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1/*
2*+
3* Name:
4* palDh2e
5
6* Purpose:
7* Horizon to equatorial coordinates: Az,El to HA,Dec
8
9* Language:
10* Starlink ANSI C
11
12* Type of Module:
13* Library routine
14
15* Invocation:
16* palDh2e( double az, double el, double phi, double * ha, double * dec );
17
18* Arguments:
19* az = double (Given)
20* Azimuth (radians)
21* el = double (Given)
22* Elevation (radians)
23* phi = double (Given)
24* Observatory latitude (radians)
25* ha = double * (Returned)
26* Hour angle (radians)
27* dec = double * (Returned)
28* Declination (radians)
29
30* Description:
31* Convert horizon to equatorial 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* - The sign convention for azimuth is north zero, east +pi/2.
41* - HA is returned in the range +/-pi. Declination is returned
42* in the range +/-pi/2.
43* - The latitude is (in principle) geodetic. In critical
44* applications, corrections for polar motion should be applied.
45* - In some applications it will be important to specify the
46* correct type of elevation in order to produce the required
47* type of HA,Dec. In particular, it may be important to
48* distinguish between the elevation as affected by refraction,
49* which will yield the "observed" HA,Dec, and the elevation
50* in vacuo, which will yield the "topocentric" HA,Dec. If the
51* effects of diurnal aberration can be neglected, the
52* topocentric HA,Dec may be used as an approximation to the
53* "apparent" HA,Dec.
54* - No range checking of arguments is done.
55* - In applications which involve many such calculations, rather
56* than calling the present routine it will be more efficient to
57* use inline code, having previously computed fixed terms such
58* as sine and cosine of latitude.
59
60* History:
61* 2012-02-08 (TIMJ):
62* Initial version with documentation taken from Fortran SLA
63* Adapted with permission from the Fortran SLALIB library.
64* {enter_further_changes_here}
65
66* Copyright:
67* Copyright (C) 1996 Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
68* Copyright (C) 2012 Science and Technology Facilities Council.
69* All Rights Reserved.
70
71* Licence:
72* This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or
73* modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
74* License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either
75* version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later
76* version.
77*
78* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
79* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
80* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
81* GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
82*
83* You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General
84* License along with this program. If not, see
85* <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
86
87* Bugs:
88* {note_any_bugs_here}
89*-
90*/
91
92#include "pal.h"
93#include <math.h>
94
95void
96palDh2e ( double az, double el, double phi, double *ha, double *dec) {
97
98 double sa;
99 double ca;
100 double se;
101 double ce;
102 double sp;
103 double cp;
104
105 double x;
106 double y;
107 double z;
108 double r;
109
110 /* Useful trig functions */
111 sa = sin(az);
112 ca = cos(az);
113 se = sin(el);
114 ce = cos(el);
115 sp = sin(phi);
116 cp = cos(phi);
117
118 /* HA,Dec as x,y,z */
119 x = -ca * ce * sp + se * cp;
120 y = -sa * ce;
121 z = ca * ce * cp + se * sp;
122
123 /* To HA,Dec */
124 r = sqrt(x * x + y * y);
125 if (r == 0.) {
126 *ha = 0.;
127 } else {
128 *ha = atan2(y, x);
129 }
130 *dec = atan2(z, r);
131
132 return;
133}
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