// Program to calculate sun crossing of the Infinite Corridor at MIT // known as "MIThenge" // // More info at also http://web.mit.edu/planning/www/mithenge.html // Thanks to Keith Winstein and Ken Olum for various data. // // For worked predictions, see https://futureboy.us/mithenge/ // // Alan Eliasen, eliasen@mindspring.com use mithengecorridor.frink use cambridgetempFourier.frink use sun.frink sep = "\t" preamble = "" html = false printall=false if ARGS.contains["--html"] { sep = "" preamble = "" html = true } if ARGS.contains["--printall"] printall = true out = ["degrees", "arcmin", "arcsec"] dateOut = ### yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss a zzz ### tz = "US/Eastern" date = beginningOfYear[now[], tz] enddate = beginningOfYearPlus[date, 2, tz] temperature = F[59] while (date <= enddate) { date = sunSecantAzimuth[date, lat, long, corridorAzimuthMeeus, temperature, pressure] // Now refine with temperature for that time of day. temperature = cambridgeTemp[date] date = sunSecantAzimuth[date, lat, long, corridorAzimuthMeeus, temperature, pressure] [azimuth, altitude] = refractedSunAzimuthAltitude[date, lat, long, temperature, pressure] print[preamble] print[(date -> [dateOut, tz]) + "$sep"] print[format[JD[date],day,5] + "$sep"] print[format[altitude,degrees,2] + "$sep"] print[format[F[temperature],1,0]] radiusAngle = sunRadiusAngle[date] if printall or (altitude < (0.91 degrees + radiusAngle) and altitude > -radiusAngle) { if !html print["$sep*"] [f1,f2,f3] = drawSuns[date, lat, long, temperature, pressure, corridorAzimuth] if html println["$sep\n $sep\n \n $sep[SVG]"] } println[] date = date + 1 day } // Function to draw the path of the sun as it crosses the corridor. drawSuns[date, lat, long, temperature, pressure, corridorAzimuth] := { tz = "US/Eastern" g = new graphics g.font["SansSerif", .05 deg] d1 = date - 2 min do { [az, alt] = refractedSunAzimuthAltitude[d1, lat, long, temperature, pressure] drawSun[g, d1, lat, long, temperature, pressure] d1 = d1 - 2 min } while alt < 1.2 degrees d1 = date + 2 min do { [az, alt] = refractedSunAzimuthAltitude[d1, lat, long, temperature, pressure] drawSun[g, d1, lat, long, temperature, pressure] d1 = d1 + 2 min } while alt > 0 degrees drawSun[g, date, lat, long, temperature, pressure, true] // Draw doorway aperture g.color[0,0,0,.7] g.drawRectSides[corridorAzimuth - .5 degrees, 0 degrees, corridorAzimuth + .5degrees, -.91 degrees] // Draw vertical centerline g.line[corridorAzimuth, 0 degrees, corridorAzimuth, -.91 degrees] // Draw floor g.fillRectSides[corridorAzimuth - 1 degree, 0 degrees, corridorAzimuth + 1 degree, .5 degrees] // Text description g.color[1,1,1] df = ###yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss a zzz### g.font["SansSerif", "bold", .1 degrees] g.text[(date->[df,tz]), corridorAzimuth, .2 degrees] // Render files sd = ###yyyy-MM-dd### f1 = "sun" + (date->[sd, tz]) + ".png" g.write[f1, 640, 480] f2 = "sunthumb" + (date->[sd, tz]) + ".png" g.write[f2, 100, 80] f3 = "sun" + (date->[sd, tz]) + ".svg" g.write[f3, 640, 480] // g.show[] return [f1,f2,f3] } // Draw a single sun image with time/date stamp. drawSun[g, date, lat, long, temperature, pressure, yellow=false] := { tz = "US/Eastern" shortDate = ###hh:mm:ss a### [azimuth, altitude] = refractedSunAzimuthAltitude[date, lat, long, temperature, pressure] trueAz = (azimuth + 180 degrees) mod circle // println["True azimuth at $date is " + (trueAz->degrees)] ra = sunRadiusAngle[date] da = 2 ra // println["Radius angle is " + (ra->"degrees")] // Draw the sun if yellow { g.color[1,1,0,0.7] g.fillEllipseCenter[trueAz, -altitude, da, da] } g.color[0,0,0] g.drawEllipseCenter[trueAz, -altitude, da, da] g.text[(date -> [shortDate, tz]), trueAz, -altitude] // g.text[(date -> [shortDate, tz]), trueAz, -altitude] }