Sky Observer

Realised by Alexis Favre & Augustin Allard

In this project, we have built a sky observer in which one can determine the exact position of all the stars and planets by entering a longitude, latitude and time zone. Here is a video of the finished project:

rigel-sunset.mp4

Implementation

The project was designed in the main parts.

1. Model Math concept, class: Preconditions, Interval, ClosedInterval, RightOpenInterval, Angle and Polynomial
2. Model the coordinate system, class: SphericalCoordinates, GeographicCoordinates, HorizontalCoordinates, EquatorialCoordinates et EclipticCoordinates)
3. Allow easy conversion between the coordinate system, class: SiderealTime, EclipticToEquatorialConversion et EquatorialToHorizontalConversion
4. Model the projection onto the sky and different celestial objets, class: StereographicProjection, CelestialObject, Planet, Moon
5. Draw the Sky using Java FX class: SkyCanvasPainter
6. Create GUI for the Application, class: ViewingParametersBean, ObserverLocationBean, SkyCanvasManager,Main