AstroUtilitiesJulianDateFromDateTime Method

Calculate the Julian date from a provided DateTime value. The value is assumed to be a UTC time

Definition

Namespace: ASCOM.Tools
Assembly: ASCOM.AstrometryTools (in ASCOM.AstrometryTools.dll) Version: 3.0.0-rc.1+86c25ce733aebb4d8b1b8a62e84770ea5e972bea

C#

public static double JulianDateFromDateTime(
	DateTime ObservationDateTime
)

VB

Public Shared Function JulianDateFromDateTime ( 
	ObservationDateTime As DateTime
) As Double

Parameters

ObservationDateTime DateTime: DateTime in UTC

Return Value

Double
Julian date

Remarks

Julian dates should always be in UTC

Version Information

.NET Standard

Supported in: 2.0