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- 10 REM *** THIS IS PROGRAM FIXER.BAS A MBASIC PROGRAM TO CAULCULATE ***
- 20 REM ****************** ALTITUDE AND AZMUTH *************************
- 30 REM *** FROM LATITUDE, RIGHT ASCENTION, DECLINATION SIDERIAL ***
- 40 REM ****************************TIME********************************
- 50 REM *********ALL UNITS IN DECIMAL DEGREES OR HOURS *************
- 60 REM *** BY MIKE FINERTY ***********************22 AUGUST 1985 ******
- 70 REM %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
- 80 PI = 3.1415926#
- 90 C1 = 3.1415926#/180
- 100 C2 = 1/C1
- 110 INPUT "LATITUDE IS: ", LAT
- 120 LAT = LAT*C1
- 130 INPUT "RIGHT ASCENTION = ", RA
- 140 RA = RA * 15 * C1
- 150 INPUT "DECLINATION = ", DEC
- 160 DEC = DEC * C1
- 170 INPUT "SIDEARIAL TIME = ", SIDTIME
- 180 SIDTIME = SIDTIME * 15 * C1
- 190 LHA = SIDTIME - RA
- 200 ALTSIN = SIN(LAT)*SIN(DEC) + COS(LAT)*COS(DEC)*COS(LHA)
- 210 ALTCOS = (1-ALTSIN^2)^.5
- 220 ALT = ATN(ALTSIN/ALTCOS)
- 230 ALTITUDE = ALT*C2
- 240 AZCOS = (SIN(DEC)-SIN(ALT)*SIN(LAT))/(COS(ALT)*COS(LAT))
- 250 AZSIN = COS(DEC)*SIN(LHA)/COS(ALT)
- 260 AZ = ATN(AZSIN/AZCOS)
- 270 AZMUTH = ABS(AZ*C2)
- 290 IF AZSIN <0 AND AZCOS <0 THEN AZMUTH = 180 - AZMUTH
- 300 IF AZSIN >0 AND AZCOS <0 THEN AZMUTH = 180 + AZMUTH
- 305 IF AZSIN >0 AND AZCOS >0 THEN AZMUTH = 360 - AZMUTH
- 320 PRINT "ALTITUDE = ";ALTITUDE
- 330 PRINT "AZMUTH = "; AZMUTH
- 340 IF ALTITUDE <0 THEN PRINT "OBJECT BELOW HORIZON"
- 350 PRINT "DO YOU WANT ANOTHER OBJECT? Y/N? "
- 360 INPUT A$
- 370 IF A$ = "Y" THEN 130
- E <0 THEN PRINT "OBJECT BELOW HORIZON"