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+.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