[AstroPy] Is the solar position calculation

Kelle Cruz kellecruz at gmail.com
Sat Dec 21 14:58:47 EST 2019


Maybe it’s in sunpy?
https://docs.sunpy.org/en/stable/


On Sat, Dec 21, 2019 at 2:14 PM Bruce Simonson <bruce.simonson at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Greetings,
>
> I'm new to astropy, and the mailing list.  I'm not sure (yet) how to
> search previous posts, or if there's an appropriate forum to use to post
> questions.
>
> I'm wondering if a particular solar position calculator has been
> implemented in astropy.  Here is the reference:
>
> Reda, I.; Andreas, A. (2003). Solar Position Algorithm for Solar Radiation
> Applications. 55 pp.; NREL Report No. TP-560-34302, Revised January 2008.
> <http://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy08osti/34302.pdf>
>
> Here is an implementation, from NREL, online:
>
> https://midcdmz.nrel.gov/solpos/spa.html
>
> I would like to compute solar positions, based on (most of) the parameters
> available in this solar position calculator -- ideally from a python
> module, especially astropy, if the calculator has been implemented.
>
> Sorry for the post, if this has been discussed elsewhere.
>
> Thanks,
> -Bruce
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