sexcd
Last updated: Jan 29, 2018

Print Ra,Dec in sexigecimal format given floating point values (in units of hours,degrees or degrees,degrees). To do the inverse operation use the script cdsex.


% sexcd --help  
Help Information for:  sexcd

Usage: sexcd 12.0101 24.533470 hd
arg1 - RA float in hours or degrees 
arg2 - DEC float in degrees 
arg3 - hd (hours,degrees) or dd (degrees,degrees) 

I will show: /home/sco/sco/codes/bash/HELP_FILES/sexcd.help

sexcd:
  Print Ra,SDec in sexigecimal format given floating point values 
  (RA can be in units of hours or degrees). 

Examples: 
% sexcd 167.292123 23.997431 dd
 11:09:10.1088 +23:59:50.7516

% sexcd 11.152808 23.997431 hd
 11:09:10.1088 +23:59:50.7516

% sexcd 167.292123 23.997431 BB
ERROR:  arg3 must be "hd" or "dd"

 



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