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measures.rise - Function

1.4.1 get rise and set sidereal time


Description

rise will give the rise/set hour-angles of a source. It needs the position in the frame, and a time. If the latter is not set, the current time will be used.

Arguments

Inputs

crd

direction of source (direction measure)

allowed:

any

Default:

variant

ev

elevation angle limit

allowed:

any

Default:

variant 0.0deg

Returns
record

Example

 
 
# NOT IMPLEMENTED  
print "\t----\t rise Ex 1 \t----"  
print me.rise(me.direction(’sun’))  
#[rise=[value=267.12445, unit=deg], set=[value=439.029964, unit=deg]]  
print qa.form.long(me.rise(me.direction(’sun’)).rise)  
#17:48:29.868  
#  
 

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