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diff --git a/math/slalib/doc/supgal.hlp b/math/slalib/doc/supgal.hlp new file mode 100644 index 00000000..aa260719 --- /dev/null +++ b/math/slalib/doc/supgal.hlp @@ -0,0 +1,43 @@ +.help supgal Jun99 "Slalib Package" +.nf + + SUBROUTINE slSUGA (DSL, DSB, DL, DB) + + - - - - - - - + S U G A + - - - - - - - + + Transformation from de Vaucouleurs supergalactic coordinates + to IAU 1958 galactic coordinates (double precision) + + Given: + DSL,DSB dp supergalactic longitude and latitude + + Returned: + DL,DB dp galactic longitude and latitude L2,B2 + + (all arguments are radians) + + Called: + slDS2C, slDIMV, slDC2S, slDA2P, slDA1P + + References: + + de Vaucouleurs, de Vaucouleurs, & Corwin, Second Reference + Catalogue of Bright Galaxies, U. Texas, page 8. + + Systems & Applied Sciences Corp., Documentation for the + machine-readable version of the above catalogue, + Contract NAS 5-26490. + + (These two references give different values for the galactic + longitude of the supergalactic origin. Both are wrong; the + correct value is L2=137.37.) + + P.T.Wallace Starlink March 1986 + + Copyright (C) 1995 Rutherford Appleton Laboratory + Copyright (C) 1995 Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy Inc. + +.fi +.endhelp |