The html code for embedding this file is:

<OBJECT classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0" WIDTH="300" HEIGHT="310" id="sunPathDiagram003" ALIGN=""> <PARAM NAME=FlashVars VALUE="str1=A&str2=B&str3=C&lat=41&initAz=240&initAlt=35"> <PARAM NAME=movie VALUE="http://physics.unl.edu/~astrodev/flashdev2/sunPathDiagram/sunPathDiagram003.swf"> <PARAM NAME=quality VALUE=high> <PARAM NAME=bgcolor VALUE=#000000> <EMBED src="http://physics.unl.edu/~astrodev/flashdev2/sunPathDiagram/sunPathDiagram003.swf" quality=high bgcolor=#000000 WIDTH="300" HEIGHT="310" NAME="sunPathDiagram003" ALIGN="" TYPE="application/x-shockwave-flash" PLUGINSPAGE="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></EMBED> </OBJECT>

where str1, str2, and str3 are the labels for the summer, equinox, and winter sun paths, respectively. lat is the latitude for the stickfigure. initAlt and initAz are optional parameters that define the orientation of the celestial sphere on initialization.

changes:

• added an event handler: onViewerDirectionChanged
• added the function getViewerDirection
• added the functions getSunLocations and getMoonLocations

updated documentation

Flashvars capability has been added - see notes. Note that unlike almost all movies I've made this swf does not rescale, so the height and width can be set to whatever you want in the html block without distorting the movie. The flashvars that make the example movie above are:

viewOnly=true
&showPanel=false
&gridOriginX=1.5u
&gridOriginY=4.5u

&tailX1=100
&tailY1=100
&headX1=300
&headY1=300

&tailX2=1u
&tailY2=1u
&headX2=3u
&headY2=5u
&color2=0000ff
&selectable2=true
&draggable2=true
&uAlpha2=40

&tailX3=3u
&tailY3=-2u
&xComp3=4u
&yComp3=2u
&color3=ffa050

&tailX4=3u
&tailY4=-2u
&angle4=135
&mag4=2u
&color4=a0a050

Example parameters to draw a figure-eight are:

{width: 200, height: 60, a: 1, b: 2, delta: 1.5707963267949}