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IAUID

IAU name creator.

Description

Creates IAU legal names for objects given coordinates, name and epoch.

Usage

IAUID(ra, dec, name = "GAMA", epoch = "J")

Arguments

ra

Right Ascension in decimal degrees.

dec

Declination in decimal degrees.

name

Name to be appended to IAU designation as a string.

epoch

Epoch, i.e. 'J' (default) or 'B'. Enter as a string.

Value

Text string that outputs an IAU legal name for an object.

Author(s)

Aaron Robotham

Examples

IAUID(123.45,67.89,'GAMA','J')
celestial

Collection of Common Astronomical Conversion Routines and Functions

v1.4.6
GPL-3
Authors
Aaron Robotham
Initial release
2018-11-20

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