Visual
SAT-Flare Tracker 3D
LOCAL SETTINGS - WINDOW
This
window allows the user to set the main parameters of the observing
site. The window consists in a few fields as shown in the
following picture:
Fig. 1
The
WGS84 Earth model is employed to compute the observer coordinates. All
the values have to be entered in decimal degrees and meters. The
available fields are:
- Latidude: this
is the geodetic latitude of the observer's site. Positive values for
the northern hemisphere and negative values for the southern hemisphere.
- Longitude: this is the longitude of the observer' site.
- Altitude: this is the altitude of the observer's site above the ellipsoid.
- Time Zone: this is the time zone of the observer's site. As an example, for UTC-5 time zone please enter -5.
- Station Code: this is 4 digit code used to identify the observer's site into IOD reports.
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By
Simone Corbellini
