Almanac

class rubin_sim.site_models.Almanac(mjd_start=None, kind='quadratic')

Bases: object

Class to load and return pre-computed information about the LSST site.

Methods Summary

get_planet_positions(mjd)
get_sun_moon_positions(mjd)	All angles in Radians.
get_sunset_info(mjd)	Returns a numpy array with mjds for various events (sunset, moonrise, sun at -12 degrees alt, etc.).
mjd_indx(mjd)

Methods Documentation

get_planet_positions(mjd)

get_sun_moon_positions(mjd)

All angles in Radians. moonPhase between 0 and 100.

get_sunset_info(mjd)

Returns a numpy array with mjds for various events (sunset, moonrise, sun at -12 degrees alt, etc.). Also the integer night number.

mjd_indx(mjd)