/* * Eyepiece Projection Exposure Calculator by Eric Smestad * 11/24/2003 * * to compile: * gcc exposurecalculator.c -o exposurecalculator * * Uses equations from this site: http://canopus.saao.ac.za/~wpk/exposure.html * */ #include #include int main (int argc, char *argv[]) { float lnTelescopeFL,lnEyepieceFL,lnCameraFL,lnAperture,lnK,lnISO; float lnTelescopeMag,lnSystemFL,lnFRatio,lnExposure; if (argc != 7) { printf ("Usage: %s TelescopeFL EyepieceFL CameraFL TelescopeAperture K FilmISO\n\n",argv[0]); printf ("Values for K\n"); printf ("Crescent Moon: 20\n"); printf ("Quarter Moon: 40\n"); printf ("Full Moon: 200\n"); printf ("Saturn: 13.6\n"); printf ("Jupiter: 32.5\n"); printf ("Mars: 32.5\n"); printf ("Venus: 1310\n"); exit(0); } lnTelescopeFL = atoi(argv[1]); lnEyepieceFL = atoi(argv[2]); lnCameraFL = atoi(argv[3]); lnAperture = atoi(argv[4]); lnK = atof(argv[5]); lnISO = atoi(argv[6]); lnTelescopeMag = (lnTelescopeFL / lnEyepieceFL); lnSystemFL = (lnTelescopeMag * lnCameraFL); lnFRatio = (lnSystemFL / lnAperture); lnExposure = (lnFRatio * lnFRatio) / (lnK * lnISO); printf("System FL: %fmm\n",lnSystemFL); printf("F Ratio: %f\n\n",lnFRatio); printf("Exposure: %f Sec\n",lnExposure); printf(" or: 1/%f Sec\n",(1 / lnExposure)); exit(0); } /* Note: Snow is like hail, only it falls gently and doesn't smash windshields */