orientation#
- sunpy.coordinates.sun.orientation(location, time='now')[source]#
Return the orientation angle for the Sun from a specified Earth location and time. The orientation angle is the angle between local zenith and solar north, measured eastward from local zenith.
- Parameters:
location (
EarthLocation
) – Observer location on Earthtime (
tuple
,list
,str
,pandas.Timestamp
,pandas.Series
,pandas.DatetimeIndex
,datetime.datetime
,datetime.date
,numpy.datetime64
,numpy.ndarray
,astropy.time.Time
) – Time to use in a parse_time-compatible format
- Returns:
out (
Angle
) – The orientation of the Sun