DSS

class Astronomy.DSN_coordinates.DSS(number)

Bases: ephem.Observer

Observer suclass class for DSN stations based on xephem Observer

For use with xephem.

of this class::

lon - east longitude (radians) lat - north latitude (radians) elevation - altitude (meters) timezone - difference (hours) from UTC name - diam - diameter (m) xyz - geocentric Cartesian coordinates

Notes

• long is an alias for lon.

• Longitudes are measured eastwards.

Examples

In [8]: import ephem as E

In [18]: LA = E.city(“Los Angeles”) In [19]: LA.long, LA.lat Out[19]: (-2.0637416211957023, 0.5943236044502173) In [20]: print(LA.long, LA.lat) -118:14:37.3 34:03:08.0

In [25]: from Astronomy.DSN_coordinates import DSS In [26]: dss14 = DSS(14) In [27]: dss14.long, dss14.lat Out[27]: (-2.0400918530711474, 0.6182990806837911) In [28]: print(dss14.long, dss14.lat) -116:53:19.2 35:25:33.3

Attributes Summary

name

Attributes Documentation

name