BAIT: apparent command

NAME

apparent - changes astrometric positions to apparent positions

SYNOPSIS

apparent [ut=hh:mm:ss] [date=dd/mm/yyyy]

DESCRIPTION

This program converts lines arriving in stding similar to

07:09:17.6 +23:13:31 2000.0 14.0 Edith
to
07:08:56.7 +23:14:01 1993.8 14.0 Edith

The first three fields must contain the ra, dec, equinox of the astrometric coordinates. The output has been corrected for planetary aberration, nutation and precessed to the current equinox. The calculation uses the values for the current time unless overridden by the command line options. All fields beyond the three required ones are passed thru unprocessed. No correction for diurnal aberration is made.

SEE ALSO

precess