eqgal - convert RA, Dec J2000 in hours and degrees to galactic (l, b) in deg.

SYNOPSYS

    eqgal [-i ifile] [-o ofile] rcol dcol

Transformation from J2000.0 (FK5) equatorial coordinates to IAU 1958 Galactic coordinates.

See slaEqgal

OPTIONS

• -i file Read input from file instead of the standard input.
• -o file Write output to file instead of the standard output.

• rcol

  The column name of the ra column defaults to "ra". The column should contain RA coordinate values in hours.

• dcol

  The column name of the dec column defaults to "dec". The column should contain Dec coordinate values in degrees.

• galeq - convert galactic (l, b) in deg. to RA, Dec J2000 in hours and degrees,
• ge1950 - convert galactic (l, b) in deg. to RA, Dec B1950 in hours and degrees,
• eg1950 - convert RA, Dec B1950 in hours and degrees to galactic (l, b) in deg.

• precess - Precess the ra and dec columns from one equinox to another.

• starbase.1 starbase data table introduction.
• starbase.3 starbase data table C library.
• starbase.5 starbase data table file format.