ASCL Code Record
[ascl:2209.019]
SolTrack: Compute the position of the Sun in topocentric coordinates
SolTrack computes the position of the Sun, the rise and set times and azimuths, and transit times and altitudes. It includes corrections for aberration and parallax, and has a simple routine to correct for atmospheric refraction, taking into account local atmospheric conditions. SolTrack is derived from the Fortran library libTheSky (ascl:2209.018). The package can be used to track the Sun on a low-specs machine, such as a microcontroller or PLC, and can be used for (highly) concentrated (photovoltaic) solar power or accurate solar-energy modeling.
- Code site:
- https://pypi.org/project/soltrack/ https://soltrack.sourceforge.net/
- Described in:
- https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2022arXiv220901557V
- Bibcode:
- 2022ascl.soft09019V
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