Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 16:16:24 -0600 (CST)
From: James Annis
Subject: Re: 51628 24Mar00 SDSS nightlog
Would a
	statusGet tccRA
and
	statusGet tccDEC
solve the getting the ra/dec problem?
Which means, have you already slewed there? If so,
we could add an option to get those to calcStripeParamsRA.
jim
On Sun, 26 Mar 2000, Scot Kleinman wrote:
> >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
>