.help pcd Jun99 "Slalib Package" .nf SUBROUTINE slPCD (DISCO,X,Y) - - - - P C D - - - - Apply pincushion/barrel distortion to a tangent-plane [x,y]. Given: DISCO d pincushion/barrel distortion coefficient X,Y d tangent-plane coordinates Returned: X,Y d distorted coordinates Notes: 1) The distortion is of the form RP = R*(1 + C*R**2), where R is the radial distance from the tangent point, C is the DISCO argument, and RP is the radial distance in the presence of the distortion. 2) For pincushion distortion, C is +ve; for barrel distortion, C is -ve. 3) For X,Y in units of one projection radius (in the case of a photographic plate, the focal length), the following DISCO values apply: Geometry DISCO astrograph 0.0 Schmidt -0.3333 AAT PF doublet +147.069 AAT PF triplet +178.585 AAT f/8 +21.20 JKT f/8 +13.32 4) There is a companion routine, slUPCD, which performs an approximately inverse operation. P.T.Wallace Starlink 31 December 1992 Copyright (C) 1995 Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Copyright (C) 1995 Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy Inc. .fi .endhelp