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SLA_GE50 - Galactic to B1950
ACTION:
Transformation from IAU 1958 galactic coordinates to B1950.0 FK4 equatorial coordinates.
CALL:
CALL sla_GE50 (DL, DB, DR, DD)
GIVEN:
DL,DB
D
galactic longitude and latitude
RETURNED:
DR,DD
D
B1950.0
NOTES:
1.
All arguments are in radians.
2.
The equatorial coordinates are B1950.0 FK4. Use the routine sla_GALEQ if conversion to J2000.0 FK5 coordinates is required.
REFERENCE:
Blaauw
et al.
, 1960,
Mon.Not.R.astr.Soc.
,
121
, 123.
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Starlink User Note 67
P. T. Wallace
12 October 1999
E-mail:ptw@star.rl.ac.uk