SLA_OBS

Observatory Parameters

ACTION:

Look up an entry in a standard list of groundbased observing stations parameters.

CALL:

CALL sla_OBS (N, C, NAME, W, P, H)

GIVEN:

GIVEN or RETURNED:

RETURNED:

NOTES:

(1)

Station identifiers C may be up to 10 characters long, and station names NAME may be up to 40 characters long.

(2)

C and N are alternative ways of specifying the observing station. The C option, which is the most generally useful, may be selected by specifying an N value of zero or less. If N is 1 or more, the parameters of the Nth station in the currently supported list are interrogated, and the station identifier C is returned as well as NAME, W, P and H.

(3)

If the station parameters are not available, either because the station identifier C is not recognized, or because an N value greater than the number of stations supported is given, a name of ‘?’ is returned and W, P and H are left in their current states.

(4)

Programs can obtain a list of all currently supported stations by calling the routine repeatedly, with N=1,2,3... When NAME=‘?’ is seen, the list of stations has been exhausted. The stations at the time of writing are listed below.

(5)

Station numbers, identifiers, names and other details are subject to change and should not be hardwired into application programs.

(6)

All station identifiers C are uppercase only; lower case characters must be converted to uppercase by the calling program. The station names returned may contain both upper- and lowercase. All characters up to the first space are checked; thus an abbreviated ID will return the parameters for the first station in the list which matches the abbreviation supplied, and no station in the list will ever contain embedded spaces. C must not have leading spaces.

(7)

IMPORTANT – BEWARE OF THE LONGITUDE SIGN CONVENTION. The longitude returned by sla_OBS is west-positive, following the pre-1984 Astronomical Almanac. However, this sign convention is left-handed and is the opposite of the one now used; elsewhere in SLALIB the preferable east-positive convention is used. In particular, note that for use in sla_AOP, sla_AOPPA and sla_OAP the sign of the longitude must be reversed.

(8)

Users are urged to inform the author of any improvements they would like to see made. For example:

• typographical corrections
• more accurate parameters
• better station identifiers or names
• additional stations

Stations supported by sla_OBS at the time of writing:

ID

NAME

AAT

Anglo-Australian 3.9m Telescope

ANU2.3

Siding Spring 2.3m

APO3.5

Apache Point 3.5m

ARECIBO

Arecibo 1000 foot

ATCA

Australia Telescope Compact Array

BLOEMF

Bloemfontein 1.52m

BOSQALEGRE

Bosque Alegre 1.54m

CAMB1MILE

Cambridge 1 mile

CAMB5KM

Cambridge 5 km

CATALINA61

Catalina 61 inch

CFHT

Canada-France-Hawaii 3.6m Telescope

CSO

Caltech Sub-mm Observatory, Mauna Kea

DAO72

DAO Victoria BC 1.85m

DUNLAP74

David Dunlap 74 inch

DUPONT

Du Pont 2.5m Telescope, Las Campanas

EFFELSBERG

Effelsberg 100m

ESO3.6

ESO 3.6m

ESONTT

ESO 3.5m NTT

ESOSCHM

ESO 1m Schmidt, La Silla

FCRAO

Five College Radio Astronomy Obs

FLAGSTF61

USNO 61 inch astrograph, Flagstaff

GBVA140

Greenbank 140 foot

GBVA300

Greenbank 300 foot

GEMININ

Gemini North 8m

GEMINIS

Gemini South 8m

HARVARD

Harvard College Observatory 1.55m

HPROV1.52

Haute Provence 1.52m

HPROV1.93

Haute Provence 1.93m

IRTF

NASA IR Telescope Facility, Mauna Kea

JCMT

JCMT 15m

JODRELL1

Jodrell Bank 250 foot

KECK1

Keck 10m Telescope 1

KECK2

Keck 10m Telescope 2

KISO

Kiso 1.05m Schmidt, Japan

KOSMA3M

Cologne Submillimeter Observatory 3m

KOTTAMIA

Kottamia 74 inch

KPNO158

Kitt Peak 158 inch

KPNO36FT

Kitt Peak 36 foot

KPNO84

Kitt Peak 84 inch

KPNO90

Kitt Peak 90 inch

LICK120

Lick 120 inch

LOWELL72

Perkins 72 inch, Lowell

LPO1

Jacobus Kapteyn 1m Telescope

LPO2.5

Isaac Newton 2.5m Telescope

LPO4.2

William Herschel 4.2m Telescope

MAGELLAN1

Magellan 1, 6.5m, Las Campanas

MAGELLAN2

Magellan 2, 6.5m, Las Campanas

MAUNAK88

Mauna Kea 88 inch

MCDONLD2.1

McDonald 2.1m

MCDONLD2.7

McDonald 2.7m

MMT

MMT, Mt Hopkins

MOPRA

ATNF Mopra Observatory

MTEKAR

Mt Ekar 1.82m

MTHOP1.5

Mt Hopkins 1.5m

MTLEMMON60

Mt Lemmon 60 inch

NOBEYAMA

Nobeyama 45m

OKAYAMA

Okayama 1.88m

PALOMAR200

Palomar 200 inch

PALOMAR48

Palomar 48-inch Schmidt

PALOMAR60

Palomar 60 inch

PARKES

Parkes 64m

QUEBEC1.6

Quebec 1.6m

SAAO74

Sutherland 74 inch

SANPM83

San Pedro Martir 83 inch

ST.ANDREWS

St Andrews University Observatory

STEWARD90

Steward 90 inch

STROMLO74

Mount Stromlo 74 inch

SUBARU

Subaru 8m

SUGARGROVE

Sugar Grove 150 foot

TAUTNBG

Tautenburg 2m

TAUTSCHM

Tautenberg 1.34m Schmidt

TIDBINBLA

Tidbinbilla 64m

TOLOLO1.5M

Cerro Tololo 1.5m

TOLOLO4M

Cerro Tololo 4m

UKIRT

UK Infra Red Telescope

UKST

UK 1.2m Schmidt, Siding Spring

USSR6

USSR 6m

USSR600

USSR 600 foot

VLA

Very Large Array

VLT1

ESO VLT 8m, UT1

VLT2

ESO VLT 8m, UT2

VLT3

ESO VLT 8m, UT3

VLT4

ESO VLT 8m, UT4