Submition of observatory

H.J. van Heerden wrote on Nov 20, 2006

Hi Mike

Q! Who do I contact and how do I go about to submit our observatory to the noao obsdb.

ThanX

Regards
Pat

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Mike Fitzpatrick wrote on Nov 20, 2006

Just post it here, I'll add it for the next release.

-Mike

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H.J. van Heerden wrote on Nov 20, 2006

Hi Mike

Here is our details

observatory = boyden
timezone = gmt + 2 (south african standard time, SAST)
altitiude = 1387
latitude = 29:02:20 S
longitude = 26:24:20 E
name = Boyden Observatory

Submitted by Pat van Heerden for the UV Astrophysics Group

I am not sure as to the exact convention that you use for the timezone, latitude, ... enc.

ThanX very much

Regards
Pat

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Mike Fitzpatrick wrote on Nov 20, 2006

Pat,

I've added your information to the noao$lib/obsdb.dat file for inclusion in the next release. In case you want to start using this locally sooner, here is the entry:

# Submitted by Pat van Heerden 11/20/06
observatory = "boyden"
        name = Boyden Observatory
        longitude = 332:35:40.0
        latitude = -29:02:20
        altitude = 1387
        timezone = -2

Post back if you think there need to be any corrections made.

Cheers,
-Mike

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H.J. van Heerden wrote on Nov 20, 2006

Hi Mike

ThanX for all the help and support from you and the team at IRAF.net. Doing a great job. Must say once you start to know IRAF, it really is a wonderfully powerful package.

Just hope it doesn't go the rout of some packages that comes and goes with the development in technology. Would like to stay with this one for the next 5 - 10 years. This is our third+ package at Boyden, and it looks like this one will most deffinately do the job!

ThanX again

Regards
Pat

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