teaching-demos-js

Interactive demos to support the explanation of various astronomical concepts and conventions.

Topics

Astrometry

• Explanation of the meaning of the [p,q,r] normal triad in spherical coordinate systems.

Solar system and exoplanets

• The meaning of orbital elements of solar system objects.
• The meaning of the orientation angles of a binary star (or star+planet) orbit on the sky.

Code

The code behind the demos was written in the Javascript version of Processing.

Javascript libraries used:

• p5
• p5.gui
• quicksettings
• dat.GUI
• scijs modified Newton-Raphson