Ship: Lighting Times

Generates a listing of all lighting events. Lighting events are start and end of periods of full lighting (sunlight), partial lighting (penumbra) and periods of zero lighting (umbra). Note that the Lighting Times data provider reports all computed penumbra intervals, which means that if umbra exists, then two penumbra intervals, each with its own start and stop times, is reported--one before and one after the umbra interval. So, if lighting times that start in umbra are generated, then the first reported penumbra interval corresponds to the times that follow after the first umbra, and the penumbra interval prior to the first umbra is not reported.

Type: Interval data

Availability: Reports | Graphs

Name Description
Sunlight Periods when object is in full sun.
Penumbra Periods when the object is in partial shadow. Also means that part of the solar disk is occultated.
Umbra Periods when the object is in total shadow. Also means that the Sun is seen as entirely obscured.

STK Programming Interface 11.0.1