Astro

List of Routines

  • AETA_LAMBDA Calculate the conformal time to redshift z in a flat universe given omegam.
  • ANGDIST Calculate angular diameter distance between zmin and zmax in a lambda cosmology
  • ANGDIST_LAMBDA calculate angular diameter from zmin to zmax in flat lambda universe
  • ASTR_STRUCT GNU General Public License for more details.
  • CLOSE_MATCH_RADEC this will find close matches between 2 sets of points (ra1,dec1)
  • CONVERT2RD Convert from x-y to ra and dec
  • CONVERT2XY Convert from ra and dec to x-y
  • COSMOLOGY__DEFINE Implements some common distance measurements in cosmology. Follows
  • FINDABTHETA find the axis ratio and position angle of an object with
  • FINDE Find the e1 and for a perfectly elliptal object with the
  • LUMDIST calculate luminosity distance
  • MOM2SEEING Take the adaptive moments of the psf and convert this a "seeing" value
  • QU2E Convert Robert Luptons q and u shape parameters to ellipticity
  • RADEC_MATCH
  • RADECSTR Wrapper for radec. Returns string versions of ra and dec.
  • RD2XY Compute an X and Y position given the RA and DEC and an astrometry
  • SPHEREDIST Compute great circle distances and angles between sets of points.
  • XY2RD Compute R.A. and Dec in degrees from X and Y and an astrometry structure


Documentation for sdssidl v1.3.0
Last modified: Tue Oct 9 13:37:26 2007