Gemini South coordinates in obsdb.dat need updating

bmiller wrote on May 19, 2006

Hi,

We have discovered that the coordinates of the Gemini South telescope in noao$lib/obsdb.dat are off by a small amount. The correct values are given below.

Thanks,
Bryan

# Gemini-South
# submitted by Bryan Miller, 5/18/2006
# from the Gemini TCS/Gemini site survey

observatory = "gemini-south"
name = "Gemini South Observatory"
longitude = 70:44.2016
latitude = -30:14.445
altitude = 2722.
timezone = 4

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Mike Fitzpatrick wrote on May 19, 2006

Bryan,

Thanks, these have been updated for the next release.

-Mike

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