Bad Sun Path
 badSunPath003view, link (58.9 KB, 400×400) source (514.5 KB)Thu, 7 Jun 07, 3:39pm UTC 
 badSunPath002view, link (36.2 KB, 400×400) source (334 KB)Tue, 2 Mar 04, 4:15pm UTC 
Sun Path Component
 sunPathComponent002view, link (43.2 KB, 670×400) source (272 KB)Thu, 8 Apr 04, 6:34pm UTC 
 

The component has the following properties:

latitude – the latitude of the stickfigure
time – the time of day in decimal hours, where 0 = midnight and 12 = noon
declination – the declination of the sun, in degrees
period – the time it takes to complete one simulated day, in seconds
animate – boolean that controls the animation state

The celestial sphere component must be in the library for this sun path component to work.

 
Transit Images Movie
 transitMovie041view, link (72.1 KB, 820×600) source (813 KB)Fri, 22 May 09, 7:09pm UTC 
 

Fixed the appearance of the direction arrows a bit.

 
 transitMovie040view, link (72.1 KB) source (712.5 KB)Mon, 16 Jun 08, 2:47pm UTC 
 

Now the movie will look for the images file in the following locations:

  • transitimages.swf
  • animations/coordsmotion/transitimages.swf
  • transitImages.swf
  • animations/coordsmotion/transitImages.swf

 
 transitMovie039view, link (78.6 KB, 820×600) source (543 KB)Mon, 23 Jul 07, 10:24pm UTC 
 

Updated the appearance. The images file is still expected to be at animations/coordsmotion/transitimages.swf (the classaction location).

 
 transitMovie038view, link (58.5 KB, 800×600) source (295.5 KB)Thu, 18 Jan 07, 10:11pm UTC 
 

This version is identical to 037 except it expects the images file to have the following relative url:

animations/coordsmotion/transitimages.swf

 
 transitMovie037view, link (58.4 KB, 800×600) source (295 KB)Fri, 17 Sep 04, 8:49pm UTC 
 

The images used in this explorer are kept in a separate file (transitImages.swf) which must be in the same folder as the transitMovie.swf file. The other files: transitImages.swf, transitImages.fla.

 
Altitude and Azimuth Demonstrator
 altAzDemo005view, link (74.2 KB, 800×510) source (740 KB)Mon, 20 Jul 09, 6:22pm UTC 
 altAzDemo003view, link (54.4 KB, 700×400) source (259 KB)Tue, 13 Jan 04, 7:37pm UTC 
Obliquity
 obliquity004view, link (26.2 KB, 600×400) source (133 KB)Wed, 17 Sep 03, 5:36pm UTC 
Zodiac Viewer
 zodiac017view, link (57.3 KB, 800×650) source (316 KB)Fri, 4 Jun 04, 9:44pm UTC 
 

Same as 016 but without rotational axis.

 
 zodiac016view, link (57.3 KB, 800×650) source (361 KB)Fri, 4 Jun 04, 9:43pm UTC 
 

Earth at the center.

 
 zodiac015view, link (57.6 KB, 800×650) source (361.5 KB)Fri, 4 Jun 04, 9:43pm UTC 
Longitude Latitude Demonstrator
 longLatDemo014view, link (87.9 KB, 650×400) source (672 KB)Tue, 5 Jul 05, 9:26pm UTC 
 

The shoreline data is now contained in the swf, so the xml file is no longer needed. Also, I fixed a layering issue with the city label and removed some of the extra white space.

 
Right Ascension and Declination Demonstrator
 raDecDemo007view, link (38.8 KB, 700×450) source (432.5 KB)Wed, 14 Apr 04, 4:27pm UTC 
 

In this version RA is measured in decimal hours.

 
Right Ascension and Declination Demonstrator Simplified
 raDecSimple002view, link (35.2 KB, 700×450) source (607.5 KB)Thu, 26 Feb 04, 4:41pm UTC 
 raDecSimple001view, link (59.8 KB, 700×450) source (417.5 KB)Thu, 29 Jan 04, 4:39pm UTC 
Sun Paths
 sunPaths001view, link (59 KB, 550×280) source (400 KB)Thu, 29 Jan 04, 5:44pm UTC 
Motions of the Sun
 sunMotions068view, link (99.7 KB, 950×680) source (1.2 MB)Fri, 24 Sep 10, 10:03pm UTC 
 

Made the direction labels in the horizon diagram change to all "N"s or all "S"s at the poles.

Note about versions: this version is derived from 066b. I don't know why I made a 066b version instead of a 067 version, but since this is the version that has been on the website for over a year (from July 2009) I think it must be safe to use. I don't know what the difference is between 066 and 066b, but it must be something minor if I didn't want to change the version identity in the About dialog.

 
 sunMotions066view, link (110.6 KB, 950×680) source (712 KB)Fri, 20 Jul 07, 3:10pm UTC 
 

Added title bar.