Here's a brain teaser,<br><br>So when you stretch an image of the sky coordinate grid onto a sky dome, then look at it in a hemispherical view, does anybody know what the mathematical equations (sin, cos, etc. functions) for the "former longitudes" (curved "vertical" lines) are on the projected 2D circle? Quite an odd question, I'm thinking.<br>
<br>Here's an image to get you started, showing half the sky, latitude lines, "former longitude" lines, ground, and a sun, projected onto a 2D circle: <a href="http://auror.us/radiance/skyout.png">http://auror.us/radiance/skyout.png</a> .<br>
<br>--Dave