position of the sun on moonsurface

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moonhopper

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Hello,<br /><br />i am looking for a way to forcast the position of the sun for a prob on the moon surface. Its a small project for my university. I need to design a solarpanel which will follow the sun. The prob will stay on a specified location in the northern hemisphere. To design the mechanism for the panel I need to know the angels for sunrise, "noon" and sunset.<br />I want to ask you, if you know an existing program or somethinge else which can help me. <br /><br />thx for your help!
 
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MeteorWayne

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You can probably do it with the free program called Celestia.<br /><br />Andrew will be able to tell you for sure when he checks in. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080"><em><font color="#000000">But the Krell forgot one thing John. Monsters. Monsters from the Id.</font></em> </font></p><p><font color="#000080">I really, really, really, really miss the "first unread post" function</font><font color="#000080"> </font></p> </div>
 
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moonhopper

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hmm, i know celestia, but how can I get a nummerical result? I dont think this will work, or? I thought its just for nice pictures...how should I enter the coordinates for the landing site?<br />I dont think this will work in this way
 
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danhezee

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if all you need to do is track the sun with the solarpanel then you need 2 photoresistor and A2D converter. place the photoresistor on opposites of the panel. then move the panel until the resistors have the approximately the same reading. of course that is only for one axis, if you want 2 axis just add 2 more resistors <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>
 
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Hi Moonhopper,<br /><br />Welcome to SDC.<br /><br />Celestia is a difficult one to use for this (not impossible but very difficult).<br /><br />I can help you out though. I have Redshifts 4 & 5.<br /><br />If you either post here the lunar co-ordinates in latitude degrees, minutes & seconds,<br />then the second set of figures likewise in Longnitude.<br /><br />Latitude is the most important BTW, as that will determine the maximum azimuth required.<br /><br />If you prefer, PM me, said information.<br /><br />Can I ask, why & what are you involved in?<br /><br />I think I can provide you with the information you need.<br /><br />Andrew Brown. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080">"I suddenly noticed an anomaly to the left of Io, just off the rim of that world. It was extremely large with respect to the overall size of Io and crescent shaped. It seemed unbelievable that something that big had not been visible before".</font> <em><strong><font color="#000000">Linda Morabito </font></strong><font color="#800000">on discovering that the Jupiter moon Io was volcanically active. Friday 9th March 1979.</font></em></p><p><font size="1" color="#000080">http://www.launchphotography.com/</font><br /><br /><font size="1" color="#000080">http://anthmartian.googlepages.com/thisislandearth</font></p><p><font size="1" color="#000080">http://web.me.com/meridianijournal</font></p> </div>
 
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