10 REM PROGRAM "RISE-SET.BAS," A MBASIC PROGRAM CALCULATING THE LOCAL HOUR ANGLE 20 REM AND THE LOCAL AZMUTH OF THE RISING OF AN ASTRONOMICAL BODY 30 REM GIVEN ITS DECLINATION AND THE OBSERVERS LATITUDE 40 REM REVISED 4-19-1985, MIKE FINERTY, TUCSON 50 REM *********************************************************************** 60 PI = 3.1415926# 70 CONST = 1.00273790926# 80 INPUT "DECLINATION OF BODY IN DEC. DEGREES";D 90 INPUT "LATITUDE OF OBSERVER IN DEGREES.MINS "; LAT 100 DEC = D*PI/180 110 LATITUDE = 100/60*(LAT - INT(LAT))+INT(LAT) 120 L = LATITUDE*PI/180 130 TEST = ABS(DEC) 140 IF TEST > PI/2-ABS(L) THEN 470 150 LHACOS = - TAN(L)*TAN(DEC) 160 AZCOS = SIN(DEC)/COS(L) 170 LHA =PI/2-ATN(LHACOS/(1-LHACOS^2)^.5) 180 AZ = PI/2-ATN(AZCOS/(1-AZC0S^2)^.5) 190 AZ = AZ/PI*180 200 LHA=LHA/PI*12 210 LHA = 24-LHA 220 PRINT "RISING AZMUTH =";AZ;"DEGREES, SETTING AZMUTH =";360-AZ;"DEGREES" 230 PRINT "LHA RISING =";LHA;"HOURS, LHA SETTING =";24-LHA;"HOURS" 240 PRINT "OBJECT VISIBLE FOR";2*(24-LHA);"HOURS." 250 PRINT "ALTITUDE AT UPPER CULMINATION (TRANSIT) =";90-ABS(L-DEC)*180/PI;"DEGREES" 260 IF DEC = L THEN PRINT "CULMINATION AT ZENITH" 270 IF DEC>L THEN PRINT "TRANSIT NORTH OF ZENITH" 280 IF DEC