Latitude Extrema

The Latitude Extrema study finds the points where a body reaches an extreme in its latitude or declination.

Creating a Latitude Extrema Study

To create a Latitude Extrema study:

• Click Mundane Studies → Declination Studies → Latitude Extrema on the menu bar.

The new study opens with the workspace's default settings, ready to configure. You can also create it from the study-group dropdown button on the main toolbar.

Events Captured

A latitude extremum occurs when a body reaches a minimum or maximum in its latitude (or declination in equatorial systems). Each event marks the point in the study's date range where a selected body's latitude stops increasing and begins to decrease, or the reverse.

An Event Type dropdown controls which extrema are captured: minima, maxima, or both.

Events Table Columns

The events table shows the following columns for a Latitude Extrema study. Many are hidden by default; you can show or hide any column by right-clicking a column header (see Event Column Visibility).

Column	Description
Date Time	Date and time of the extremum event.
Event Type	Extremum type (latitude/declination minimum or maximum).
Body	Name of the body.
Body Longitude	Ecliptic longitude of the body (relabeled "Body Right Asc" in equatorial mode).
Body Sign	Zodiac sign of the body.
Body Latitude	Ecliptic latitude of the body at the extremum (relabeled "Body Declination" in equatorial mode).
Body Distance	Distance of the body.
Body Speed	Longitudinal speed of the body.
Event Interval	Time interval since the previous event.