NAME:
rdplast
PURPOSE: (one line only)
Read ``plast'' output files (object lists for astrometry)
DESCRIPTION:
CATEGORY:
File I/O
CALLING SEQUENCE:
rdplast,plastfile,name,mag,num
INPUTS:
plastfile - Name of file to read
OPTIONAL INPUT PARAMETERS:
KEYWORD INPUT PARAMETERS:
OUTPUTS:
name - String array of names of objects
code - String array of object codes (with c and e prefix)
mag - Array of magnitudes for objects
num - Number of objects read from file, if this is 0 then name and mag
will may be undefined.
KEYWORD OUTPUT PARAMETERS:
COMMON BLOCKS:
SIDE EFFECTS:
RESTRICTIONS:
PROCEDURE:
MODIFICATION HISTORY:
Written by Marc W. Buie, Lowell Observatory, 2002/08/16
2002/10/23, MWB, fixed a LUN leak for empty plast file reading.
2005/03/11, MWB, fixed a problem with comet names in a pla file.
2007/06/19, MWB, added special case for P objects (must be in file with
lower case p). This triggers JPL ephemeris object.