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Planet rise set

Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2024 6:23 pm
by DC1
There is a means in the program(Astro Tools) to plot all the Rise and set times for the planet.
However plotting them all each day makes it Quite difficult to see what is happening on the screen (especially with the limited colour selections)
Does anyone know how to program a limited number of them intraday so I can select which ones I wish to pay attention to on a particular day

Thanking anyone in advance of your efforts to help me achieve this.
For background information I used to program in Fortran IV so the mind bend to get what I want is rather obtuse to your programming skills.
Earik can attest to this if you wish to know.

Re: Planet rise set

Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2024 3:17 pm
by astrowork$
E.g. you don't like to see Neptune.
Change the planet's color to the background color and voila, he disappeared.

Re: Planet rise set

Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2024 6:23 pm
by astrowork$
By the way, the NQ high was rising JUP, current low MC SAT :))

Re: Planet rise set

Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2024 10:24 pm
by DC1
Yes that works but still does not allow me to use those points in intraday programing

Re: Planet rise set

Posted: Fri Mar 08, 2024 2:24 pm
by sbank
You should just be able to write a QScript for this:
Syntax:
astro_riseset(year, month, day, time, latitude, longitude, planet, return_type)

Description:
Returns the rising time, setting time, transit time (overhead), and itransit time (underneath) for a particular planet at a given geographic location on Earth. The time is returned in local time.
If you give me more specifics of what you are looking for, I can help you write the script if you need some guidance.