osgEphemeris::CelestialBodyData Struct Reference

A container to keep information about the current position of a celestial body. More...

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Public Attributes
char	name [64]
double	rightAscension
double	declination
double	magnitude
double	azimuth
double	alt

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Detailed Description

A container to keep information about the current position of a celestial body.

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Member Data Documentation

double osgEphemeris::CelestialBodyData::alt

Altitude of the position of the celestial body. This is computed and filled in by the EphemerisEngine at run time from the rightAscension and Declination, using the current sidereal time.

double osgEphemeris::CelestialBodyData::azimuth

Azimuth of the position of the celestial body. This is computed and filled in by the EphemerisEngine at run time from the rightAscension and Declination, using the current sidereal time.

double osgEphemeris::CelestialBodyData::declination

The current declination of the celestial body. Declination refers to the angle above the horizon the celestial body is.

double osgEphemeris::CelestialBodyData::magnitude

The magnitude of this celestial body. Used for determining brightness in the sky

char osgEphemeris::CelestialBodyData::name[64]

The name of the Celestial body

double osgEphemeris::CelestialBodyData::rightAscension

The current right ascension of the celestial body. Right ascension is the angle of rotation from directly north and rotating clockwise that the position of the celestial body projects to on the current tangent plane.

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The documentation for this struct was generated from the following file:

• EphemerisData

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