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# and you want to know what it will look like in the photo.
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# Given a location on the Earth, and a date/time,
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# this program calculates the orientation of the sunlit
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# side of the Moon with respect to the top of your
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# photo image. It assumes the camera faces directly
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# toward the Moon's azimuth and tilts upward to its
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# altitude angle above the horizon.
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#
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# To execute, run the command:
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#
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# python3 camera.py latitude longitude [yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm:ssZ]
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import sys
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import math
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import astronomy
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from astro_demo_common import ParseArgs
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def Camera(observer, time):
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tolerance = 1.0e-15
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# Calculate the topocentric equatorial coordinates of date for the Moon.
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# Assume aberration does not matter because the Moon is so close and has such a small relative velocity.
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moon_equ = astronomy.Equator(astronomy.Body.Moon, time, observer, True, False)
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# Also calculate the Sun's topocentric position in the same coordinate system.
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sun_equ = astronomy.Equator(astronomy.Body.Sun, time, observer, True, False)
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# Get the Moon's horizontal coordinates, so we know how much to pivot azimuth and altitude.
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moon_hor = astronomy.Horizon(time, observer, moon_equ.ra, moon_equ.dec, astronomy.Refraction.Airless)
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print('Moon horizontal position: azimuth = {:0.3f}, altitude = {:0.3f}'.format(moon_hor.azimuth, moon_hor.altitude))
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# Get the rotation matrix that converts equatorial to horizontal coordintes for this place and time.
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rot = astronomy.Rotation_EQD_HOR(time, observer)
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# Modify the rotation matrix in two steps:
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# First, rotate the orientation so we are facing the Moon's azimuth.
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# We do this by pivoting around the zenith axis.
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# Horizontal axes are: 0 = north, 1 = west, 2 = zenith.
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# Tricky: because the pivot angle increases counterclockwise, and azimuth
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# increases clockwise, we undo the azimuth by adding the positive value.
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rot = astronomy.Pivot(rot, 2, moon_hor.azimuth)
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# Second, pivot around the leftward axis to bring the Moon to the camera's altitude level.
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# From the point of view of the leftward axis, looking toward the camera,
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# adding the angle is the correct sense for subtracting the altitude.
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rot = astronomy.Pivot(rot, 1, moon_hor.altitude)
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# As a sanity check, apply this rotation to the Moon's equatorial (EQD) coordinates and verify x=0, y=0.
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vec = astronomy.RotateVector(rot, moon_equ.vec)
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# Convert to unit vector.
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radius = vec.Length()
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vec.x /= radius
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vec.y = abs(vec.y / radius) # prevent "-0"
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vec.z = abs(vec.z / radius) # prevent "-0"
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print('Moon check:', vec.format('0.8f'))
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if abs(vec.x - 1.0) > tolerance:
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print("Excessive error in moon check (x).")
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return 1
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if abs(vec.y) > tolerance:
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print("Excessive error in moon check (y).")
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return 1
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if abs(vec.z) > tolerance:
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print("Excessive error in moon check (z).")
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return 1
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# Apply the same rotation to the Sun's equatorial vector.
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# The x- and y-coordinates now tell us which side appears sunlit in the camera!
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vec = astronomy.RotateVector(rot, sun_equ.vec)
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# Don't bother normalizing the Sun vector, because in AU it will be close to unit anyway.
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print('Sun vector:', vec.format('0.8f'))
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# Calculate the tilt angle of the sunlit side, as seen by the camera.
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# The x-axis is now pointing directly at the object, z is up in the camera image, y is to the left.
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tilt = math.degrees(math.atan2(vec.z, vec.y))
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print('Tilt angle of sunlit side of the Moon = {:0.3f} degrees counterclockwise from up.'.format(tilt))
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illum = astronomy.Illumination(astronomy.Body.Moon, time)
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print('Moon magnitude = {:0.2f}, phase angle = {:0.2f} degrees.'.format(illum.mag, illum.phase_angle))
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angle = astronomy.AngleFromSun(astronomy.Body.Moon, time)
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print('Angle between Moon and Sun as seen from Earth = {:0.2f} degrees.'.format(angle))
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return 0
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if __name__ == '__main__':
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observer, time = ParseArgs(sys.argv)
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sys.exit(Camera(observer, time))
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