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+.help h2e Jun99 "Slalib Package"
+.nf
+
+ SUBROUTINE slH2E (AZ, EL, PHI, HA, DEC)
+
+ - - - - -
+ D E 2 H
+ - - - - -
+
+ Horizon to equatorial coordinates: Az,El to HA,Dec
+
+ (single precision)
+
+ Given:
+ AZ r azimuth
+ EL r elevation
+ PHI r observatory latitude
+
+ Returned:
+ HA r hour angle
+ DEC r declination
+
+ Notes:
+
+ 1) All the arguments are angles in radians.
+
+ 2) The sign convention for azimuth is north zero, east +pi/2.
+
+ 3) HA is returned in the range +/-pi. Declination is returned
+ in the range +/-pi/2.
+
+ 4) The latitude is (in principle) geodetic. In critical
+ applications, corrections for polar motion should be applied.
+
+ 5) In some applications it will be important to specify the
+ correct type of elevation in order to produce the required
+ type of HA,Dec. In particular, it may be important to
+ distinguish between the elevation as affected by refraction,
+ which will yield the "observed" HA,Dec, and the elevation
+ in vacuo, which will yield the "topocentric" HA,Dec. If the
+ effects of diurnal aberration can be neglected, the
+ topocentric HA,Dec may be used as an approximation to the
+ "apparent" HA,Dec.
+
+ 6) No range checking of arguments is done.
+
+ 7) In applications which involve many such calculations, rather
+ than calling the present routine it will be more efficient to
+ use inline code, having previously computed fixed terms such
+ as sine and cosine of latitude.
+
+ P.T.Wallace Starlink 21 February 1996
+
+ Copyright (C) 1996 Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
+ Copyright (C) 1995 Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy Inc.
+
+.fi
+.endhelp