Data Provider Elements

J2000 Position

The apparent direction of the star from the scenario's central body, expressed in angles with respect to J2000 axes.

Available for these objects: Star

Type: Time-varying data.

Availability: Reports | Graphs | Dynamic Displays | Strip Charts

Data Provider Elements

Name	Dimension	Type	Description
Time	Date	Real Number or Text	Time.
Reference Frame	Unitless	Text	The reference frame of the astrometric data: J2000 or ICRF.
Right Ascension	Longitude	Real Number or Text	The signed angle measured from the X axis to the projection of the position vector into the XY plane. The angle increases in the direction found by the right hand rule about the Z axis.
Declination	Angle	Real Number or Text	The signed angle measured from the XY plane to the position vector, where positive angles are used for locations above the XY plane, and negative for those below.