object command


This page is part of the ING manual WHT-INGRID-2: INGRID IMPB Software Operations Manual


 
Usage: object name ra dec equinox
Category: TCS Command
Description: Enter the new source data into the TCS edit source data area. This is the equivalent of the TCS SOURCE command. See the WHT TCS documentation for further details.
 
Arguments: name  is the name of the new source: a string of up to 20 characters eg "object1".

ra specifies the right ascension of the new source. The format is three fields, spearated by spaces in the form <ra_hours> <ra_mins> <ra_secs>.

<ra_hours> is an integer in the range 0-23.
<ra_mins> is an integer in the range 0-59.
<ra_secs> is a real in the range 0.00-59.99

eg "23 17 11.20"

dec specifies the declination of the new source. The format is three fields, spearated by spaces in the form <dec_degrees> <dec_mins> <dec_secs>.

<dec_degrees> is an integer in the range 0-89.
<dec_mins> is an integer in the range 0-59.
<dec_secs> is a real in the range 0.00-59.99

eg "65 00 0.20"

equinox specifies the equinox of the source coordinates eg "B1950", "J2000" or "APPARENT"
 
Examples: object star1 11 00 22.3 40 44 16.1 J2000 - specifies an object called "star1" with right ascension 11 00 22.3 and declination 40 44 16.2  in the epoch J2000.