FIELDOBS

Name

fieldobs

Purpose

Real-time display of where objects are in the sky

Description

Calling Sequence

fieldobs,file,AMCRIT=amcrit,OBSFILE=obsfile,OBSCODE=obs

Inputs

file - List of objects (for file format see LOADSTARS) to display

Optional Input Parameters

Keyword Input Parameters

AMCRIT - Maximum airmass for plotted display (default = 2.5)
DT - Offset from UT clock in hours. This is mostly for debugging
purposes but may prove useful otherwise.
OBSFILE - Location of observatory information file, default is
/pub/sac0/elgb/data/obscode.dat
OBSCODE - Observatory code, default = '688', Lowell Observatory

Outputs

Keyword Output Parameters

Common Blocks

Side Effects

Restrictions

Procedure

Modification History

97/05/28, Written by Marc W. Buie, Lowell Observatory
98/04/30, MWB, added some items to the plot.
2001/03/19, David Tucker, changed use of rdobscod for new file handling.
2001/04/18, MWB, changed systime call
2002/09/09, MWB, added support for string obscode values