RDTEDAST

Name

rdtedast

Purpose (one Line Only)

Read a Ted Bowell format astrometry file

Description

This reads a Ted Bowell format astrometry file. As much precision is read
from the file as possible. Note that this is a fixed format file.

Calling Sequence

rdtedast,fnted,nobs,jd,ra,dec,mag,fil,obid,obscode,ref

Inputs

fnted - String with the name of the file to read.

Optional Input Parameters

Keyword Input Parameters

Outputs

nobs - Number of observations.
jd - Julian date of the observations
ra - Right ascension (radians)
dec - Declination (radians)
mag - Magnitude of object (99.9 if no data)
fil - Filter code (one character)
obid - Object ID
obscode - Observatory code
ref - MPC observation publishing code

Keyword Output Parameters

Common Blocks

Side Effects

Restrictions

Procedure

Modification History

Written by Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute, 2015/05/05