novas_timespec Struct Reference

A structure, which defines a precise instant of time that can be extpressed in any of the astronomical timescales. More...

#include <novas.h>

Data Fields
double	dut1
	[s] UT1 - UTC time difference
double	fjd_tt
	[day] Terrestrial time (TT) based fractional Julian day.
long	ijd_tt
	[day] Integer part of the Terrestrial Time (TT) based Julian Date
double	tt2tdb
	[s] TDB - TT time difference
double	ut1_to_tt
	[s] UT1 - TT time difference

Detailed Description

A structure, which defines a precise instant of time that can be extpressed in any of the astronomical timescales.

Precisions to picosecond accuracy are supported, which ought to be plenty accurate for any real astronomical application.

Since

1.1

See also

novas_set_time(), novas_get_time(), NOVAS_TIMESPEC_INIT, enum novas_timescale, timescale.c

novas_make_frame()

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

• /github/workspace/include/novas.h