brightstars

Documentation

Overview

Interface for the Yale Bright Star Catalog. See http://tdc-www.harvard.edu/catalogs/bsc5.readme.

Schema information for the Yale Bright Star Catalog. See http://tdc-www.harvard.edu/catalogs/bsc5.readme.

Index

• func LoadBrightStars() (*solarsystempb.BrightStars, error)
• type BrightStar
  • func NewBrightStar(row string) (*BrightStar, error)
  • func (s *BrightStar) Declination() float64
  • func (s *BrightStar) Intensity() float64
  • func (s *BrightStar) RightAscension() float64

Functions

func LoadBrightStars

func LoadBrightStars() (*solarsystempb.BrightStars, error)

LoadBrightStars downloads, processes, and returns the bright stars of the Yale Bright Stars Catalog.

Types

type BrightStar

type BrightStar struct {
	// contains filtered or unexported fields
}

BrightStar represents a row of the bright stars catalog.

func NewBrightStar

func NewBrightStar(row string) (*BrightStar, error)

NewBrightStar creates a bright star entry from a catalog row.

func (*BrightStar) Declination

func (s *BrightStar) Declination() float64

Declination of the star in radians.

func (*BrightStar) Intensity

func (s *BrightStar) Intensity() float64

Intensity is the visual intensity of the star relative to the dimmest star in the catalog. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apparent_magnitude#Calculations for details.

func (*BrightStar) RightAscension

func (s *BrightStar) RightAscension() float64

RightAscension of the star in radians.