Celestial Sphere

The celestial sphere Viewpoint type allows users to configure an output window displaying the desired objects in a celestial sphere view focused on the desired object. The following is a list of the configurable options for a celestial sphere Viewpoint.

•Reference Frame

•Reference Object

•Right Ascension

•Declination

•Radius

•Field of View

The script example below shows how to create a custom Celestial Sphere Viewpoint focused on the Sun, and add it to a ViewWindow.

// Create Celestial Sphere Viewpoint

Viewpoint CelestialViewpoint;

CelestialViewpoint.ViewpointType = "celestialsphere";

CelestialViewpoint.ViewpointName = "Celestial Sphere";

CelestialViewpoint.CelestialSphereView.ReferenceFrame = "inertial";

CelestialViewpoint.CelestialSphereView.Target = Sun.ObjectId;

CelestialViewpoint.CelestialSphereView.RightAscension = 15;

CelestialViewpoint.CelestialSphereView.Declination = 30;

CelestialViewpoint.CelestialSphereView.FieldOfView = 45;

CelestialViewpoint.CelestialSphereView.Radius = 5e7;

// Add Viewpoint to a ViewWindow and activate it

ViewWindow ViewWindow1({Spacecraft1});

ViewWindow1.AddViewpoint(CelestialViewpoint);

ViewWindow1.ActivateViewpoint(CelestialViewpoint.ViewpointName);

Update ViewWindow1;

Celestial Sphere

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