NAME:
refnet
PURPOSE:
Support routine for calling ``REFNET'' to get stars from master catalogs.
DESCRIPTION:
CATEGORY:
Astrometry
CALLING SEQUENCE:
refnet,ra,dec,width,height,bmaglim,rmaglim,starfile
INPUTS:
ra - Right ascension of center of field for extraction (J2000)
input can be in radians (double,float) or
a string HH:MM:SS.S (see RAPARSE for valid syntax).
dec - Declination of center of field for extraction (J2000, radians).
input can be in radians (double,float) or
a string +DD:MM:SS.S (see DECPARSE for valid syntax).
width - Width of field to extract (arcsec).
height - Height of field to extract (arcsec).
bmaglim - Limiting Blue magnitude to extract.
rmaglim - Limiting Red magnitude to extract.
starfile- File name for the results of the catalog extraction.
OPTIONAL INPUT PARAMETERS:
KEYWORD INPUT PARAMETERS:
TWOMASS - String. Set to 'J', 'H', or 'K' to request 2MASS point-source
catalog data in that filter.
OUTPUTS:
The output is all to the file and contains a list of stars from the
USNO A2.0 catalog according to the input constraints.
KEYWORD OUTPUT PARAMETERS:
COMMON BLOCKS:
SIDE EFFECTS:
RESTRICTIONS:
Currently this is rather restricted and is just an initial working version.
This is hardcoded to a specific location for the catalog and executable.
This program will work only on Unix platforms at present.
You must define an evironment variable, USNO_CAT, that points to the
directory where the data live. Default is the current directory.
PROCEDURE:
MODIFICATION HISTORY:
1997/05/08, Written by Marc W. Buie, Lowell Observatory
1997/11/24, MWB, Added CATPATH keyword
1999/06/22, MWB, changed CATPATH default
2002/02/06, MWB, rewrite for new refnet version
2005/06/26, MWB, added TWOMASS (2MASS catalog) support