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I am currently using your library in a project and have a question about one of its methods. My result from doing an angular diameter calculation of Jupiter (with your method) reads 0.009806. After reading the documentation, I interpreted this number to represent 98.06 arc seconds because:
Diameter: 0°. 00' 00"
However, that does not make much sense. 0.0098° should not be read as 98 arc seconds. One arc seconds = degrees° * 3600. So 0.0098° * 3600 = 35.28''. further reading your code I realized that the output is in degrees and that further conversion is needed for the result become arc minutes or seconds. I suggest you make this clear in your documentation as to not spur further confusion.
Great library, by the way!
All the best,
Aleks T.
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Angular diameter issue
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Angular diameter issue
Angular diameter return value unit should be specified
Jan 2, 2022
EDIT:
Hey,
I am currently using your library in a project and have a question about one of its methods. My result from doing an angular diameter calculation of Jupiter (with your method) reads
0.009806
. After reading the documentation, I interpreted this number to represent 98.06 arc seconds because:Diameter: 0°. 00' 00"
However, that does not make much sense. 0.0098° should not be read as 98 arc seconds. One arc seconds = degrees° * 3600. So 0.0098° * 3600 = 35.28''. further reading your code I realized that the output is in degrees and that further conversion is needed for the result become arc minutes or seconds. I suggest you make this clear in your documentation as to not spur further confusion.
Great library, by the way!
All the best,
Aleks T.
The text was updated successfully, but these errors were encountered: