Location of the SUN from SIRTF




Below is a table with the location of the sun as seen from SIRTF. It was generated from JPL Horizons using these instructions.

The leading window is at -80 to -120d. The trailing window is at +80 to +120d. For efficiency reasons, we will use the trailing window for calibration activities.



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Ephemeris / PORT_LOGIN Tue Oct 21 12:42:37 2003  Pasadena, USA   / Horizons    
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Target body name: Sun (10)                        {source: DE-0406LE-0406}
Center body name: SIRTF (Spacecraft) (-79)        {source: pfile.nio}
Center-site name: BODYCENTRIC
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Start time      : A.D. 2003-Aug-26 06:32:00.0000 UT      
Stop  time      : A.D. 2005-Dec-29 00:00:00.0000 UT      
Step-size       : 7200 minutes
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Center geodetic : 0.000000,     0.0000,     0.0000{E-lon(deg),Lat(deg),Alt(km)}
Center cylindric: 0.000000,     0.0000,     0.0000{E-lon(deg),Dxy(km),Dz(km)}
Center pole/equ : ICRF/J2000.0
Center radii    : (undefined)                                                  
Target pole/equ : IAU_SUN                         {East-longitude +}
Target radii    : 696000.0 x 696000.0 x 696000.0 k{Equator, meridian, pole}    
Target primary  : Sun                             {source: pfile.nio}
Interfering body: None
Deflecting body : Sun                             {source: pfile.nio}
Deflecting GM   : 1.3271E+11 km^3/s^2                                          
Atmos refraction: NO (AIRLESS)
RA format       : HMS
Time format     : CAL 
EOP file        : eop.031017.p040108                                           
EOP coverage    : DATA-BASED 1962-JAN-20 TO 2003-OCT-17. PREDICTS-> 2004-JAN-07
Units conversion: 1 AU= 149597870.691 km, c= 299792.458 km/s, 1 day= 86400.0 s 
Table cut-offs 1: Elevation (-90.0deg=NO ),Airmass     n.a.    , Daylight (NO )
Table cut-offs 2: Solar Elongation (  0.0,180.0=NO )                           
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 Date__(UT)__HR:MN        ObsEcLng    ObsEcLat
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$$SOE
 2003-Aug-26 06:32     152.5554331  -0.0699991
 2003-Aug-31 06:32     157.3439198  -0.2380920
 2003-Sep-05 06:32     162.1348465  -0.3633861
 2003-Sep-10 06:32     166.9248064  -0.4725659
 2003-Sep-15 06:32     171.7147323  -0.5710273
 2003-Sep-20 06:32     176.5057642  -0.6607481
 2003-Sep-25 06:32     181.2989920  -0.7425398
 2003-Sep-30 06:32     186.0954262  -0.8167097
 2003-Oct-05 06:32     190.8959921  -0.8833189
 2003-Oct-10 06:32     195.7015345  -0.9423000
 2003-Oct-15 06:32     200.5128203  -0.9935233
 2003-Oct-20 06:32     205.3305398  -1.0368336
 2003-Oct-25 06:32     210.1553078  -1.0720734
 2003-Oct-30 06:32     214.9876636  -1.0990999
 2003-Nov-04 06:32     219.8280708  -1.1177954
 2003-Nov-09 06:32     224.6769170  -1.1280765
 2003-Nov-14 06:32     229.5345133  -1.1299004
 2003-Nov-19 06:32     234.4010935  -1.1232696
 2003-Nov-24 06:32     239.2768139  -1.1082365
 2003-Nov-29 06:32     244.1617537  -1.0849057
 2003-Dec-04 06:32     249.0559145  -1.0534367
 2003-Dec-09 06:32     253.9592213  -1.0140455
 2003-Dec-14 06:32     258.8715230  -0.9670046
 2003-Dec-19 06:32     263.7925943  -0.9126437
 2003-Dec-24 06:32     268.7221369  -0.8513490
 2003-Dec-29 06:32     273.6597819  -0.7835612
 2004-Jan-03 06:32     278.6050926  -0.7097742
 2004-Jan-08 06:32     283.5575678  -0.6305318
 2004-Jan-13 06:32     288.5166453  -0.5464243
 2004-Jan-18 06:32     293.4817063  -0.4580844
 2004-Jan-23 06:32     298.4520796  -0.3661827
 2004-Jan-28 06:32     303.4270469  -0.2714218
