Usage of radec2direction
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Convert a sexagesimal string into a direction dictionary suitable to substitute for the result of a call to me.direction().
See also
direction2radec and
rad2radec.
Usage:
au.radec2direction(radecstring)
Convert a sexagesimal string into a direction dictionary suitable to substitute for the result of a call to me.direction().
- The string can be either comma or space delimited.
- The dec portion of the string can be either : or . delimited.
Example:
CASA <157>: au.radec2direction('12:56:11.16658 -05.47.21.5246')
Out[157]:
{'m0': {'unit': 'rad', 'value': 3.3867508054822797},
'm1': {'unit': 'rad', 'value': -0.10104256261260948},
'refer': 'J2000',
'type': 'direction'}
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ToddHunter - 2013-01-03