Apparently in 2004 I knew how to handle a roving observer. Now when I
search find_orb.htm the browser can't find "roving". I remember
reading it somewhere. Can anybody say where it is?
I know you use observatory code 247. I know that the next record
duplicates columns 1-32, and I recognize the observer's longitude in
columns 35-42, his latitude in columns 43-53, and his altitude in
meters in columns 57-61, but I also see a "1" in column 33. Can
someone please tell me what that code means? I can guess it means we
are using latitude and altitude instead of rho cos phi and rho sin
phi. Is that right?
Also, does find_orb know about our 3-year-old observatory code for our
observatory in Cany, Oklahoma?
H19 263.86259 0.828144 +0.558685 <
http://www.lonestarobservatory.org/> Lone
Star Observatory, Caney
I guess I'll find out when I try it. But that will be a while. I'll be
using other observations in the foreseeable future.
Also I'm thinking there must be a better way to input 80 columns of
data other than typing into Notepad from a Fortran coding form.
I am thinking about writing an Excel user defined function to take
alpha strings, integers and double precision numbers from an argument
list and concatenating the text conversions into one 80-column record.
If you omit an argument cell reference, it will duplicate the last
value that you used for that argument. So for the second record of a
roving observation, you could just enter a string of commas to
indicate the omitted arguments which would be duplicated.
Has anybody written anything like that? If not, would anybody have a
use for it? If I get such a function working I will gladly share the
source code with anybody who wants it. I would also appreciate
suggestions for design features.
-Glen
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