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

#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
	[km/s] radial velocity (km/s).

Detailed Description

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

See also: novas_sky_pos(), novas_transform_sky_pos(), SKY_POS_INIT

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. novas_ssb_to_lsr_vel(), novas_v2z()

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

/github/workspace/include/novas.h

Data Fields

Detailed Description

Field Documentation

◆ rv