Thread: Conversion of Coordinates to RA and Dec
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Old 16-12-2018, 01:31 PM
angelof (Angelo)
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Thanks. I worked it out with a little help
To get dec in degrees and ra in hours I did this


double dec = Math.asin(z) / Math.PI * 180;

double ra = (((Math.atan2(x, y) * 180 / Math.PI -90) * -1 / 360 * 24) + 24) % 24;

Thanks
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