great_circle_angle¶

Astronomy.great_circle_angle(lat1, long1, lat2, long2)¶

Great circle angle between two points on a sphere

Given two positions on a sphere, return the angle between them in degrees.

:param lat1 : initial latitude in degrees :type lat1 : float

:param long1 : initial longitude in degrees :type long1 : float

:param lat2 : final latitude in degrees :type lat2 : float

:param long2 : final longitude in degrees :type long2 : float