Numerical calculation of ephemerides for sun, moon and planets

Realization

  1. Studies of all astronomical relevant data of the Nasca GIS
    • geographical coordinates of the line items
    • azimuth and elevation angle of the lines
    • identification of the lines
  2. Choice of a programming language with the following characteristics
    • central library management
    • full object orientation
    • highest platform independence
    • flexible Internet functionality with modern safety standards
  3. Programming with Java
    • development of the graphical user interface
    • database connection to the Nasca GIS
    • import and export problems of records
    • development of an efficient search algorithm
  4. Implementation of astronomical algorithms
    • analytical algorithms by Montenbruck/Brown
    • date and time arithmetic and calendar systems
    • transformation of the heliocentric ecliptical coordinates into the local coordinate system
    • reducing astronomical interferences (precession, nutation, refraction, aberration, horizontal parallax)
    • considering the apparent brightness (magnitude)
  5. Supplement with additional information
    • calculate the various phases of the moon
    • beginning of the seasons between 200 BC and 800 AD
    • database with lunar and solar eclipses between 200 BC and 800 AD, according to calculations by Fred Espenak (NASA)

During the development a fine count of programs like Eclipse IDE, Code::Blocks, Adobe Photoshop, RedShift and Altova XMLSpy have been used.

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