source: trunk/FACT++/pal/palDe2h.c@ 18795

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1/*
2*+
3* Name:
4* palDe2h
5
6* Purpose:
7* Equatorial to horizon coordinates: HA,Dec to Az,E
8
9* Language:
10* Starlink ANSI C
11
12* Type of Module:
13* Library routine
14
15* Invocation:
16* palDe2h( double ha, double dec, double phi, double * az, double * el );
17
18* Arguments:
19* ha = double * (Given)
20* Hour angle (radians)
21* dec = double * (Given)
22* Declination (radians)
23* phi = double (Given)
24* Observatory latitude (radians)
25* az = double * (Returned)
26* Azimuth (radians)
27* el = double * (Returned)
28* Elevation (radians)
29
30* Description:
31* Convert equatorial to horizon coordinates.
32
33* Authors:
34* PTW: Pat Wallace (STFC)
35* TIMJ: Tim Jenness (JAC, Hawaii)
36* {enter_new_authors_here}
37
38* Notes:
39* - All the arguments are angles in radians.
40* - Azimuth is returned in the range 0-2pi; north is zero,
41* and east is +pi/2. Elevation is returned in the range
42* +/-pi/2.
43* - The latitude must be geodetic. In critical applications,
44* corrections for polar motion should be applied.
45* - In some applications it will be important to specify the
46* correct type of hour angle and declination in order to
47* produce the required type of azimuth and elevation. In
48* particular, it may be important to distinguish between
49* elevation as affected by refraction, which would
50* require the "observed" HA,Dec, and the elevation
51* in vacuo, which would require the "topocentric" HA,Dec.
52* If the effects of diurnal aberration can be neglected, the
53* "apparent" HA,Dec may be used instead of the topocentric
54* HA,Dec.
55* - No range checking of arguments is carried out.
56* - In applications which involve many such calculations, rather
57* than calling the present routine it will be more efficient to
58* use inline code, having previously computed fixed terms such
59* as sine and cosine of latitude, and (for tracking a star)
60* sine and cosine of declination.
61
62* History:
63* 2012-02-08 (TIMJ):
64* Initial version with documentation taken from Fortran SLA
65* Adapted with permission from the Fortran SLALIB library.
66* {enter_further_changes_here}
67
68* Copyright:
69* Copyright (C) 1995 Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
70* Copyright (C) 2012 Science and Technology Facilities Council.
71* All Rights Reserved.
72
73* Licence:
74* This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or
75* modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
76* License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either
77* version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later
78* version.
79*
80* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
81* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
82* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
83* GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
84*
85* You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General
86* License along with this program. If not, see
87* <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
88
89* Bugs:
90* {note_any_bugs_here}
91*-
92*/
93
94#include "pal.h"
95#include "palmac.h"
96#include <math.h>
97
98void
99palDe2h ( double ha, double dec, double phi, double *az, double *el) {
100
101 double sh;
102 double ch;
103 double sd;
104 double cd;
105 double sp;
106 double cp;
107
108 double a;
109
110 double x;
111 double y;
112 double z;
113 double r;
114
115 /* Useful trig functions */
116 sh = sin(ha);
117 ch = cos(ha);
118 sd = sin(dec);
119 cd = cos(dec);
120 sp = sin(phi);
121 cp = cos(phi);
122
123 /* Az,El as x,y,z */
124 x = -ch * cd * sp + sd * cp;
125 y = -sh * cd;
126 z = ch * cd * cp + sd * sp;
127
128 /* To spherical */
129 r = sqrt(x * x + y * y);
130 if (r == 0.) {
131 a = 0.;
132 } else {
133 a = atan2(y, x);
134 }
135 if (a < 0.) {
136 a += PAL__D2PI;
137 }
138 *az = a;
139 *el = atan2(z, r);
140
141 return;
142}
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