 2004-Feb-02 06:32     308.4058480  -0.1745310
 2004-Feb-07 06:32     313.3876867  -0.0762596
 2004-Feb-12 06:32     318.3717368   0.0226293
 2004-Feb-17 06:32     323.3571489   0.1213661
 2004-Feb-22 06:32     328.3430569   0.2191816
 2004-Feb-27 06:32     333.3285845   0.3153139
 2004-Mar-03 06:32     338.3128532   0.4090157
 2004-Mar-08 06:32     343.2949882   0.4995611
 2004-Mar-13 06:32     348.2741266   0.5862524
 2004-Mar-18 06:32     353.2494237   0.6684262
 2004-Mar-23 06:32     358.2200602   0.7454594
 2004-Mar-28 06:32       3.1852483   0.8167743
 2004-Apr-02 06:32       8.1442387   0.8818434
 2004-Apr-07 06:32      13.0963260   0.9401938
 2004-Apr-12 06:32      18.0408547   0.9914101
 2004-Apr-17 06:32      22.9772243   1.0351375
 2004-Apr-22 06:32      27.9048940   1.0710837
 2004-Apr-27 06:32      32.8233863   1.0990203
 2004-May-02 06:32      37.7322909   1.1187834
 2004-May-07 06:32      42.6312668   1.1302735
 2004-May-12 06:32      47.5200456   1.1334551
 2004-May-17 06:32      52.3984320   1.1283553
 2004-May-22 06:32      57.2663055   1.1150625
 2004-May-27 06:32      62.1236206   1.0937240
 2004-Jun-01 06:32      66.9704062   1.0645438
 2004-Jun-06 06:32      71.8067642   1.0277795
 2004-Jun-11 06:32      76.6328681   0.9837396
 2004-Jun-16 06:32      81.4489595   0.9327797
 2004-Jun-21 06:32      86.2553456   0.8752992
 2004-Jun-26 06:32      91.0523960   0.8117379
 2004-Jul-01 06:32      95.8405388   0.7425716
 2004-Jul-06 06:32     100.6202570   0.6683092
 2004-Jul-11 06:32     105.3920846   0.5894882
 2004-Jul-16 06:32     110.1566020   0.5066714
 2004-Jul-21 06:32     114.9144315   0.4204429
 2004-Jul-26 06:32     119.6662325   0.3314042
 2004-Jul-31 06:32     124.4126966   0.2401704
 2004-Aug-05 06:32     129.1545427   0.1473666
 2004-Aug-10 06:32     133.8925121   0.0536238
 2004-Aug-15 06:32     138.6273635  -0.0404244
 2004-Aug-20 06:32     143.3598682  -0.1341453
 2004-Aug-25 06:32     148.0908056  -0.2269111
 2004-Aug-30 06:32     152.8209580  -0.3181014
 2004-Sep-04 06:32     157.5511062  -0.4071072
 2004-Sep-09 06:32     162.2820248  -0.4933336
 2004-Sep-14 06:32     167.0144778  -0.5762028
 2004-Sep-19 06:32     171.7492139  -0.6551575
 2004-Sep-24 06:32     176.4869624  -0.7296635
 2004-Sep-29 06:32     181.2284287  -0.7992129
 2004-Oct-04 06:32     185.9742899  -0.8633271
 2004-Oct-09 06:32     190.7251905  -0.9215591
 2004-Oct-14 06:32     195.4817389  -0.9734969
 2004-Oct-19 06:32     200.2445031  -1.0187663
 2004-Oct-24 06:32     205.0140074  -1.0570331
 2004-Oct-29 06:32     209.7907292  -1.0880065
 2004-Nov-03 06:32     214.5750956  -1.1114408
 2004-Nov-08 06:32     219.3674806  -1.1271388
 2004-Nov-13 06:32     224.1682026  -1.1349531
 2004-Nov-18 06:32     228.9775223  -1.1347887
 2004-Nov-23 06:32     233.7956405  -1.1266046
 2004-Nov-28 06:32     238.6226966  -1.1104152
 2004-Dec-03 06:32     243.4587677  -1.0862918
 2004-Dec-08 06:32     248.3038671  -1.0543628
 2004-Dec-13 06:32     253.1579446  -1.0148147
 2004-Dec-18 06:32     258.0208857  -0.9678914
 2004-Dec-23 06:32     262.8925130  -0.9138942
 2004-Dec-28 06:32     267.7725863  -0.8531801
 2005-Jan-02 06:32     272.6608044  -0.7861608
 2005-Jan-07 06:32     277.5568063  -0.7132998
 2005-Jan-12 06:32     282.4601736  -0.6351099
 2005-Jan-17 06:32     287.3704330  -0.5521498
 2005-Jan-22 06:32     292.2870591  -0.4650201
 2005-Jan-27 06:32     297.2094781  -0.3743588
 2005-Feb-01 06:32     302.1370714  -0.2808365
 2005-Feb-06 06:32     307.0691800  -0.1851504
 2005-Feb-11 06:32     312.0051086  -0.0880190
 2005-Feb-16 06:32     316.9441312   0.0098242
 2005-Feb-21 06:32     321.8854956   0.1076374
 2005-Feb-26 06:32     326.8284294   0.2046770
 2005-Mar-03 06:32     331.7721454   0.3002041
 2005-Mar-08 06:32     336.7158474   0.3934917
