Astro::Coords
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A wrapper class around Astro::SLA that simplifies the handling of
astronomical coordinate systems. It can be used to convert between
J2000, B1950, Galactic and super Galactic coordinates.  It can
calculate the azimuth and elevation of a source specified in
equatorial coordinates, orbital elements or by name (if a planet).

In addition to Astro::Coords, a class for handling telescope
parameters (altitude, longitude and latitude) is also provided
(Astro::Telescope).

Requirements
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This class uses Astro::SLA and Time::Object.


Building
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  perl Makefile.PL
  make
  make test
  make install

The test calculates the azimuth and elevation of two sources (one a
planet, the other an object in equatorial coordinates).

Author
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This module was written by Tim Jenness  <t.jenness@jach.hawaii.edu>
of the Joint Astronomy Centre.

Copyright (C) 2001 Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council.
All Rights Reserved. This program is free software; you can
redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

Changes
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 v0.01 - initial test release to CPAN