SLA_OBS - Observatory Parameters

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SLA_OBS - Observatory Parameters + +

ACTION: +: Look up an entry in a standard list of +groundbased observing stations parameters. +
CALL: +: CALL sla_OBS (N, C, NAME, W, P, H) +

GIVEN: +

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N	I	number specifying observing station

GIVEN or RETURNED: +

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C	*C()*	identifier specifying observing station

RETURNED: +

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NAME	*C()*	name of specified observing station
W	D	longitude (radians, west +ve)
P	D	geodetic latitude (radians, north +ve)
H	D	height above sea level (metres)

NOTES: +

1. +

Station identifiers C may be up to 10 characters long, +and station names NAME may be up to 40 characters long. +

2. +

C and N are alternative ways of specifying the observing + station. The C option, which is the most generally useful, + may be selected by specifying an N value of zero or less. + If N is 1 or more, the parameters of the Nth station + in the currently supported list are interrogated, and + the station identifier C is returned as well as NAME, W, + P and H. +

3. +

If the station parameters are not available, either because + the station identifier C is not recognized, or because an + N value greater than the number of stations supported is + given, a name of `?' is returned and W, P and H are left in + their current states. +

4. +

Programs can obtain a list of all currently supported + stations by calling the routine repeatedly, with N=1,2,3... + When NAME=`?' is seen, the list of stations has been + exhausted. The stations at the time of writing are listed + below. +

5. +

Station numbers, identifiers, names and other details are + subject to change and should not be hardwired into + application programs. +

6. +

All station identifiers C are uppercase only; lower case + characters must be converted to uppercase by the calling + program. The station names returned may contain both upper- + and lowercase. All characters up to the first space are + checked; thus an abbreviated ID will return the parameters + for the first station in the list which matches the + abbreviation supplied, and no station in the list will ever + contain embedded spaces. C must not have leading spaces. +

7. +

IMPORTANT - BEWARE OF THE LONGITUDE SIGN CONVENTION. The + longitude returned by sla_OBS is + west-positive, following the pre-1984 Astronomical + Almanac. However, this sign convention is left-handed and is + the opposite of the one now used; elsewhere in + SLALIB the preferable east-positive convention is used. In + particular, note that for use in sla_AOP, sla_AOPPA and + sla_OAP the sign of the longitude must be reversed. +

8. +

Users are urged to inform the author of any improvements + they would like to see made. For example: +

typographical corrections +
more accurate parameters +
better station identifiers or names +
additional stations +

+Stations supported by sla_OBS at the time of writing: +


+ID 		 NAME 
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+AAT 		 Anglo-Australian 3.9m Telescope 
+ANU2.3 		 Siding Spring 2.3 metre 
+APO3.5 		 Apache Point 3.5m 
+ARECIBO 		 Arecibo 1000 foot 
+ATCA 		 Australia Telescope Compact Array 
+BLOEMF 		 Bloemfontein 1.52 metre 
+BOSQALEGRE 		 Bosque Alegre 1.54 metre 
+CAMB1MILE 		 Cambridge 1 mile 
+CAMB5KM 		 Cambridge 5km 
+CATALINA61 		 Catalina 61 inch 
+CFHT 		 Canada-France-Hawaii 3.6m Telescope 
+CSO 		 Caltech Sub-mm Observatory, Mauna Kea 
+DAO72 		 DAO Victoria BC 1.85 metre 
+DUNLAP74 		 David Dunlap 74 inch 
+DUPONT 		 Du Pont 2.5m Telescope, Las Campanas 
+EFFELSBERG 		 Effelsberg 100 metre 
+ESO3.6 		 ESO 3.6 metre 
+ESONTT 		 ESO 3.5 metre NTT 
+ESOSCHM 		 ESO 1 metre Schmidt, La Silla 
+FCRAO 		 Five College Radio Astronomy Obs 
+FLAGSTF61 		 USNO 61 inch astrograph, Flagstaff 
+GBVA140 		 Greenbank 140 foot 
+GBVA300 		 Greenbank 300 foot 
+GEMININ 		 Gemini North 8-m telescope 
+HARVARD 		 Harvard College Observatory 1.55m 
+HPROV1.52 		 Haute Provence 1.52 metre 
+HPROV1.93 		 Haute Provence 1.93 metre 
+IRTF 		 NASA IR Telescope Facility, Mauna Kea 
+JCMT 		 JCMT 15 metre 
+JODRELL1 		 Jodrell Bank 250 foot 
+KECK1 		 Keck 10m Telescope 1 
+KECK2 		 Keck 10m Telescope 2 
+KISO 		 Kiso 1.05 metre Schmidt, Japan 
+KOTTAMIA 		 Kottamia 74 inch 
+KPNO158 		 Kitt Peak 158 inch 
+KPNO36FT 		 Kitt Peak 36 foot 
+KPNO84 		 Kitt Peak 84 inch 
+KPNO90 		 Kitt Peak 90 inch 
+LICK120 		 Lick 120 inch 
+LOWELL72 		 Perkins 72 inch, Lowell 
+LPO1 		 Jacobus Kapteyn 1m Telescope 
+LPO2.5 		 Isaac Newton 2.5m Telescope 
+LPO4.2 		 William Herschel 4.2m Telescope 
+MAUNAK88 		 Mauna Kea 88 inch 
+MCDONLD2.1 		 McDonald 2.1 metre 
+MCDONLD2.7 		 McDonald 2.7 metre 
+MMT 		 MMT, Mt Hopkins 
+MOPRA 		 ATNF Mopra Observatory 
+MTEKAR 		 Mt Ekar 1.82 metre 
+MTHOP1.5 		 Mt Hopkins 1.5 metre 
+MTLEMMON60 		 Mt Lemmon 60 inch 
+NOBEYAMA 		 Nobeyama 45 metre 
+OKAYAMA 		 Okayama 1.88 metre 
+PALOMAR200 		 Palomar 200 inch 
+PALOMAR48 		 Palomar 48-inch Schmidt 
+PALOMAR60 		 Palomar 60 inch 
+PARKES 		 Parkes 64 metre 
+QUEBEC1.6 		 Quebec 1.6 metre 
+SAAO74 		 Sutherland 74 inch 
+SANPM83 		 San Pedro Martir 83 inch 
+ST.ANDREWS 		 St Andrews University Observatory 
+STEWARD90 		 Steward 90 inch 
+STROMLO74 		 Mount Stromlo 74 inch 
+SUBARU 		 Subaru 8 metre 
+SUGARGROVE 		 Sugar Grove 150 foot 
+TAUTNBG 		 Tautenburg 2 metre 
+TAUTSCHM 		 Tautenberg 1.34 metre Schmidt 
+TIDBINBLA 		 Tidbinbilla 64 metre 
+TOLOLO1.5M 		 Cerro Tololo 1.5 metre 
+TOLOLO4M 		 Cerro Tololo 4 metre 
+UKIRT 		 UK Infra Red Telescope 
+UKST 		 UK 1.2 metre Schmidt, Siding Spring 
+USSR6 		 USSR 6 metre 
+USSR600 		 USSR 600 foot 
+VLA 		 Very Large Array
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+SLALIB --- Positional Astronomy Library
Starlink User Note 67
P. T. Wallace
12 October 1999
E-mail:ptw@star.rl.ac.uk +

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