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EclipseTracks.org - Interactive solar eclipse track modeling with Cesium
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More accurate moon shadow #3

Closed Frencil closed 9 years ago

Frencil commented 9 years ago

The app currently renders a circular "shadow" for the region of visible total eclipse over the course of the event. It is, however, innaccurate as the region "stretches" (that is, it is elliptical with increasing eccentricity) as a function of the sun's phase angle. It's not yet certain this can be achieved accurately with the current NASA data set.

Frencil commented 9 years ago

This issue is superseded by issue #9 which more clearly explains the root problem and ideal solution.