supernovas 0.5.0

Safe Rust wrapper around the SuperNOVAS astrometry library
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//! Horizontal coordinates: azimuth and elevation as seen from a site.

use core::{f64::consts::FRAC_PI_2, fmt};

use super::Spherical;
use crate::{Angle, Coordinate, Position, error::Result, unit};

/// A direction on the local sky, expressed as azimuth and elevation.
///
/// Azimuth is measured eastward from north along the horizon. Elevation is
/// measured upward from the horizon (positive above, negative below).
///
/// Obtain a `Horizontal` from a catalog source via [`crate::Frame::observe`]
/// (no refraction) or via [`crate::Apparent::to_horizontal_with_refraction`]
/// for atmosphere-corrected coordinates.
#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq)]
pub struct Horizontal(Spherical);

impl Horizontal {
    /// Construct from typed azimuth and elevation.
    #[must_use]
    pub fn new(azimuth: Angle, elevation: Angle) -> Self {
        Horizontal(Spherical::new(azimuth, elevation))
    }

    /// Construct from azimuth and elevation in radians.
    pub fn from_radians(azimuth: f64, elevation: f64) -> Result<Self> {
        Ok(Horizontal(Spherical::from_radians(azimuth, elevation)?))
    }

    /// Construct from azimuth and elevation in degrees.
    pub fn from_degrees(azimuth: f64, elevation: f64) -> Result<Self> {
        Ok(Horizontal(Spherical::from_degrees(azimuth, elevation)?))
    }

    /// Azimuth, measured eastward from north.
    ///
    /// The underlying [`Angle`] is stored in `(-180°, 180°]` (the invariant of
    /// `Angle`), so values in `(180°, 360°)` appear as negative. For the
    /// conventional `[0°, 360°)` display, use:
    ///
    /// ```
    /// # use supernovas::Horizontal;
    /// # let h = Horizontal::from_degrees(270.0, 45.0).unwrap();
    /// let az_deg = h.azimuth().deg().rem_euclid(360.0);
    /// ```
    #[must_use]
    pub fn azimuth(self) -> Angle {
        self.0.longitude()
    }

    /// Elevation (latitude analog).
    #[must_use]
    pub fn elevation(self) -> Angle {
        self.0.latitude()
    }

    /// Zenith angle: complement of the elevation, in `[0, π]`. Zero looks
    /// straight up, π/2 is on the horizon.
    #[must_use]
    pub fn zenith_angle(self) -> Angle {
        Angle::from_radians(FRAC_PI_2 - self.elevation().rad())
            .expect("FRAC_PI_2 minus a finite angle is finite")
    }

    /// The bare [`Spherical`] view for cases that don't care about the
    /// reference system.
    #[must_use]
    pub fn as_spherical(self) -> Spherical {
        self.0
    }

    /// Great-circle angular separation between this direction and `other`.
    #[must_use]
    pub fn distance_to(self, other: Horizontal) -> Angle {
        self.0.distance_to(other.0)
    }

    /// Cartesian position at the given distance along this direction, in
    /// horizon-aligned axes (x toward north, y toward east, z toward zenith
    /// — but be careful: the underlying transform uses the spherical
    /// convention with x toward `lon=0, lat=0`).
    #[must_use]
    pub fn xyz(self, distance: Coordinate) -> Position {
        self.0.xyz(distance)
    }
}

impl fmt::Display for Horizontal {
    /// Renders azimuth (normalized to `[0°, 360°)`) and elevation as decimal
    /// degrees — the convention for observing logs and telescope control. Use
    /// `{:.N}` to control decimal places (default 3).
    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
        let decimals = f.precision().unwrap_or(3);
        write!(
            f,
            "az={:.decimals$}° el={:.decimals$}°",
            self.azimuth().deg().rem_euclid(360.0),
            self.elevation().deg()
        )
    }
}

impl approx::AbsDiffEq for Horizontal {
    type Epsilon = f64;

    fn default_epsilon() -> Self::Epsilon {
        unit::UAS
    }

    fn abs_diff_eq(&self, other: &Self, epsilon: Self::Epsilon) -> bool {
        self.0.abs_diff_eq(&other.0, epsilon)
    }
}

#[cfg(test)]
mod tests {
    use approx::assert_abs_diff_eq;

    use super::*;

    #[test]
    fn round_trip_degrees() {
        let h = Horizontal::from_degrees(180.0, 45.0).unwrap();
        assert!((h.azimuth().deg() - 180.0).abs() < 1e-12);
        assert!((h.elevation().deg() - 45.0).abs() < 1e-12);
    }

    #[test]
    fn zenith_angle_relates_to_elevation() {
        let zenith = Horizontal::from_degrees(0.0, 90.0).unwrap();
        assert!(zenith.zenith_angle().deg().abs() < 1e-12);

        let horizon = Horizontal::from_degrees(0.0, 0.0).unwrap();
        assert!((horizon.zenith_angle().deg() - 90.0).abs() < 1e-12);
    }

    #[test]
    fn approx_eq_across_azimuth_wrap() {
        let a = Horizontal::from_degrees(359.9999, 30.0).unwrap();
        let b = Horizontal::from_degrees(-0.0001, 30.0).unwrap();
        assert_abs_diff_eq!(a, b, epsilon = unit::ARCSEC);
    }

    #[test]
    fn from_radians_round_trip() {
        use core::f64::consts::PI;
        let h = Horizontal::from_radians(PI, PI / 4.0).unwrap();
        assert!((h.azimuth().rad() - PI).abs() < 1e-12);
        assert!((h.elevation().rad() - PI / 4.0).abs() < 1e-12);
    }

    #[test]
    fn as_spherical_gives_same_coords() {
        let h = Horizontal::from_degrees(90.0, 45.0).unwrap();
        let s = h.as_spherical();
        assert!((s.longitude().deg() - 90.0).abs() < 1e-12);
        assert!((s.latitude().deg() - 45.0).abs() < 1e-12);
    }

    #[test]
    fn xyz_has_finite_components() {
        let h = Horizontal::from_degrees(0.0, 45.0).unwrap();
        let d = crate::Coordinate::from_au(1.0).unwrap();
        let p = h.xyz(d);
        assert!(p.x().m().is_finite());
        assert!(p.y().m().is_finite());
        assert!(p.z().m().is_finite());
    }

    #[test]
    fn display_contains_az_el() {
        let h = Horizontal::from_degrees(270.0, 30.0).unwrap();
        let s = format!("{h}");
        assert!(s.contains("az=270"), "got: {s}");
        assert!(s.contains("el=30"), "got: {s}");
    }

    #[test]
    fn display_normalizes_azimuth_to_0_360() {
        // SuperNOVAS returns azimuths in [0°, 360°); Angle wraps to (-180°, 180°].
        // Display must re-normalize so west shows as 270°, not -90°.
        let h = Horizontal::from_degrees(-90.0, 10.0).unwrap(); // stored as -90°
        let s = format!("{h}");
        assert!(s.contains("az=270"), "expected az=270, got: {s}");
    }
}