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+.help de2h Jun99 "Slalib Package"
+.nf
+
+ SUBROUTINE slDE2H (HA, DEC, PHI, AZ, EL)
+
+ - - - - -
+ D E 2 H
+ - - - - -
+
+ Equatorial to horizon coordinates: HA,Dec to Az,El
+
+ (double precision)
+
+ Given:
+ HA d hour angle
+ DEC d declination
+ PHI d observatory latitude
+
+ Returned:
+ AZ d azimuth
+ EL d elevation
+
+ Notes:
+
+ 1) All the arguments are angles in radians.
+
+ 2) Azimuth is returned in the range 0-2pi; north is zero,
+ and east is +pi/2. Elevation is returned in the range
+ +/-pi/2.
+
+ 3) The latitude must be geodetic. In critical applications,
+ corrections for polar motion should be applied.
+
+ 4) In some applications it will be important to specify the
+ correct type of hour angle and declination in order to
+ produce the required type of azimuth and elevation. In
+ particular, it may be important to distinguish between
+ elevation as affected by refraction, which would
+ require the "observed" HA,Dec, and the elevation
+ in vacuo, which would require the "topocentric" HA,Dec.
+ If the effects of diurnal aberration can be neglected, the
+ "apparent" HA,Dec may be used instead of the topocentric
+ HA,Dec.
+
+ 5) No range checking of arguments is carried out.
+
+ 6) 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, and (for tracking a star)
+ sine and cosine of declination.
+
+ P.T.Wallace Starlink 9 July 1994
+
+ Copyright (C) 1995 Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
+ Copyright (C) 1995 Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy Inc.
+
+.fi
+.endhelp