Name

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RADEC

Purpose

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To convert RA and Dec from decimal to sexagesimal units.

Explanation

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The conversion is to sexagesimal hours for RA, and sexagesimal
degrees for declination.

Calling Sequence

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radec, ra, dec, ihr, imin, xsec, ideg, imn, xsc, [/HOURS}

Inputs

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ra - Right ascension, scalar or vector, in DEGREES unless the
              /HOURS keyword is set
dec - declination in decimal DEGREES, scalar or vector, same number
of elements as RA

Outputs

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ihr - right ascension hours (INTEGER*2)
imin - right ascension minutes (INTEGER*2)
xsec - right ascension seconds (REAL*4 or REAL*8)
ideg - declination degrees (INTEGER*2)
imn - declination minutes (INTEGER*2)
xsc - declination seconds (REAL*4 or REAL*8)

Optional Keyword Input

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      /HOURS - if set, then the input righ ascension should be specified in
              hours instead of degrees.

Restrictions

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RADEC does minimal parameter checking.

Revison History

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Written by B. Pfarr, STX, 4/24/87
Converted to IDL V5.0 W. Landsman September 1997
      Added /HOURS keyword W. Landsman August 2002