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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