NAME:
rdstarc
PURPOSE:
Read refnet based star catalog files.
DESCRIPTION:
CATEGORY:
Astrometry
CALLING SEQUENCE:
rdstarc,starfile,ra,dec,bmag,rmag,nstars
INPUTS:
starfile - Name of file to read.
OPTIONAL INPUT PARAMETERS:
KEYWORD INPUT PARAMETERS:
OUTPUTS:
ra - right ascension in radians (J2000)
dec - declination in radians (J2000)
bmag - Blue magnitude
rmag - Red magnitude (see the USNO A2.0 catalog docs to see what this means)
nstars - Number of stars found (can be zero- in this case other
outputs not defined).
KEYWORD OUTPUT PARAMETERS:
COMMON BLOCKS:
SIDE EFFECTS:
RESTRICTIONS:
PROCEDURE:
Read star catalog file- if it is ascii (as output by refnet) use starcprmt to
convert to v1.0 binary format.
MODIFICATION HISTORY:
Written by Marc W. Buie, Lowell Observatory, 2002/01/07
02/03/10 - MWB, added nstars return value
2007/11/23- Peter L. Collins, Lowell Observatory, convert to v1.0 binary fmt and
add promote call.