 2005-Mar-13 06:32     341.6587366   0.4838308
 2005-Mar-18 06:32     346.6000170   0.5705369
 2005-Mar-23 06:32     351.5389023   0.6529565
 2005-Mar-28 06:32     356.4746218   0.7304721
 2005-Apr-02 06:32       1.4064265   0.8025083
 2005-Apr-07 06:32       6.3335953   0.8685363
 2005-Apr-12 06:32      11.2554404   0.9280777
 2005-Apr-17 06:32      16.1713131   0.9807090
 2005-Apr-22 06:32      21.0806084   1.0260638
 2005-Apr-27 06:32      25.9827705   1.0638356
 2005-May-02 06:32      30.8772966   1.0937790
 2005-May-07 06:32      35.7637412   1.1157113
 2005-May-12 06:32      40.6417191   1.1295125
 2005-May-17 06:32      45.5109083   1.1351250
 2005-May-22 06:32      50.3710525   1.1325529
 2005-May-27 06:32      55.2219624   1.1218608
 2005-Jun-01 06:32      60.0635172   1.1031720
 2005-Jun-06 06:32      64.8956646   1.0766659
 2005-Jun-11 06:32      69.7184212   1.0425758
 2005-Jun-16 06:32      74.5318713   1.0011858
 2005-Jun-21 06:32      79.3361658   0.9528277
 2005-Jun-26 06:32      84.1315206   0.8978776
 2005-Jul-01 06:32      88.9182143   0.8367524
 2005-Jul-06 06:32      93.6965858   0.7699061
 2005-Jul-11 06:32      98.4670313   0.6978263
 2005-Jul-16 06:32     103.2300007   0.6210302
 2005-Jul-21 06:32     107.9859940   0.5400611
 2005-Jul-26 06:32     112.7355577   0.4554845
 2005-Jul-31 06:32     117.4792799   0.3678847
 2005-Aug-05 06:32     122.2177864   0.2778605
 2005-Aug-10 06:32     126.9517359   0.1860225
 2005-Aug-15 06:32     131.6818152   0.0929888
 2005-Aug-20 06:32     136.4087345  -0.0006177
 2005-Aug-25 06:32     141.1332225  -0.0941733
 2005-Aug-30 06:32     145.8560214  -0.1870565
 2005-Sep-04 06:32     150.5778821  -0.2786514
 2005-Sep-09 06:32     155.2995594  -0.3683505
 2005-Sep-14 06:32     160.0218067  -0.4555587
 2005-Sep-19 06:32     164.7453715  -0.5396954
 2005-Sep-24 06:32     169.4709901  -0.6201983
 2005-Sep-29 06:32     174.1993833  -0.6965262
 2005-Oct-04 06:32     178.9312517  -0.7681621
 2005-Oct-09 06:32     183.6672709  -0.8346158
 2005-Oct-14 06:32     188.4080879  -0.8954275
 2005-Oct-19 06:32     193.1543165  -0.9501702
 2005-Oct-24 06:32     197.9065335  -0.9984527
 2005-Oct-29 06:32     202.6652746  -1.0399227
 2005-Nov-03 06:32     207.4310317  -1.0742689
 2005-Nov-08 06:32     212.2042490  -1.1012243
 2005-Nov-13 06:32     216.9853199  -1.1205682
 2005-Nov-18 06:32     221.7745850  -1.1321289
 2005-Nov-23 06:32     226.5723291  -1.1357853
 2005-Nov-28 06:32     231.3787793  -1.1314694
 2005-Dec-03 06:32     236.1941037  -1.1191676
 2005-Dec-08 06:32     241.0184099  -1.0989221
 2005-Dec-13 06:32     245.8517447  -1.0708320
 2005-Dec-18 06:32     250.6940927  -1.0350537
 2005-Dec-23 06:32     255.5453765  -0.9918014
 2005-Dec-28 06:32     260.4054560  -0.9413464
$$EOE
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Column meaning:
 
TIME

  Prior to 1962, times are UT1. Dates thereafter are UTC. Any 'b' symbol in
the 1st-column denotes a B.C. date. First-column blank (" ") denotes an A.D.
date. Calendar dates prior to 1582-Oct-15 are in the Julian calendar system.
Later calendar dates are in the Gregorian system.

  The uniform Coordinate Time scale is used internally. Conversion between
CT and the selected non-uniform UT output scale has not been determined for
UTC times after the next July or January 1st.  The last known leap-second
is used over any future interval.

  NOTE: "n.a." in output means quantity "not available" at the print-time.
 
 ObsEcLon ObsEcLat =
   Observer-centered J2000 ecliptic longitude and latitude of the target's
apparent position, corrected for light-time, the gravitational deflection of
light and stellar aberration. Units: DEGREES


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