.help mapqk Jun99 "Slalib Package" .nf SUBROUTINE slMAPQ (RM, DM, PR, PD, PX, RV, AMPRMS, RA, DA) - - - - - - M A P Q - - - - - - Quick mean to apparent place: transform a star RA,Dec from mean place to geocentric apparent place, given the star-independent parameters. Use of this routine is appropriate when efficiency is important and where many star positions, all referred to the same equator and equinox, are to be transformed for one epoch. The star-independent parameters can be obtained by calling the slMAPA routine. If the parallax and proper motions are zero the slMAPZ routine can be used instead. The reference frames and timescales used are post IAU 1976. Given: RM,DM d mean RA,Dec (rad) PR,PD d proper motions: RA,Dec changes per Julian year PX d parallax (arcsec) RV d radial velocity (km/sec, +ve if receding) AMPRMS d(21) star-independent mean-to-apparent parameters: (1) time interval for proper motion (Julian years) (2-4) barycentric position of the Earth (AU) (5-7) heliocentric direction of the Earth (unit vector) (8) (grav rad Sun)*2/(Sun-Earth distance) (9-11) barycentric Earth velocity in units of c (12) sqrt(1-v**2) where v=modulus(ABV) (13-21) precession/nutation (3,3) matrix Returned: RA,DA d apparent RA,Dec (rad) References: 1984 Astronomical Almanac, pp B39-B41. (also Lederle & Schwan, Astron. Astrophys. 134, 1-6, 1984) Notes: 1) The vectors AMPRMS(2-4) and AMPRMS(5-7) are referred to the mean equinox and equator of epoch EQ. 2) Strictly speaking, the routine is not valid for solar-system sources, though the error will usually be extremely small. However, to prevent gross errors in the case where the position of the Sun is specified, the gravitational deflection term is restrained within about 920 arcsec of the centre of the Sun's disc. The term has a maximum value of about 1.85 arcsec at this radius, and decreases to zero as the centre of the disc is approached. Called: slDS2C spherical to Cartesian slDVDV dot product slDMXV matrix x vector slDC2S Cartesian to spherical slDA2P normalize angle 0-2Pi P.T.Wallace Starlink 23 August 1996 Copyright (C) 1996 Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Copyright (C) 1995 Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy Inc. .fi .endhelp