Interpolate position and motion of planetary bodies (JPL Ephemeris) Open and read JPL DE200 or DE405 Ephemeride FITS File Return values for a multi-component power law initial mass functionĬompute EUV optical depth due to photoionization of HI, HeI and HeIIĬonvert from calendar date to Julian date. Get the current Julian date as a double precision scalarĬonvert between Galactic (or SuperGalactic) and equatorial coordinatesĬonvert between Galactic (or SuperGalactic) and equatorial proper motionĬonvert Hour Angle and Declination to Horizon (alt-az) coordinatesĬompute (low-precision) heliocentric coordinates of the planetsĬonvert geocentric (reduced) Julian date to heliocentric Julian dateĬompute radial velocity given binary star orbit parametersĬonvert from horizon (altitude-azimuth) coordinates to equatorial (RA-Dec)Ĭontour plots with astronomical labeling (either RA,Dec or Get the current date in CCYY-MM-DD format (FITS standard) Read in angular input in decimal or sexigesimal format
IDL PLOTS FULL
(2000) parameterization.ĭeredden a spectrum using the Cardelli, Clayton and Mathis (1989)Ĭalculate change in RA and Dec due to aberrationĬalculate changes in RA and Dec due to nutation of the Earth's rotationĬalculate correction to altitude due to atmospheric refractionĭerive a full set of cosmological parameters given a subsetĬonvert from civil time to local sidereal timeĬonvert day of year to a DY-MON-CCYY string (FITS standard)įunction to perform various date format conversionsĬonvert from Julian Date to calendar date.ĭeredden Stromgren indices (called by UVBYBETA)Ĭonvert Earth-centered inertial coordinates to geographic coordinatesĬonvert from equatorial (RA-Dec) to horizon (alt-azimuth) coordinatesĬonvert longitude,latitude to X,Y using polar equal-area projectionĬreate overlay grid using polar equal-area projectionĪstronomical coordinate system conversionsĭeredden a spectrum using the Fitzpatrick & Massa (1998)Ĭorrect a galaxy image for inclination effects.Ĭalculate the Galactic space velocity (U,V,W) of a starĭerive a galaxy age as a function of redshift for a cosmological modelĬonvert geographic coordinates to Earth-centered inertial coordinatesĬonvert from geographic to geodetic coordinatesĬonvert from geographic to geomagnetic coordinatesĬonvert from geodetic to geographic coordinates
Precess coordinates, proper motion from J2000 to B1950ĭeredden a galaxy spectrum using the Calzetti et al. Or coordinate conversions (calls EULER and PRECESS).Ĭompute components of barycentric Earth velocity, given Julian date
IDL PLOTS DRIVER
Interactive driver to compute astronomical precession, Given a FITS header, display a "weathervane" showing N-E orientationĭisplay formatter for pixel + astronomical coordinates