tde-i18n/tde-i18n-en_GB/docs/tdeedu/kstars/calc-equinox.docbook

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<title>Equinoxes and Solstices module</title>
<indexterm><primary>Tools</primary>
<secondary>Astrocalculator</secondary>
<tertiary>Equinoxes and Solstices module</tertiary>
</indexterm>

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<screeninfo>The Equinoxes and Solstices calculator module </screeninfo>
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<para>The <link linkend="ai-equinox">Equinoxes</link> and Solstices module calculates the date and time of an equinox or solstice for a given year. You specify which event (Spring Equinox, Summer Solstice, Autumn Equinox or Winter Solstice) should be investigated, and the year. Then press the <guibutton>Compute</guibutton> button to obtain the date and time of the event, and the length of the corresponding season, in days. </para>
<para>There is a batch mode for this module. To use it, simply generate an input file whose lines each contain a year for which the Equinox and Solstice data will be computed. Then specify the input and output filenames, and press the <guibutton>Run</guibutton> button to generate the output file. Each line in the output file contains the input year, the date and time of each event, and the length of each season. </para>
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