Week 2

Week 2 process :

We worked as a team to share useful resources we had found detailing the problem and presented individual findings to each other. Some of the processes during this week:

• Detailed research of the moon position calculation revealed how many variables must be calculated to gain position. With 18 variables in total, the understanding and calculation of each took longer than expected and would not be completed by the deadline of second week lab session.  

• Started work through the entire calculation.

•  Write a problem specification for the Arduino code, detailing the factors that needed to be considered and the sub problems they present, so the problem could be more easily explained on bench inspection day.

• Began implementation of calculation in code. 

Teamwork 

Problems have arisen with calculation:

•  Couldn't find the way to calculate ecliptic latitude (B) and longitude (L) of the Moon. The current solution to that problem is to take the data from the internet [1]. 
• Had troubles computing sidereal time at Greenwich. 

Supervisor Meeting:

We discussed the difficulty of the calculation with Dr. Marsland and explained that, this was why we were yet to show any finished project deliverable's. 

Notes and plans for week 3: 

• Try to finish the whole Calculation. 
• Research GPS and how it will be useful to the code 
• Show some finished project deliverables.

[1] - http://www.satellite-calculations.com/Satellite/suncalc.htm