NAME:
slewdur
PURPOSE:
Estimate the time to slew the telescope from one location to another.
DESCRIPTION:
CATEGORY:
Data Acquisition
CALLING SEQUENCE:
ans=slewdur(jd,ra0,dec0,ra1,dec1)
INPUTS:
jd - Julian date at time of slew
ra0 - Right ascension of starting point
dec0 - Declination of starting point
ra1 - Right ascension of destination
dec1 - Declination of destination
OPTIONAL INPUT PARAMETERS:
KEYWORD INPUT PARAMETERS:
OUTPUTS:
return value is estimated time to complete a slew over the requested
distance (time is in seconds).
KEYWORD OUTPUT PARAMETERS:
COMMON BLOCKS:
SIDE EFFECTS:
RESTRICTIONS:
PROCEDURE:
MODIFICATION HISTORY:
Written by Marc W. Buie, Lowell Observatory, 2002/01/27