SC_BCHECK

Name

sc_bcheck

Purpose

Search a star catalog for the number of stars near a given position

Description

search the ppm catalog for the number of stars equal or brighter than
a given threshold within a fixed distance to a region of the sky.

Calling Sequence

sc_bcheck, db, ra, dec, radius, mag_min, count

Inputs

db - handle to an open mysql ddatabase
ra - ra of serach location
dec - dec of serach location
radius - maximum disance from ra/dec to look
mag_min - faint bound of object magnatude (count everything brighter)

Optional Input Parameters

Keyword Input Parameters

TBLNAME - Name of table to query in the DB

Outputs

count - the total number of stars in the region gte mag_min

Keyword Output Parameters

Common Blocks

Side Effects

Restrictions

Procedure

Modification History

02/02/19, Writen by David Tucker
2004/03/30, Marc W. Buie, Lowell Observatory, fix sense of mag check