SolarPositionCalculator.java

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package com.google.android.stardroid.provider.ephemeris;

import java.util.Date;

import com.google.android.stardroid.units.HeliocentricCoordinates;
import com.google.android.stardroid.units.RaDec;

/**
 * Calculate the position of the Sun in RA and Dec
 * 
 * TODO(johntaylor): get rid of this class once the provider
 * framework is refactored.  This duplicates functionality from elsewhere,
 * but the current ephemeris/provider code is a bit too tangled up for easy reuse.
 *
 */
public class SolarPositionCalculator {
  public static RaDec getSolarPosition(Date time) {
    HeliocentricCoordinates sunCoordinates = HeliocentricCoordinates.getInstance(Planet.Sun, time);
    RaDec raDec = RaDec.getInstance(Planet.Sun, time, sunCoordinates);
    return raDec;
  }
}