RA & Dec formats in Guide & Charon
mgedawson@hotmail.com Aug 10, 2000
The MPC NEOCP ephemerides positions are in the following Format:
01 22.54 +43 36.1
To locate the position in Guide I have to (manually) change them to:
01h22.54m N43 36.1'
To do astrometry I have to (manually) enter the co-ords into Charon
in
the following format:
01h22.54m,+43 36.1'
Is there a quicker way to load coords into Guide and Charon? If you
do
10 objects in a night this time sure adds up & is open to mistakes
happening. If you load the coords into Guide and then use OK, Alt-C
it
chooses the nearest GSC star which may be some arc minutes away.
Thanks Matt