posalias

NAME

posalias - Change one round alias for positions in the scn header

SYNOPSIS

posalias [ -mode {0,360 | -180,+180} ]

DESCRIPTION

Change one round alias for positions in the scn header.

For longitudal values, such as Az, l, RA, the command modifies them between 0 and 360deg or between -180 and +180 deg.

For latitudal values, such as El, b, Dec, the command always modifies them between -180 and +180 deg (actually between -90 and +90 deg).

You cannot modify some longitudal values are one mode and the others in the other.

FILTER TYPE

.scn | posalias | .scn

OPTIONS

-mode mode_value
If mode_value is "principal" or "0,360", all longitudal values are modifies to have values between 0 deg and 360 deg using a 360 deg ambiguity. The 360 deg is fixed to 0 deg.
If mode_value is "zero_center" or "-180,+180", all longitudal values are modifies to have values between -180 deg and +180 deg using a 360 deg ambiguity. The -180 deg is fixed to +180 deg.

DEFAULTS

-mode 0,360

SEE ALSO

headlist, load, save

BUGS

HISTORY

ver.3.00
2003/1/31 T.Handa

MANUAL VERSION

2003/1/31 T.Handa
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