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diff --git a/math/slalib/doc/galsup.hlp b/math/slalib/doc/galsup.hlp new file mode 100644 index 00000000..497211ac --- /dev/null +++ b/math/slalib/doc/galsup.hlp @@ -0,0 +1,43 @@ +.help galsup Jun99 "Slalib Package" +.nf + + SUBROUTINE slGASU (DL, DB, DSL, DSB) + + - - - - - - - + G A S U + - - - - - - - + + Transformation from IAU 1958 galactic coordinates to + de Vaucouleurs supergalactic coordinates (double precision) + + Given: + DL,DB dp galactic longitude and latitude L2,B2 + + Returned: + DSL,DSB dp supergalactic longitude and latitude + + (all arguments are radians) + + Called: + slDS2C, slDMXV, 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 25 January 1999 + + Copyright (C) 1999 Rutherford Appleton Laboratory + Copyright (C) 1995 Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy Inc. + +.fi +.endhelp |