XEphem/libastro/parallax.c

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C

#include <stdio.h>
#include <math.h>
#include "astro.h"
/* given true ha and dec, tha and tdec, the geographical latitude, phi, the
* height above sea-level (as a fraction of the earths radius, 6378.16km),
* ht, and the geocentric distance rho in Earth radii(!), find the apparent
* ha and dec, aha and adec allowing for parallax.
* all angles in radians. ehp is the angle subtended at the body by the
* earth's equator.
*/
void
ta_par (double tha, double tdec, double phi, double ht, double *rho,
double *aha, double *adec)
{
static double last_phi = 1000.0, last_ht = -1000.0, xobs, zobs;
double x, y, z; /* obj cartesian coord, in Earth radii */
/* avoid calcs involving the same phi and ht */
if (phi != last_phi || ht != last_ht) {
double cphi, sphi, robs, e2 = (2 - 1/298.257)/298.257;
cphi = cos(phi);
sphi = sin(phi);
robs = 1/sqrt(1 - e2 * sphi * sphi);
/* observer coordinates: x to meridian, y east, z north */
xobs = (robs + ht) * cphi;
zobs = (robs*(1-e2) + ht) * sphi;
last_phi = phi;
last_ht = ht;
}
sphcart(-tha, tdec, *rho, &x, &y, &z);
cartsph(x - xobs, y, z - zobs, aha, adec, rho);
*aha *= -1;
range (aha, 2*PI);
}