{ "cells": [ { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "# A Simple Solar System Simulation\n", "\n", "This notebook demonstrates some basic controls of the [pywwt] Jupyter widget in its 3D (really, 4D) Solar System mode.\n", "\n", "[pywwt]: https://pywwt.readthedocs.io/\n", "\n", "First, we import the necessary modules:" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": null, "metadata": {}, "outputs": [], "source": [ "from pywwt.jupyter import connect_to_app\n", "from astropy.coordinates import SkyCoord\n", "from astropy import units as u\n", "from astropy.time import Time" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "Next, we connect to the WWT app:" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": null, "metadata": {}, "outputs": [], "source": [ "wwt = await connect_to_app().becomes_ready()" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "Turn on the 3D Solar System mode and adjust a few view parameters, including significantly exaggerating the size of the planets to make them more visible:" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": null, "metadata": {}, "outputs": [], "source": [ "wwt.set_view('Solar System')\n", "wwt.solar_system.scale = 99 # scale up the planet size very unrealistically!\n", "wwt.solar_system.track_object('sun')" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "Choose a nice angle that will show several planets:" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": null, "metadata": {}, "outputs": [], "source": [ "wwt.center_on_coordinates(SkyCoord(339.32980758, 20.78999814, unit=u.deg), fov=.6*u.deg)" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "Finally, set the time of WWT's internal clock and adjust its rate to make the planets move at a nice pace:" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": null, "metadata": {}, "outputs": [], "source": [ "wwt.set_current_time(Time('2019-07-01'))\n", "wwt.play_time(rate=300000) # 300,000 times faster than real time" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": null, "metadata": {}, "outputs": [], "source": [ "wwt.get_current_time()" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": null, "metadata": {}, "outputs": [], "source": [ "wwt.pause_time()" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": null, "metadata": {}, "outputs": [], "source": [ "wwt.set_current_time(Time('2020-07-01'))" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "## Credits\n", "\n", "This notebook was prepared by O. Justin Otor with contributions from Thomas Robitaille and Peter K. G. Williams." ] } ], "metadata": { "kernelspec": { "display_name": "Python 3", "language": "python", "name": "python3" }, "language_info": { "codemirror_mode": { "name": "ipython", "version": 3 }, "file_extension": ".py", "mimetype": "text/x-python", "name": "python", "nbconvert_exporter": "python", "pygments_lexer": "ipython3", "version": "3.8.6" } }, "nbformat": 4, "nbformat_minor": 4 }