https://github.com/peap/alexa-astro

Ask your Amazon Echo about the night sky.
https://github.com/peap/alexa-astro

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Ask your Amazon Echo about the night sky.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/peap/alexa-astro
• Owner: peap
• License: mit
• Created: 2016-02-16T06:39:59.000Z (over 8 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2018-11-11T08:29:49.000Z (almost 6 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-04-22T04:51:23.076Z (7 months ago)
• Language: Python
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• Size: 331 KB
• Stars: 1
• Watchers: 3
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# Pluto the Astronomer

Ask your Amazon Echo about the night sky!

## Locations

What you see in the sky depends on where you are.

Ask where Pluto thinks you are:

> Alexa, ask Pluto for my location.

> 

> I have Austin, Texas as your current location.

Update your location:

> Alexa, tell Pluto to change my location to Seattle.

> Alexa, tell Pluto that I'm in Seattle, Washington.

> 

> Your location has been updated to Seattle, Washington.

Be more specific:

> Alexa, tell Pluto that my latitude is 43 degrees and 12 minutes.

> 

> Your latitude has been updated.

> Alexa, tell Pluto that my longitude is 100 degrees and 12 minutes west.

> 

> Your longitude has been updated.

## What's in the Sky?

Open the Pluto skill, or ask what's visible, to get a summary of what you

can see in the sky right now:

> Alexa, open Pluto.

> 

> This is Pluto the Astronomer. Currently, from Seattle, you can see the Moon,

> Jupiter, and Venus.

Or ask about another time:

> Alexa, ask Pluto what we'll see tonight.

> 

> Tonight, you can expect to see the Moon, Jupiter, and Venus.

## Where is something?

Ask Pluto where something is in the sky:

> Alexa, ask Pluto where Jupiter is.

> 

> Jupiter is at an altitude of 38 degrees, with an azimuth of 222 degrees.

Wait, what?

> Alexa, ask Pluto about azimuth.

> 

> The azimuth of an object is the angle between due north and its location

> projected down to the horizon. For objects that are due north, the azimuth is

> zero degrees, due east is 90 degrees, due south is 180 degrees, and due west

> is 270 degrees.

And altitude?

> Alexa, ask Pluto about altitude.

> 

> The altitude of an object is the angle between the horizon and its height in

> the sky. An object that is just rising or setting has an altitude of zero

> degrees, and an object directly overhead has an altitude of 90 degrees.

## When will something rise/set?

> Alexa, ask Pluto when Jupiter will rise.

> 

> Jupiter will rise around 3:40 AM.

> Alexa, ask Pluto when Jupiter will set.

> 

> Jupiter will set around 6:00 AM.

## What am I looking at?

What's that bright light in the sky?

> Alexa, ask Pluto what I'm seeing at 200 degrees azimuth and 35 degrees

> altitude.

> 

> You might be seeing Jupiter, which is at 220 degrees azimuth and 40 degrees

> altitude.