NAME:
obsprop
PURPOSE:
Observing proposal planning table generation
DESCRIPTION:
CATEGORY:
Astronomy
CALLING SEQUENCE:
obsprop,objcode,obs,date1,date2
INPUTS:
objcode - String array of standard object codes (see ephem.pro)
obs - Integer Marsden code of the observatory
688 - Lowell Observatory
500 - Geocentric
If you provide an invalid code, 688 is assumed.
date1 - UT date and time vector near midnight for first night,
[year,month,day,hour]
date2 - UT date and time vector near midnight for last night,
OPTIONAL INPUT PARAMETERS:
KEYWORD INPUT PARAMETERS:
AMLIMIT - limiting airmass that defines observing window (default=3.0)
OBSFILE - Override on file name where observatory codes are to be found.
OUTPUTS:
KEYWORD OUTPUT PARAMETERS:
COMMON BLOCKS:
SIDE EFFECTS:
RESTRICTIONS:
PROCEDURE:
MODIFICATION HISTORY:
Written by Marc W. Buie, Lowell Observatory, 1997/02/18
2001/03/16, David Tucker, changed rdobscod call and file default
2001/05/01, MWB, fixed objcode bug.
2002/02/14, MWB, minor formatting changes of output.
2002/03/27, MWB, fixed AMLIMIT bug.
2002/11/04, MWB, added support for string obscode values
2009/11/10, MWB, fixed minor formatting problem.