THIS SUBROUTINE COMPUTES THE APPARENT DIRECTION OF A STAR OR SOLAR SYSTEM BODY AT A SPECIFIED TIME AND IN A SPECIFIED COORDINATE SYSTEM. BASED ON KAPLAN, ET AL. (1989), ASTRONOMICAL JOURNAL 97, 1197-1210, WITH SOME ENHANCEMENTS FROM KLIONER (2003), ASTRONOMICAL JOURNAL 125, 1580-1597.
TJD = TT JULIAN DATE FOR PLACE (IN)
OBJECT = CHARACTER STRING IDENTIFYING OBJECT OF INTEREST (IN)
FOR SOLAR SYSTEM
BODY, SPECIFY THE NAME USING ALL UPPER-
CASE LETTERS ('SUN', 'MOON',
'JUPITER', ETC.),
- OR -
SPECIFY THE BODY ID NUMBER
IN A 4-CHARACTER STRING OF THE
FORM '=NNN', WHERE NNN IS THE
BODY ID NUMBER
FOR STAR, PROVIDE A BLANK STRING, THE WORD
'STAR', OR ANY STRING BEGINNING
WITH '*'
LOCATN = INTEGER CODE SPECIFYING LOCATION OF OBSERVER (IN)
SET LOCATN=0 FOR OBSERVER AT GEOCENTER
SET LOCATN=1 FOR OBSERVER ON SURFACE OF EARTH
SET LOCATN=2 FOR OBSERVER ON NEAR-EARTH SPACECRAFT
ICOORD = INTEGER CODE SPECIFYING COORDINATE SYSTEM OF OUTPUT
POSITION (IN)
SET ICOORD=0 FOR GCRS (OR 'LOCAL GCRS')
SET ICOORD=1 FOR TRUE EQUATOR AND EQUINOX OF DATE
SET ICOORD=2 FOR TRUE EQUATOR AND CIO OF DATE
SET ICOORD=3 FOR ASTROMETRIC COORDINATES, I.E.,
WITHOUT LIGHT DEFLECTION OR ABERRATION
STAR = ARRAY OF CATALOG DATA FOR STAR (IN)
(NOT USED IF SOLAR SYSTEM BODY REQUESTED)
STAR(1) = ICRS RIGHT ASCENSION IN HOURS
STAR(2) = ICRS DECLINATION IN DEGREES
STAR(3) = ICRS PROPER MOTION IN RA IN
MILLIARCSECONDS/YEAR
STAR(4) = ICRS PROPER MOTION IN DEC IN
MILLIARCSECONDS/YEAR
STAR(5) = PARALLAX IN MILLIARCSECONDS
STAR(6) = RADIAL VELOCITY IN KILOMETERS/SECOND
FURTHER STAR ARRAY ELEMENTS ARE NOT USED HERE
BUT ARE RESERVED FOR FUTURE USE
OBSERV = ARRAY OF DATA SPECIFYING LOCATION OF OBSERVER (IN)
(NOT USED IF LOCATN=0)
FOR LOCATN=1,
OBSERV(1) = GEODETIC LONGITUDE (WGS-84) OF OBSERVER
(EAST +) IN DEGREES
OBSERV(2) = GEODETIC LATITUDE (WGS-84) OF OBSERVER
(NORTH +) IN DEGREES
OBSERV(3) = HEIGHT OF OBSERVER ABOVE ELLIPSOID
IN METERS
OBSERV(4) = VALUE OF DELTA-T IN SECONDS
(DELTA-T=TT-UT1)
OBSERV(5) = (NOT USED, RESERVED FOR FUTURE USE)
OBSERV(6) = (NOT USED, RESERVED FOR FUTURE USE)
FOR LOCATN=2,
OBSERV(1) = GEOCENTRIC X IN KILOMETERS
OBSERV(2) = GEOCENTRIC Y IN KILOMETERS
OBSERV(3) = GEOCENTRIC Z IN KILOMETERS
OBSERV(4) = GEOCENTRIC X-DOT IN KILOMETERS/SECOND
OBSERV(5) = GEOCENTRIC Y-DOT IN KILOMETERS/SECOND
OBSERV(6) = GEOCENTRIC Z-DOT IN KILOMETERS/SECOND
