Planet Altitude
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Help documentation says that selecting the list of visible planets will give their altitude above the horizon. However, some of the visible planets have negative altitude shown.
Not sure if this is a bug or a mistake in my interpretation of the help document.
Thanks, Tom
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Hello, and thank you for your question.
The negative altitude values for some planets listed as visible result from known issues in the astronomy features, where celestial bodies may appear as visible despite having coordinates below the horizon. This discrepancy can be caused by calculation errors such as incorrect time references, misconfigured observation locations, or temporary data processing problems. Negative altitude indicates that the planet is below the horizon at that time and place, which may conflict with the "visible" list due to these calculation or display inconsistencies.
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