.help dpav Jun99 "Slalib Package" .nf DOUBLE PRECISION FUNCTION slDPAV ( V1, V2 ) - - - - - D P A V - - - - - Position angle of one celestial direction with respect to another. (double precision) Given: V1 d(3) direction cosines of one point V2 d(3) direction cosines of the other point (The coordinate frames correspond to RA,Dec, Long,Lat etc.) The result is the bearing (position angle), in radians, of point V2 with respect to point V1. It is in the range +/- pi. The sense is such that if V2 is a small distance east of V1, the bearing is about +pi/2. Zero is returned if the two points are coincident. V1 and V2 need not be unit vectors. The routine slDBER performs an equivalent function except that the points are specified in the form of spherical coordinates. Patrick Wallace Starlink 13 July 1997 Copyright (C) 1997 Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Copyright (C) 1995 Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy Inc. .fi .endhelp