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+SLA_PA - <IMG WIDTH="27" HEIGHT="27" ALIGN="MIDDLE" BORDER="0"
+ SRC="img65.gif"
+ ALT="$h,\delta$"> to Parallactic Angle
+</H2>
+ <DL>
+<DT><STRONG>ACTION:</STRONG>
+<DD>Hour angle and declination to parallactic angle
+(double precision).
+<P> <DT><STRONG>CALL:</STRONG>
+<DD><TT>D&nbsp;=&nbsp;sla_PA (HA, DEC, PHI)</TT>
+<P> </DL>
+<P> <DL>
+<DT><STRONG>GIVEN:</STRONG>
+<DD>
+<BR>
+<TABLE CELLPADDING=3>
+<TR VALIGN="TOP"><TD ALIGN="LEFT"><EM>HA</EM></TD>
+<TH ALIGN="LEFT"><B>D</B></TH>
+<TD ALIGN="LEFT" NOWRAP>hour angle in radians (geocentric apparent)</TD>
+</TR>
+<TR VALIGN="TOP"><TD ALIGN="LEFT"><EM>DEC</EM></TD>
+<TD ALIGN="LEFT"><B>D</B></TD>
+<TD ALIGN="LEFT" NOWRAP>declination in radians (geocentric apparent)</TD>
+</TR>
+<TR VALIGN="TOP"><TD ALIGN="LEFT"><EM>PHI</EM></TD>
+<TD ALIGN="LEFT"><B>D</B></TD>
+<TD ALIGN="LEFT" NOWRAP>latitude in radians (geodetic)</TD>
+</TR>
+</TABLE></DL>
+<P> <DL>
+<DT><STRONG>RETURNED:</STRONG>
+<DD>
+<BR>
+<TABLE CELLPADDING=3>
+<TR VALIGN="TOP"><TD ALIGN="LEFT"><EM>sla_PA</EM></TD>
+<TH ALIGN="LEFT"><B>D</B></TH>
+<TD ALIGN="LEFT" NOWRAP>parallactic angle (radians, in the range <IMG WIDTH="25" HEIGHT="25" ALIGN="MIDDLE" BORDER="0"
+ SRC="img47.gif"
+ ALT="$\pm \pi$">)</TD>
+</TR>
+</TABLE></DL>
+<P> <DL>
+<DT><STRONG>NOTES:</STRONG>
+<DD><DL COMPACT>
+<DT>1.
+<DD>The parallactic angle at a point in the sky is the position
+angle of the vertical, <I>i.e.</I> the angle between the direction to
+the pole and to the zenith. In precise applications care must
+ be taken only to use geocentric apparent <IMG WIDTH="41" HEIGHT="29" ALIGN="MIDDLE" BORDER="0"
+ SRC="img29.gif"
+ ALT="$[\,h,\delta\,]$"> and to consider
+ separately the effects of atmospheric refraction and telescope
+ mount errors.
+ <DT>2.
+<DD>At the pole a zero result is returned.
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+<I>SLALIB --- Positional Astronomy Library<BR>Starlink User Note 67<BR>P. T. Wallace<BR>12 October 1999<BR>E-mail:ptw@star.rl.ac.uk</I>
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