Catching the moon at the right time with Julia
13 days ago
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- Photographing the moon is more interesting during sunrise or sunset when its brightness is comparable to ambient light.
- The article describes a Julia project to find dates when the sun and moon rise or set within a 30-minute window.
- The project uses the AstroLib package to compute celestial positions and horizon crossings for the sun and moon.
- A basic zero-crossing algorithm is used to detect rise and set events with 1-minute resolution.
- Results are formatted into a table showing dates, sun/moon events, times, and moon phases for Lyon, France.
- The project could be extended to provide interactive results for any location.