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diff --git a/math/slalib/doc/dcs2c.hlp b/math/slalib/doc/dcs2c.hlp new file mode 100644 index 00000000..50010ea4 --- /dev/null +++ b/math/slalib/doc/dcs2c.hlp @@ -0,0 +1,31 @@ +.help dcs2c Jun99 "Slalib Package" +.nf + + SUBROUTINE slDS2C (A, B, V) + + - - - - - - + D S 2 C + - - - - - - + + Spherical coordinates to direction cosines (double precision) + + Given: + A,B dp spherical coordinates in radians + (RA,Dec), (Long,Lat) etc + + Returned: + V dp(3) x,y,z unit vector + + The spherical coordinates are longitude (+ve anticlockwise + looking from the +ve latitude pole) and latitude. The + Cartesian coordinates are right handed, with the x axis + at zero longitude and latitude, and the z axis at the + +ve latitude pole. + + P.T.Wallace Starlink October 1984 + + Copyright (C) 1995 Rutherford Appleton Laboratory + Copyright (C) 1995 Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy Inc. + +.fi +.endhelp |