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[fitsbits] Hour angle / Declination
Is there a standard CTYPE notation for hour angle and declination?
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[fitsbits] Hour angle / Declination
On Mon 2004-07-19T10:52:45 +0200, Jennifer Hatchell hath writ:
Is there a standard CTYPE notation for hour angle and declination? No. If there were it would have to disambiguate numerous issues. Would it be the values as reported by a telescope pointing system? If so, would those be raw encoder values or re-reduced and registered ones? Would it include the effects of refraction? Would it include the effects of diurnal aberration? How would it specify the implied coordinates of the observer? Geocentric? Astronomical? Geodetic? Would its values be calculated using the old Newcomb expressions which became invalid in 1984? The Aoki et al. expressions which became invalid in 2003? The new CEO/TEO expressions which imply a whole new nomenclature? On the other hand, there is nothing preventing the informal use of local conventions for those keyword values. -- Steve Allen UCO/Lick Observatory Santa Cruz, CA 95064 Voice: +1 831 459 3046 http://www.ucolick.org/~sla PGP: 1024/E46978C5 F6 78 D1 10 62 94 8F 2E 49 89 0E FE 26 B4 14 93 |
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[fitsbits] Hour angle / Declination
On Mon 2004-07-19T10:52:45 +0200, Jennifer Hatchell hath writ:
Is there a standard CTYPE notation for hour angle and declination? No. If there were it would have to disambiguate numerous issues. Would it be the values as reported by a telescope pointing system? If so, would those be raw encoder values or re-reduced and registered ones? Would it include the effects of refraction? Would it include the effects of diurnal aberration? How would it specify the implied coordinates of the observer? Geocentric? Astronomical? Geodetic? Would its values be calculated using the old Newcomb expressions which became invalid in 1984? The Aoki et al. expressions which became invalid in 2003? The new CEO/TEO expressions which imply a whole new nomenclature? On the other hand, there is nothing preventing the informal use of local conventions for those keyword values. -- Steve Allen UCO/Lick Observatory Santa Cruz, CA 95064 Voice: +1 831 459 3046 http://www.ucolick.org/~sla PGP: 1024/E46978C5 F6 78 D1 10 62 94 8F 2E 49 89 0E FE 26 B4 14 93 |
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