WITH RESPECT TO TRUE EQUATOR AND EQUINOX OF DATE
SKYPOS = ARRAY OF OUTPUT DATA SPECIFYING OBJECT'S PLACE
ON THE SKY AT TIME TJD, WITH RESPECT TO THE
SPECIFIED OUTPUT COORDINATE SYSTEM (OUT)
SKYPOS(1) = X, DIMENSIONLESS UNIT VECTOR
SKYPOS(2) = Y, DIMENSIONLESS TOWARD OBJECT
SKYPOS(3) = Z, DIMENSIONLESS
SKYPOS(4) = APPARENT, TOPOCENTRIC, OR ASTROMETRIC
RIGHT ASCENSION IN HOURS
SKYPOS(5) = APPARENT, TOPOCENTRIC, OR ASTROMETRIC
DECLINATION IN DEGREES
SKYPOS(6) = TRUE (GEOMETRIC, EUCLIDIAN) DISTANCE
TO SOLAR SYSTEM BODY IN AU AT TIME TJD,
OR 0.D0 FOR STAR
SKYPOS(7) = RADIAL VELOCITY IN KILOMETERS/SECOND
FURTHER SKYPOS ARRAY ELEMENTS ARE NOT USED HERE
BUT ARE RESERVED FOR FUTURE USE
NOTE 1: VALUES OF LOCATN AND ICOORD FOR VARIOUS STANDARD KINDS OF PLACE: LOCATN=0 AND ICOORD=1 APPARENT PLACE LOCATN=1 AND ICOORD=1 TOPOCENTRIC PLACE LOCATN=0 AND ICOORD=0 VIRTUAL PLACE LOCATN=1 AND ICOORD=0 LOCAL PLACE LOCATN=0 AND ICOORD=3 ASTROMETRIC PLACE LOCATN=1 AND ICOORD=3 TOPOCENTRIC ASTROMETRIC PLACE
NOTE 2: ARRAYS STAR AND SKYPOS MAY BE EXPANDED IN THE FUTURE, AND THIS CAN BE ALLOWED FOR IN THE CALLING CODE BY DIMENSIONING THESE ARRAYS WITH 20 AND 10 ELEMENTS, RESPECTIVELY, EVEN THOUGH ELEMENTS BEYOND STAR(6) AND SKYPOS(7) ARE NOT NOW REFERRED TO IN THIS SUBROUTINE.
NOTE 3: IF LOCATN=1 AND OBSERV(4)=0.D0, THE VALUE OF DELTA-T WILL BE OBTAINED FROM GETDT, WHICH PROVIDES THE LAST VALUE OF DELTA-T DEFINED BY THE USER VIA CALL TO SETDT.
NOTE 4: SKYPOS(7), THE RADIAL VELOCITY, IS THE PREDICTED RADIAL VELOCITY MEASURE (Z) TIMES THE SPEED OF LIGHT, AN INHERENTLY SPECTROSCOPIC MEASURE. FOR A STAR, IT INCLUDES ALL EFFECTS, SUCH AS GRAVITATIONAL RED SHIFT, CONTAINED IN THE CATALOG BARYCENTRIC RADIAL VELOCITY MEASURE, WHICH IS ASSUMED GIVEN IN STAR(6). FOR A SOLAR SYSTEM BODY, IT APPLIES TO A FICTITIOUS EMITTER AT THE CENTER OF THE OBSERVED OBJECT, ASSUMED MASSLESS (NO GRAVITATIONAL RED SHIFT), AND DOES NOT IN GENERAL APPLY TO REFLECTED LIGHT.
Type | Intent | Optional | Attributes | Name | ||
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real(kind=wp) | :: | tjd | ||||
character(len=*) | :: | object | ||||
integer | :: | locatn | ||||
integer | :: | icoord | ||||
real(kind=wp), | dimension(*) | :: | star | |||
real(kind=wp), | dimension(6) | :: | observ | |||
real(kind=wp), | dimension(*) | :: | skypos |