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
- 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
- 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.
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