Examples of running mcdsky.sh
Example 1: Vega on 20180530
I ran this on May30,2018 when the moon was nearly full and Vega was fairly
close to the zenith. I ran it late in the morning at UT=09:21:38 for the
UT date 20180530.
TEST1: A good star up now: Vega 18:36:56.30 +38:47:01 2000.0
% mcdsky.sh 18:36:56.30 +38:47:01 20180530 09:21:38
Summary of SKYCAL data:
Target RA,DEC : 18:36:56.30 +38:47:01.0
UT date : 20180530
UT : 09:21:38
LST : 18:56:56.01
Days since J2000.0 : 6723.889648
Julian Date : 2458268.890023
Hour Angle : 00:19:59.71 (WEST)
Target Altitude,Azimuth (degrees) : 80.907 334.547
Target airmass : 1.013
RA,DEC of Moon : 16:48:54.60 -18:16:06.0
Percentage moon illumination : 99.7000
Angle between target and moon (degrees): 65.9630
Zenith distance of target (degrees) : 9.0868
Zenith distance of moon (degrees) : 57.8088
Predicted V sky surface brightness : 17.95 (mag/sq.arcsec)
**** I go outside and see:
The moon is full, and observe the angle betweem Moon and Vega is about 60-70 degrees.
Example 2: Jupiter on 20180530
Second test - Jupiter
Jupiter Position Now: 14:53:38.70 -15:18:47.3 (J2000) (I used https://theskylive.com/jupiter-tracker)
% mcdsky.sh 14:53:38.70 -15:18:47.3 20180530 09:21:38
Summary of SKYCAL data:
Target RA,DEC : 14:53:38.70 -15:18:47.3
UT date : 20180530
UT : 09:21:38
LST : 18:56:56.01
Days since J2000.0 : 6723.889648
Julian Date : 2458268.890023
Hour Angle : 04:03:17.32 (WEST)
Target Altitude,Azimuth (degrees) : 15.650 240.990
Target airmass : 3.707
RA,DEC of Moon : 16:48:54.60 -18:16:06.0
Percentage moon illumination : 99.7000
Angle between target and moon (degrees): 27.7179
Zenith distance of target (degrees) : 74.3480
Zenith distance of moon (degrees) : 57.8088
Predicted V sky surface brightness : 17.04 (mag/sq.arcsec)
**** Yes! Jupiter is 25-30 degrees from the full moon.
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