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+.help rvlsrd Jun99 "Slalib Package"
+.nf
+
+ REAL FUNCTION slRVLD (R2000, D2000)
+
+ - - - - - - -
+ R V L D
+ - - - - - - -
+
+ Velocity component in a given direction due to the Sun's motion
+ with respect to the dynamical Local Standard of Rest.
+
+ (single precision)
+
+ Given:
+ R2000,D2000 r J2000.0 mean RA,Dec (radians)
+
+ Result:
+ Component of "peculiar" solar motion in direction R2000,D2000 (km/s)
+
+ Sign convention:
+ The result is +ve when the Sun is receding from the given point on
+ the sky.
+
+ Note: The Local Standard of Rest used here is the "dynamical" LSR,
+ a point in the vicinity of the Sun which is in a circular
+ orbit around the Galactic centre. The Sun's motion with
+ respect to the dynamical LSR is called the "peculiar" solar
+ motion.
+
+ There is another type of LSR, called a "kinematical" LSR. A
+ kinematical LSR is the mean standard of rest of specified star
+ catalogues or stellar populations, and several slightly
+ different kinematical LSRs are in use. The Sun's motion with
+ respect to an agreed kinematical LSR is known as the "standard"
+ solar motion. To obtain a radial velocity correction with
+ respect to an adopted kinematical LSR use the routine slRVLK.
+
+ Reference: Delhaye (1965), in "Stars and Stellar Systems", vol 5,
+ p73.
+
+ Called:
+ slCS2C, slVDV
+
+ P.T.Wallace Starlink 9 March 1994
+
+ Copyright (C) 1995 Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
+ Copyright (C) 1995 Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy Inc.
+
+.fi
+.endhelp