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 AnalemmaPlot

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Plot the trajectory of the azimuth and altitude of the solar position over a year

Contributed by: Sander Huisman

ResourceFunction["AnalemmaPlot"][location, year, time, timezone]

Plots the analemma of the sun for location for the year year at time of the day for a timezone timezone.

Details

ResourceFunction["AnalemmaPlot"] accepts all the options of ListPlot.

Examples

Basic Examples (2) 

Plots the 2023 analemma at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich at noon:

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ResourceFunction["AnalemmaPlot"][ Entity["Building", "RoyalObservatoryGreenwich::gc32h"], 2023, 12, Automatic]
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Plot the 2021 analemma curve at 14:00 in the local timezone:

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ResourceFunction["AnalemmaPlot"][ Entity["City", {"Enschede", "Overijssel", "Netherlands"}], 2021, 14, Automatic]
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Options (1) 

Apply options from ListPlot:

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ResourceFunction["AnalemmaPlot"][ Entity["City", {"Enschede", "Overijssel", "Netherlands"}], 2021, 14, Automatic, PlotStyle -> {Red, Black, Green}, AspectRatio -> 1, PlotRangePadding -> Scaled[0.1], PlotLabel -> "Home"]
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Publisher

SHuisman

Requirements

Wolfram Language 13.0 (December 2021) or above

Version History

  • 1.0.0 – 04 December 2023

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