- NAME
OBSERVATORY
- PURPOSE
Return longitude, latitude, altitude & time zones of an observatory
- EXPLANATION
Given an observatory name, returns a structure giving the longitude,
latitude, altitude, and time zone
- CALLING SEQUENCE
Observatory, obsname, obs_struct, [ /PRINT ]
- INPUTS
obsname - scalar or vector string giving abbreviated name(s) of
observatories for which location or time information is requested.
If obsname is an empty string, then information is returned for
all observatories in the database. See the NOTES: section
for the list of 41 recognized observatories. The case of the
string does not matter
- OUTPUTS
obs_struct - an IDL structure containing information on the specified
observatories. The structure tags are as follows:
.observatory - abbreviated observatory name
.name - full observatory name
.longitude - observatory longitude in degrees *west*
.latitude - observatory latitude in degrees
.altitude - observatory altitude in meters above sea level
.tz - time zone, number of hours *west* of Greenwich
- OPTIONAL INPUT KEYWORD
/PRINT - If this keyword is set, (or if only 1 parameter is supplied)
then OBSERVATORY will display information about the specified
observatories at the terminal
- EXAMPLE
Get the latitude, longitude and altitude of Kitt Peak National Observatory
IDL> observatory,'kpno',obs
IDL> print,obs.longitude ==> 111.6 degrees west
IDL> print,obs.latitude ==> +31.9633 degrees
IDL> print,obs.altitude ==> 2120 meters above sea level
- NOTES
Observatory information is taken from noao$lib/obsdb.dat file in IRAF 2.11
Currently recognized observatory names are as follows:
kpno': Kitt Peak National Observatory
ctio': Cerro Tololo Interamerican Observatory
eso': European Southern Observatory
lick': Lick Observatory
mmto': MMT Observatory
cfht': Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope
lapalma': Roque de los Muchachos, La Palma
mso': Mt. Stromlo Observatory
sso': Siding Spring Observatory
aao': Anglo-Australian Observatory
mcdonald': McDonald Observatory
lco': Las Campanas Observatory
mtbigelow': Catalina Observatory: 61 inch telescope
dao': Dominion Astrophysical Observatory
spm': Observatorio Astronomico Nacional, San Pedro Martir
tona': Observatorio Astronomico Nacional, Tonantzintla
Palomar': The Hale Telescope
mdm': Michigan-Dartmouth-MIT Observatory
NOV': National Observatory of Venezuela
bmo': Black Moshannon Observatory
BAO': Beijing XingLong Observatory
keck': W. M. Keck Observatory
ekar': Mt. Ekar 182 cm. Telescope
apo': Apache Point Observatory
lowell': Lowell Observatory
vbo': Vainu Bappu Observatory
flwo': Whipple Observatory
oro': Oak Ridge Observatory
lna': Laboratorio Nacional de Astrofisica - Brazil
saao': South African Astronomical Observatory
casleo': Complejo Astronomico El Leoncito, San Juan
bosque': Estacion Astrofisica Bosque Alegre, Cordoba
rozhen': National Astronomical Observatory Rozhen - Bulgaria
irtf': NASA Infrared Telescope Facility
bgsuo': Bowling Green State Univ Observatory
ca': Calar Alto Observatory
holi': Observatorium Hoher List (Universitaet Bonn) - Germany
lmo': Leander McCormick Observatory
fmo': Fan Mountain Observatory
whitin': Whitin Observatory, Wellesley College
mgio': Mount Graham International Observatory
- PROCEDURE CALLS
TEN()
- REVISION HISTORY
Written W. Landsman July 2000
Corrected sign error for 'holi' W.L/ Holger Israel Mar 2008
Correctly terminate when observatory name not recognized
S. Koposov, July 2008