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Useful constants.
Constants
cotter’s MWA altitude in metres. Use MWA_HEIGHT_M unless you know what
you’re doing.
cotter’s MWA latitude on Earth in radians. Use MWA_LAT_RAD unless you know
what you’re doing.
cotter’s MWA longitude on Earth in radians. Use MWA_LONG_RAD unless you
know what you’re doing.
Seconds per day (86400)
Hour angle to radians (15 / 180 * PI).
Seconds of time to radians (7.272205216643039903848712e-5).
MWA height (a.k.a. altitude) [metres]
MWA latitude [degrees]
MWA latitude [radians]
MWA latitude [degrees]
MWA longitude [radians]
Ratio of a solar day to a sidereal day (24/23.9344696 = 1.002737909).
Speed of light [metres/second]