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RefRA - The right ascension of the reference point (SpecFrames  only)

Description:
This attribute, together with the RefDec  attribute, specifies the FK5 J2000.0 co-ordinates of a reference point on the sky. For one-dimensional spectra, this should normally be the position of the source. For spectral data with spatial coverage (spectral cubes, etc.), this should be close to centre of the spatial coverage. It is used to define the correction for Doppler shift to be applied when converting between different standards of rest.

The RefRA and RefDec attributes are stored internally in radians, but are converted to and from a string for access. The format "hh:mm:ss.ss" is used for RefRA, and "dd:mm:ss.s" is used for RefDec.

RefRA has a default value of zero.


Type:
String.



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KAPPA --- Kernel Application Package
Starlink User Note 95
Malcolm J. Currie & David S. Berry
2013 February 14
E-mail:starlink@jiscmail.ac.uk

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