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    /// <summary>
    /// Calculate solar elongation for a celestial body.
    /// </summary>
    /// <remarks>
    /// Solar elongation is the angle between the lines of sight from the Earth to the Sun and from the Earth to the celestial body.
    /// </remarks>
    /// <returns>solarElongationDeg -- Solar elongation, in degrees</returns>
    public double SolarElongation(double raHour, double raMin, double raSec, double decDeg, double decMin, double decSec, double gwdateDay, int gwdateMonth, int gwdateYear)
    {
        var sunLongitudeDeg    = PAMacros.SunLong(0, 0, 0, 0, 0, gwdateDay, gwdateMonth, gwdateYear);
        var sunRAHours         = PAMacros.DecimalDegreesToDegreeHours(PAMacros.EcRA(sunLongitudeDeg, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, gwdateDay, gwdateMonth, gwdateYear));
        var sunDecDeg          = PAMacros.EcDec(sunLongitudeDeg, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, gwdateDay, gwdateMonth, gwdateYear);
        var solarElongationDeg = PAMacros.Angle(sunRAHours, 0, 0, sunDecDeg, 0, 0, raHour, raMin, raSec, decDeg, decMin, decSec, PAAngleMeasure.Hours);

        return(Math.Round(solarElongationDeg, 2));
    }