source: trunk/FACT++/pal/palPa.c@ 19365

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1/*
2*+
3* Name:
4* palPa
5
6* Purpose:
7* HA, Dec to Parallactic Angle
8
9* Language:
10* Starlink ANSI C
11
12* Type of Module:
13* Library routine
14
15* Invocation:
16* double palPa( double ha, double dec, double phi );
17
18* Arguments:
19* ha = double (Given)
20* Hour angle in radians (Geocentric apparent)
21* dec = double (Given)
22* Declination in radians (Geocentric apparent)
23* phi = double (Given)
24* Observatory latitude in radians (geodetic)
25
26* Returned Value:
27* palPa = double
28* Parallactic angle in the range -pi to +pi.
29
30* Description:
31* Converts HA, Dec to Parallactic Angle.
32
33* Authors:
34* PTW: Patrick T. Wallace
35* TIMJ: Tim Jenness (JAC, Hawaii)
36* {enter_new_authors_here}
37
38* Notes:
39* - The parallactic angle at a point in the sky is the position
40* angle of the vertical, i.e. the angle between the direction to
41* the pole and to the zenith. In precise applications care must
42* be taken only to use geocentric apparent HA,Dec and to consider
43* separately the effects of atmospheric refraction and telescope
44* mount errors.
45* - At the pole a zero result is returned.
46
47* History:
48* 2012-03-02 (TIMJ):
49* Initial version
50* Adapted with permission from the Fortran SLALIB library.
51* {enter_further_changes_here}
52
53* Copyright:
54* Copyright (C) 1995 Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
55* Copyright (C) 2012 Science and Technology Facilities Council.
56* All Rights Reserved.
57
58* Licence:
59* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
60* modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
61* published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of
62* the License, or (at your option) any later version.
63*
64* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be
65* useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied
66* warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
67* PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
68*
69* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
70* along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
71* Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston,
72* MA 02110-1301, USA.
73
74* Bugs:
75* {note_any_bugs_here}
76*-
77*/
78
79#include "pal.h"
80
81#include <math.h>
82
83double palPa( double ha, double dec, double phi ) {
84 double cp, sqsz, cqsz;
85
86 cp = cos(phi);
87 sqsz = cp * sin(ha);
88 cqsz = sin(phi) * cos(dec) - cp * sin(dec) * cos(ha);
89 if (sqsz == 0.0 && cqsz == 0.0) cqsz = 1.0;
90 return atan2( sqsz, cqsz );
91}
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