throw new Error("Description for built in functions. Must not be included!"); /** * @fileOverview * Documentation of Sun class built into dimctrl. */ /** * @namespace * * Namespace for functions returning astrometry information about the Sun. * * @author Thomas Bretz */ var Sun = { }; /** * Calculate sun rise, set and transit times. * * Calculates the sun's rise and set time, above and below horizon, * and the time of culmination (transit time) for the given time. * As a second argument the angle abov or below horizon of interest * can be provided. The calculation is done using libnova's * ln_get_solar_rst_horizon and is always performed for the FACT * site at La Palma. * * @param {Number,String} [angle=null] * Angle above (positive) or below (negative) horizon. The * angle can be given as Number in degree or as string referring to * "horizon" (0deg), "civil" (-6deg), "nautical" (-12deg), * "fact" (-15deg), "astronomical" (-18deg). Strings can be abbreviated * down to "h", "c", "n", "f" and "a". If the argument is omitted or * null, a value referring to the appearance or the disappearance of * the Sun's disk at horizon is chosen (~-0.8deg). * * @param {Date} [time=new Date()] * Date for which the times should be calculated. Note that the date * is converted to UTC and the times are calculated such that the * Date (yy/mm/dd) is identical for all returned values. * The order of time and observatory is arbitrary. * * @param {String} [observatory='ORM'] * Observatory location as defined in nova.h as a string. The default * is the FACT site ('ORM'). The order of time and observatory is * arbitrary. * * @type {Object} * * @returns * An object with the following properties is returned: time {Date} * the provided time; rise, transit, set {Date} times of rise, set and * transit; horizon {Number} the angle used for the calculation; * isUp {Boolean} whether the sun is above or below the given horizon * at th given time. If the sun does not rise or set, the properties * rise, transit and set will be undefined, isUp will refer to * the fact whether the sun is the whole day above or below the * horizon (0deg). * * @example * var date = new Date("2012-10-25 16:30 GMT"); // Date in UTC * console.out(JSON.stringify(Sun.horizon()); * console.out(JSON.stringify(Sun.horizon("astro")); * console.out(JSON.stringify(Sun.horizon(-12, date); // nautical * console.out(JSON.stringify(Sun.horizon(-12, "SPM"); * console.out(JSON.stringify(Sun.horizon(-12, "HAWC", date); * console.out(JSON.stringify(Sun.horizon(-12, date, "ORM"); */ Sun.horizon = function() { /* [native code] */ }