novas_track Struct Reference

#include <novas.h>

Data Fields
novas_observable	accel
	[deg/s2,AU/s2,1/s2] Apparent position acceleration.
novas_observable	pos
	[deg,AU,1] Apparent source position
novas_observable	rate
	[deg/s,AU/s,1/s] Apparent position rate of change
novas_timespec	time
	The astronomical time for which the track is calculated.

Detailed Description

The spherical and spectral tracking position of a source, and its first and second time derivatives. As such, it may be useful for telescope drive control (position, velocity, and acceleration), or else for fast extrapolation of momentary positions without a full, and costly, recalculation of the positions at high rate over a suitable short period.

Since

1.3

Author

Attila Kovacs

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The documentation for this struct was generated from the following file:

• include/novas.h