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eqtogal.pro

Last modification date:

Thu Jun 2 23:56:08 2005

eqtogal

function eqtogal(ra, dec, equinox)

Translate equatorial coordiantes to galactic coordinates. Currently this only works for B1950 and J2000 coordinates.

Returns

double precision [glon, glat] in degrees.

Uses

glactc

Version

$Id: eqtogal.pro,v 1.5 2005/05/29 19:13:11 bgarwood Exp $

Parameters
ra in, required double	RA, in degrees.
dec in, required double	Dec, in degrees.
equinox required double	The coordinate system EQUINOX in years (must be either 1950.0 or 2000.0). Returns -1 if any other value is used.