rad
Function
rad returns the Right Ascension and Declination position of the scope.
rad accepts the following optional arguments –
•
-d : report co-ordinates in decimal degrees
•
-r : report co-ordinates in radians
•
-s : report co-ordinates in sexagesimal format
rad with no arguments returns the position in radians.
The output is in fixed format. This includes padding with leading and trailing 0's as need
be. Declinations are always signed even for the +00.000000 case. The various formats can
be deduced as per the following examples.
Examples -
% rad
0.012873 +0.000000
% rad
1.205068 +0.288230
% rad -r
1.205214 +0.288230
% rad -d
069.0626 +16.5143
% rad -s
04:36:18 +16:30:52
%
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