Subject: Re: 51628 24Mar00 SDSS nightlog
Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2000 17:54:35 -0700 (MST)
From: sjnk@apo.nmsu.edu (Scot Kleinman)
From annis@fnal.gov  Sat Mar 25 10:28:18 2000
Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2000 11:28:12 -0600 (CST)
From: James Annis
To: Scot Kleinman
Cc: obs-report-25m@apo.nmsu.edu
Subject: Re: 51628 24Mar00 SDSS nightlog
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Jim Annis wrote:
>Scot wrote:
>> We tried to figure out calcStripeParams as a way to find out what lambda
>> we are at.
>Try calcStripeParamsRA,
>	proc calcStripeParamsRA {stripe strip {startRa ""}  {verbose 1} }
>given a stripe, a strip, and a starting RA it finds the right lambda.
>If this is what you want, we should turn it into a  -help command.
Well the problem with this is as strange at it may seem, we do not have
ready access to RA and DEC coordinates. Sure, we can convert to them, but
that's what computers are good for.    Something that takes Alt and Az or
better yet gets them from the TCC (or MCP) would be more efficient.
Scot