// The MIT License (MIT) // // Copyright (c) 2018 Nathan Osman // // Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy // of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to // deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the // rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or // sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is // furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: // // The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in // all copies or substantial portions of the Software. // // THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR // IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, // FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE // AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER // LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING // FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS // IN THE SOFTWARE. use crate::DEGREE; /// Declination calculates one of the two angles required to locate a point on /// the celestial sphere in the equatorial coordinate system. The ecliptic /// longitude parameter must be in degrees. pub fn declination(ecliptic_longitude: f64) -> f64 { f64::asin(f64::sin(ecliptic_longitude * DEGREE) * 0.39779) / DEGREE } #[cfg(test)] mod tests { use approx::assert_relative_eq; #[test] fn test_prime_meridian() { assert_relative_eq!(super::declination(281.08372), -22.97753, epsilon = 0.00001) } }