Re: astronomical calculations


"Ron Gibbs" <ron.gibbs@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I'm working on the design of solar collection optics, and trying to
calculate the meridional and sagittal angles of the sun (for a given
altitude & elevation) relative to a tilted plane. My brain hurts!

Has anyone out there (maybe working with imaging astronomical objects with
a stationary optical system) done this and/or can point me towards useful
texts/online resources to help with the trigonometry?

TIA
Ron
I now think I can do this, using 3D rotation matrices, and transforms
between spherical polar and cartesian coordinates.
Ron


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