ADDSTARS

Name

addstars

Purpose (one Line)

Manipulate the master star catalog (add/replace)

Description

Calling Sequence

addstars,name,ra,dec,rap,decp,alias

Inputs

name - Name of the star.
ra - Right Ascension in radians. J2000
dec - Declination in radians. J2000
rap - RA proper motion, "/year
decp - Dec proper motion, "/year

Optional Input Parameters

alias - String with aliases for star name, each alias must be separated
by the | character, imbedded blanks are allowed but only one
is preserved and all leading and trailing blanks are removed.
the default is have no aliases.

Keyword Input Parameters

FILE - Name of star catalog file. Default is:
'/net/frakir/raid/buie/starcat/starcat.dat'
FLUSH_INFO - Flush all cached information, force a clean start
NOLOAD - Flag, if set, suppresses the call to LOADSTAR. This is
intended to be used ONLY when this routine is called by
LOADSTAR to prevent infinite recursion. When set, it
is assumed that the common block is empty and all its
contents will be overwritten.

Outputs

common block and file are updated

Common Blocks

MWB_STARCAT

Side Effects

Restrictions

Procedure

Modification History

96/11/21, Written by Marc W. Buie, Lowell Observatory
2004/02/09, MWB, changed path to starcat.dat file.