[AstroPy] Is the solar position calculation

Juan Luis Cano juanlu001 at gmail.com
Sat Dec 21 16:13:20 EST 2019


It seems that it's implemented in pvlib:

https://pvlib-python.readthedocs.io/en/stable/generated/pvlib.solarposition.get_solarposition.html

Best,

On Sat, Dec 21, 2019 at 8:59 PM Kelle Cruz <kellecruz at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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