eq2hor.pro

basic median filter simulation

;+
; NAME:
;   EQ2HOR
;
; PURPOSE:
;    Convert celestial  (ra-dec) coords to local horizon coords (alt-az).
;
; CALLING SEQUENCE:
;
;    eq2hor, ra, dec, jd, alt, az, [ha, LAT= , LON= , /WS, OBSNAME= , $
;                       /B1950 , PRECESS_= 0, NUTATE_= 0, REFRACT_= 0, $
;                       ABERRATION_= 0, ALTITUDE= , /VERBOSE, _EXTRA= ]
;
; DESCRIPTION:
;  This is a nice code to calculate horizon (alt,az) coordinates from equatorial
;  (ra,dec) coords.   It is typically accurate to about 1 arcsecond or better (I
;  have checked the output against the publicly available XEPHEM software). It
;  performs precession, nutation, aberration, and refraction corrections.  The
;  perhaps best thing about it is that it can take arrays as inputs, in all
;  variables and keywords EXCEPT Lat, lon, and Altitude (the code assumes these
;  aren't changing), and uses vector arithmetic in every calculation except
;  when calculating the precession matrices.
;
; INPUT VARIABLES:
;       RA   : Right Ascension of object  (J2000) in degrees (FK5); scalar or
;              vector.
;       Dec  : Declination of object (J2000) in degrees (FK5), scalar or vector.
;       JD   : Julian Date [scalar or vector]
;
;       Note: if RA and DEC are arrays, then alt and az will also be arrays.
;             If RA and DEC are arrays, JD may be a scalar OR an array of the
;             same dimensionality.
;
; OPTIONAL INPUT KEYWORDS:
;       lat   : north geodetic latitude of location in degrees
;       lon   : EAST longitude of location in degrees (Specify west longitude
;               with a negative sign.)
;       /WS    : Set this to get the azimuth measured westward from south (not
;               East of North).
;       obsname: Set this to a valid observatory name to be used by the
;              astrolib OBSERVATORY procedure, which will return the latitude
;              and longitude to be used by this program.
;       /B1950 : Set this if your ra and dec are specified in B1950, FK4
;              coordinates (instead of J2000, FK5)
;       precess_ : Set this to 1 to force precession [default], 0 for no
;               precession correction
;       nutate_  : Set this to 1 to force nutation [default], 0 for no nutation.
;       aberration_ : Set this to 1 to force aberration correction [default],
;                     0 for no correction.
;       refract_ : Set to 1 to force refraction correction [default], 0 for no
;                     correction.
;       altitude: The altitude of the observing location, in meters. [default=0].
;       verbose: Set this for verbose output.  The default is verbose=0.
;       _extra: This is for setting TEMPERATURE or PRESSURE explicitly, which are
;               used by CO_REFRACT to calculate the refraction effect of the
;               atmosphere. If you don't set these, the program will make an
;               intelligent guess as to what they are (taking into account your
;               altitude).  See CO_REFRACT for more details.
;
; OUTPUT VARIABLES: (all double precision)
;       alt    : altitude (in degrees)
;       az     : azimuth angle (in degrees, measured EAST from NORTH, but see
;                keyword WS above.)
;       ha     : hour angle (in degrees) (optional)
;
; DEPENDENCIES:
;       NUTATE, PRECESS, OBSERVATORY, SUNPOS, ADSTRING() (from the astrolib)
;       CO_NUTATE, CO_ABERRATION, CO_REFRACT, ALTAZ2HADEC
;
; BASIC STEPS
;   Apply refraction correction to find apparent Alt.
;   Calculate Local Mean Sidereal Time
;   Calculate Local Apparent Sidereal Time
;   Do Spherical Trig to find apparent hour angle, declination.
;   Calculate Right Ascension from hour angle and local sidereal time.
;   Nutation Correction to Ra-Dec
;   Aberration correction to Ra-Dec
;       Precess Ra-Dec to current equinox.
;
;
;CORRECTIONS I DO NOT MAKE:
;   *  Deflection of Light by the sun due to GR. (typically milliarcseconds,
;        can be arseconds within one degree of the sun)
;   *  The Effect of Annual Parallax (typically < 1 arcsecond)
;   *  and more (see below)
;
; TO DO
;    * Better Refraction Correction.  Need to put in wavelength dependence,
;    and integrate through the atmosphere.
;        * Topocentric Parallax Correction (will take into account elevation of
;          the observatory)
;    * Proper Motion (but this will require crazy lookup tables or something).
;        * Difference between UTC and UT1 in determining LAST -- is this
;          important?
;        * Effect of Annual Parallax (is this the same as topocentric Parallax?)
;    * Polar Motion
;        * Better connection to Julian Date Calculator.
;
; EXAMPLE
;
;  Find the position of the open cluster NGC 2264 at the Effelsburg Radio
;  Telescope in Germany, on June 11, 2023, at local time 22:00 (METDST).
;  The inputs will then be:
;
;       Julian Date = 2460107.250
;       Latitude = 50d 31m 36s
;       Longitude = 06h 51m 18s
;       Altitude = 369 meters
;       RA (J2000) = 06h 40m 58.2s
;       Dec(J2000) = 09d 53m 44.0s
;
;  IDL> eq2hor, ten(6,40,58.2)*15., ten(9,53,44), 2460107.250d, alt, az, $
;               lat=ten(50,31,36), lon=ten(6,51,18), altitude=369.0, /verb, $
;                pres=980.0, temp=283.0
;
; The program produces this output (because the VERBOSE keyword was set)
;
; Latitude = +50 31 36.0   Longitude = +06 51 18.0
; Julian Date =  2460107.250000
; Ra, Dec:  06 40 58.2  +09 53 44.0   (J2000)
; Ra, Dec:  06 42 15.7  +09 52 19.2   (J2023.4422)
; Ra, Dec:  06 42 13.8  +09 52 26.9   (fully corrected)
; LMST = +11 46 42.0
; LAST = +11 46 41.4
; Hour Angle = +05 04 27.6  (hh:mm:ss)
; Az, El =  17 42 25.6  +16 25 10.3   (Apparent Coords)
; Az, El =  17 42 25.6  +16 28 22.8   (Observer Coords)
;
; Compare this with the result from XEPHEM:
; Az, El =  17h 42m 25.6s +16d 28m 21s
;
; This 1.8 arcsecond discrepancy in elevation arises primarily from slight
; differences in the way I calculate the refraction correction from XEPHEM, and
; is pretty typical.
;
; AUTHOR:
;   Chris O'Dell
;       Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison
;   Observational Cosmology Laboratory
;   Email: [e-mail]
;-

