Celestial Tracker

This is for any celestial object you want to track it can vary from:

• Sun

• Moon

• Satellite, etc

class src.component_managers.sources.Satellite1(lat, lon, alt)

Class of geostationary or any other satellite or source.

get_sat1_az_el()

This method outputs a satellite’s current Az and El.

class src.component_managers.sources.Satellite2(lat, lon, alt, name)

Class to get source Az and El using the source name

class src.component_managers.sources.Sun(lat, lon, alt)

Class sun containing all it’s attributes.

calc_position_sun(track_time)

Calculates Sun’s Az and El

Returns:

timestamp, azimuth and elevation of the Sun.

get_sun_az_el(sun_time)

This method outputs the Sun’s current Az and El.