Moon tracker for the Pimoroni Galactic Unicon with Pi Pico W

Code to track and display the movement of the Moon (and other Celestial bodies) on a Galactic Unicorn led matrix.

The moon is represented by 4 white dots. The user pointing north is represented by a green dot

How to use

• Copy all the python files to your Galactic Unicon using Thonny (or whatever you use).
• Add a secrets.py script to contain your Wifi SSID and password, also add your latitude and longitude.
• This code was created to track the moon in the Southern Hemsiphere, you my need to change; 1 - The azimuth extents near the top of main.py. 2 - The corrections for the azimuth near the end of moon_position() in moon.py

TODO

• Track the Sun
• Track the Moon's brightness and maybe phase
• Track some planets
• Change the background colour of the display to match the time of day.

Dependencies

• galactic: Library for the Pimoroni Galactic Unicorn display.
• picographics: Graphics library for displays.
• math: For math calculations and functions.
• network: For connecting to Wi-Fi.
• ntptime: For syncing time.
• utime: to set the Pico's clock