.help cs2c Jun99 "Slalib Package" .nf SUBROUTINE slCS2C (A, B, V) - - - - - C S 2 C - - - - - Spherical coordinates to direction cosines (single precision) Given: A,B real spherical coordinates in radians (RA,Dec), (Long,Lat) etc Returned: V real(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