radecbox - Search an starbase data table catalog for targets in an ra dec

specified box.

SYNOPSYS

        radecbox file ra dec width

• file

  Input catalog to search, this file must have ra and dec columns. If the search parameter not set to "row" the input file must be be a real file (not a pipe) and be numericly indexed on the ra column. The ra column should be in units of hours and the dec column should be in units of degrees.

• ra

  Right Ascension of the center of the search box in hours.

• dec Declination of the center of the search box in degrees.

• width

  Width of the search box in degrees.

• height Height of the search box in hours. This parameter is optional and the height is computed from the width for create a square box on the sky if the height is omitted.

• rcol

  The column name of the ra column defaults to "ra".

• dcol

  The column name of the dec column defaults to "dec".

• search

  The search method to use. Three search methods are implemented. The default method is "fast"

  • row The search is done sequentially with a single "row" command.
  • fast The an initial search command is executed for the range of ras. The ra column of the input file must be indexed. The results of this search are passed to row and filtered on the dec range. This method is excellent when retrieving a small number of rows (<1000) from large datasets.

• debug

  Control debug output. The default is debug=0. When debug=1 the commands that will be executec are printed out on the standard error instead. When debug=2 the commands are printed and executed.

Search a for all the stars withing a 3 arc minute square box at 2:30:03.5 hours RA and 34:45:00 deg Dec. If the catalog is indexes the search will be done using the fast index program search.

        john@panic: index -mb -h catalog.tab RA
        john@panic: index -mi -h catalog.tab Dec
        john@panic: radecbox catalog.tab ra=2:30:03.5 dec=34:45:00 width=0:03:00

• radeccirc - Search an starbase data table catalog for targets in an ra dec specified circle.

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