IAUID: IAU name creator.

In celestial: Collection of Common Astronomical Conversion Routines and Functions

Description

Creates IAU legal names for objects given coordinates, name and epoch.

Usage

IAUID(ra, dec, name = "GAMA", epoch = "J")

Arguments

ra	Right Ascension in decimal degrees.
dec	Declination in decimal degrees.
name	Name to be appended to IAU designation as a string.
epoch	Epoch, i.e. 'J' (default) or 'B'. Enter as a string.

Value

Text string that outputs an IAU legal name for an object.

Author(s)

Aaron Robotham

Examples

IAUID(123.45,67.89,'GAMA','J')

Example output

Loading required package: RANN
Loading required package: NISTunits
Loading required package: pracma
[1] "GAMAJ081348.00+675324.0"

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