sky_pos Struct Reference

#include <novas.h>

Data Fields
double	dec
	[deg] apparent, topocentric, or astrometric declination (degrees)
double	dis
	[AU] true (geometric, Euclidian) distance to solar system body or 0.0 for star (AU)
double	r_hat [3]
	unit vector toward object (dimensionless)
double	ra
	[h] apparent, topocentric, or astrometric right ascension (hours)
double	rv

Detailed Description

Celestial object's place on the sky; contains the output from place()

See also

place()

SKY_POS_INIT

novas_z_lsr()

Field Documentation

rv

double rv

[km/s] radial velocity (km/s). As of SuperNOVAS v1.3, this is always a proper observer-based spectroscopic velocity measure, which relates the observed wavelength to the rest wavelength as λ_obs = (1 + rv / c) λ_rest.

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The documentation for this struct was generated from the following file:

• include/novas.h