unix_to_era#

caput.astro.time.unix_to_era(unix_time)[source]#

Calculate the Earth Rotation Angle for a given time.

The Earth Rotation Angle is the angle between the Celestial and Terrestrial Intermediate origins, and is a modern replacement for the Greenwich Sidereal Time.

Parameters:
unix_timearray_like

Unix time.

Returns:
eraarray_like

The Earth Rotation Angle in degrees.