// // Author: Qam1 // Name: Double eclipse from Deimos in 2017 // Version 5.2 // License: Public Domain // Description: Just before Mars eclipses the sun, Phobos pops out from behind and eclipses it first. Takes place between Scorpio and Sagittarius on April 26, 2017. // core.setDate("2017-04-26T18:48:50", "utc"); long = 0.61; alt = 0 while (alt < 20) { long = long + 45; if (long > 360) { long = long - 360 } core.setObserverLocation(long, -37.50, 17, 0, "", "Deimos"); core.wait(0.1); SData = core.getObjectInfo("Sun"); alt = SData["altitude"]; } LandscapeMgr.setFlagAtmosphere(false); LandscapeMgr.setFlagFog(false); LandscapeMgr.setFlagLandscapeSetsLocation(false); LandscapeMgr.setCurrentLandscapeID("moon"); core.selectObjectByName("Sun", pointer = true); StelMovementMgr.setFlagTracking(true); StelMovementMgr.zoomTo(14, 1); core.setTimeRate(10); core.wait(25); core.selectObjectByName("Phobos", pointer = true); core.setTimeRate(10);