 | Celestial Class |
The main class for handling location based celestial information.
Inheritance HierarchyNamespace: CoordinateSharp
Assembly: CoordinateSharp (in CoordinateSharp.dll) Version: 2.1.1.1-beta.2
SyntaxC#
[SerializableAttribute] public class Celestial
The Celestial type exposes the following members.
Constructors| Name | Description | |
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 | Celestial |
Creates an empty Celestial.
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 | Celestial(Double, Double, DateTime) |
Creates a Celestial object based on a location and specified date.
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Properties| Name | Description | |
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 | AdditionalSolarTimes |
Additional solar event times based on the provided date and location.
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| Apogee |
Moons apogee details based on the provided date.
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| AstrologicalSigns |
Astrological signs based on the provided date.
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| IsMoonUp |
Determine if the moon is currently up, based on moon set and moon rise time at the provided location and date.
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| IsSunUp |
Determine if the sun is currently up, based on sunset and sunrise time at the provided location and date.
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| LunarEclipse |
Lunar eclipse details.
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| MoonAltitude |
Moon altitude in degrees (E of N) (corrected for parallax and refraction).
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| MoonAzimuth |
Moon azimuth in degrees (E of N).
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| MoonCondition |
Moon's condition based on the provided date.
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| MoonDistance |
Estimated moon distance from the earth.
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| MoonIllum |
Moon illumination details based on the provided date.
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| MoonRise |
Moon rise time.
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| MoonSet |
Moon set time.
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| Perigee |
Moons perigee details based on the provided date.
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| SolarEclipse |
Solar eclipse details.
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| SunAltitude |
Sun altitude in degrees (E of N).
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| SunAzimuth |
Sun azimuth in degrees (E of N).
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| SunCondition |
Sun's Condition based on the provided date.
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| SunRise |
Sunrise time.
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| SunSet |
Sunset time.
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Methods| Name | Description | |
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 | CalculateCelestialTimes |
Calculate celestial data based on latitude, longitude and UTC date at the location.
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| CalculateMoonData |
Calculate moon data based on latitude, longitude and UTC date at the location.
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| CalculateSunData |
Calculate sun data based on latitude, longitude and UTC date at the location.
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| Celestial_LocalTime |
Converts all Celestial values to local time.
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| Equals | Determines whether the specified object is equal to the current object. (Inherited from Object.) |
 | Finalize | Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.) |
| Get_Lunar_Eclipse_Table |
Returns a List containing solar eclipse data for the century at the specified location.
Century return is based on the date passed.
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| Get_Solar_Eclipse_Table |
Returns a List containing solar eclipse data for the century at the specified location.
Century returned is based on the date passed.
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| GetApogees |
Returns Apogee object containing last and next apogees based on the specified UTC date.
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| GetHashCode | Serves as the default hash function. (Inherited from Object.) |
| GetPerigees |
Returns Perigee object containing last and next perigees based on the specified UTC date.
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| GetType | Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.) |
| Lunar_LocalTime |
Converts lunar time values to local time.
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| MemberwiseClone | Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.) |
| Solar_LocalTime |
Converts solar time values to local time.
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| ToString | Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.) |
Remarks
This class can calculate various pieces of solar and lunar data, based on location and date
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