NAME:
altoha
PURPOSE: (one line)
Convert an object altitude to its hour angle.
DESCRIPTION:
CATEGORY:
Astronomy
CALLING SEQUENCE:
altoha,alt,dec,lat,ha,type
INPUTS:
alt - Altitude of object above horizon in radians
dec - Declination of object in radians
lat - Latitude of observatory in radians
OPTIONAL INPUT PARAMETERS:
KEYWORD INPUT PARAMETERS:
OUTPUTS:
ha - hour angle for object (< 0 is East, > 0 is West)
type - indicates the success of the conversion
-1 object is always below ALT
0 conversion ok, HA valid
1 object is always above ALT
KEYWORD OUTPUT PARAMETERS:
COMMON BLOCKS:
SIDE EFFECTS:
RESTRICTIONS:
PROCEDURE:
MODIFICATION HISTORY:
94/05/07 - Written by Marc W. Buie, Lowell Observatory
2000/11/06, MWB, changed to permit vector inputs.