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Old 09-12-2010, 11:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Barrykgerdes View Post
Hi
RA and Dec are not standard entries as far as I can make out.
RA and DEC do appear to be optional. These are from a DSS image:

EPOCH = 1.9519078369141E+03 /Epoch of plate
PLTRAH = 6 /Plate center RA
PLTRAM = 56 /
PLTRAS = 5.4442400000000E+00 /
PLTDECSN= '+ ' /Plate center Dec
PLTDECD = 11 /
PLTDECM = 49 /
PLTDECS = 5.6906700000000E+00 /

OBJCTRA = '06 56 26.000 ' /Object Right Ascension (J2000)
OBJCTDEC= '+11 53 53.00 ' /Object Declination (J2000)
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