Movie

Configuration TOML

[observation]
location = "Toronto" # string for address lookup, or [latitude, longitude]

# these entries give the start of the observation
date = 2025-03-21 # YYYY-MM-DD
time = 20:30:00   # HH:MM:SS.ssss

duration = 00:30:00 # the total length of the observation (max 23:59:59.9999)
interval = 00:01:00 # how often to take a new snapshot

# use any combination of XXX.degrees, XXX.arcminutes, XXX.arcseconds here
viewing-radius.degrees = 40

altitude.degrees = 40
altitude.arcminutes = 27
azimuth.degrees = 211
azimuth.arcminutes = 46.3

[image]
# file save location, relative to the working directory of the calling shell
filename = "SkySim.mp4"


# see the `default.toml` file in the `skysim` directory for more configuration
# options anything placed in the configuration file passed on the command line
# will override the values from `default.toml`.

Command and Output

Assuming the above TOML file (available in the examples directory) has been saved in the current directory as movie.toml, you can then run poetry run skysim movie.toml, which produces the below video.