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Added Python demo constellation.py that shows how to search for when a body crosses the border between two constellations.
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# Astronomy Engine examples in Python
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### [Camera](camera.py)
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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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### [Constellation](constellation.py)
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This demo shows how to find what constellation a body
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is in at a given time. It also shows how to do a binary
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search to find the moment in time when a body moves
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across the border between constellations.
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### [Culmination](culminate.py)
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Finds when the Sun, Moon, and planets reach their highest position in the sky on a given date,
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as seen by an observer at a specified location on the Earth.
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Culmination is also the moment a body crosses the *meridian*, the imaginary semicircle
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in the sky that passes from due north on the horizon, through the zenith (straight up),
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and then toward due south on the horizon.
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### [Horizon Intersection](horizon.py)
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This is a more advanced example. It shows how to use coordinate
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transforms to find where the ecliptic intersects with an observer's
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horizon at a given date and time.
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### [Jupiter's Moons](jupiter_moons.py)
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Calculates the coordinates of Jupiter and its four major moons
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(Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto) as seen from the Earth
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at a given date and time. This program illustrates how to correct
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for the delay caused by the time it takes for light to reach
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the Earth from the Jupiter system.
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### [Lunar Angles](lunar_angles.py)
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This is an example of how to implement your own custom search function
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using Astronomy Engine. This program searches for the next few times
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the Moon reaches a relative ecliptic longitude with respect to another body
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(as seen from the Earth) that is a multiple of 30 degrees.
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### [Lunar Eclipse](lunar_eclipse.py)
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Calculates details about the first 10 partial/total lunar eclipses
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after the given date and time.
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### [Moon Phase Calculator](moonphase.py)
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This example shows how to determine the Moon's current phase,
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and how to predict when the next few quarter phases will occur.
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### [Positions](positions.py)
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Calculates equatorial and horizontal coordinates of the Sun, Moon, and planets.
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### [Rise/Set](riseset.py)
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Shows how to calculate sunrise, sunset, moonrise, and moonset times.
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### [Seasons](seasons.py)
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Calculates the equinoxes and solstices for a given calendar year.
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# [API Reference](../../source/python/)
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Complete documentation for all the functions and types available
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in the Python version of Astronomy Engine.
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