FEATURE: Object name entry returns RA and DEC and rendering of target
Background:
It seemed slightly challenging to have kids enter RA and DEC to search for their targets. So instead, now they can enter the target name (as long as it's sidereal) and the Aladin will render the object and RA and DEC fields will render the values
Implementation:
Got rid of the parsing logic in AladinSkyMap since we can get the decimal values from the api. Then in SessionStarted the function getRaDecFromTargetName makes an api call and we get the ra and dec of the targetname. Then those are parsed and once parsed, we invoke goToLocation which will render the target in the Aladin
P.S. I'm not sure why everything in this view is gigantic but it is : )
FEATURE: Object name entry returns RA and DEC and rendering of target
Background: It seemed slightly challenging to have kids enter RA and DEC to search for their targets. So instead, now they can enter the target name (as long as it's sidereal) and the Aladin will render the object and RA and DEC fields will render the values
Implementation: Got rid of the parsing logic in
AladinSkyMapsince we can get the decimal values from the api. Then inSessionStartedthe functiongetRaDecFromTargetNamemakes an api call and we get the ra and dec of thetargetname. Then those are parsed and once parsed, we invokegoToLocationwhich will render the target in the AladinP.S. I'm not sure why everything in this view is gigantic but it is : )
VISUALS
Screen recording of the functionality
https://github.com/LCOGT/lco-education-platform/assets/54489472/28a84f3f-5589-4eb7-8231-b230a26de8a1