pro eq2hor, ra, dec, jd, alt, az, ha, lat=lat, lon=lon, WS=WS, obsname=obsname,$
     B1950 = B1950, verbose=verbose, precess_=precess_, nutate_=nutate_, $
                refract_ = refract_, aberration_ = aberration_,  $
                altitude = altitude, _extra= _extra

 On_error,2
 compile_opt idl2
 
if N_params() LT 4 then begin
    print,'Syntax - EQ2HOR, ra, dec, jd, alt, az, [ha, LAT= , LON= , /WS, '
    print,'          OBSNAME= ,/B1950 , PRECESS_= 0, NUTATE_= 0, REFRACT_= 0 '
    print,'          ABERRATION_= 0, ALTITUDE= , /VERBOSE, TEMPERATURE=, ' +$
          'PRESSURE = ]'
     return
 endif

;*******************************************************************************
; INITIALIZE STUFF

; If no lat or lng entered, use Pine Bluff Observatory values!
;   (near Madison, Wisconsin, USA)
; * Feel free to change these to your favorite observatory *
if n_elements(lat) eq 0 then lat = 43.0783d ; (btw, this is the declination
                                            ; of the zenith)
if n_elements(lon) eq 0 then lon = -89.865d
if n_elements(altitude) eq 0 then altitude = 0. ; [meters]
if keyword_set(obsname) then begin
        ;override lat,lon, altitude if observatory name has been specified
        observatory, obsname, obs
        lat = obs.latitude
        lon = -1*obs.longitude ; minus sign is because OBSERVATORY uses west
;                               longitude as positive.
        altitude = obs.altitude
endif

if n_elements(precess_) eq 0 then precess_ = 1
if n_elements(nutate_) eq 0 then nutate_ = 1
if n_elements(aberration_) eq 0 then aberration_ = 1
if n_elements(refract_) eq 0 then refract_ = 1
v = keyword_set(verbose)

; conversion factors
d2r = !dpi/180.
h2r = !dpi/12.
h2d = 15.d

ra_ = ra ; do this so we don't change ra, dec arrays.
dec_ = dec

if v then print, 'Latitude = ', adstring(lat), '   Longitude = ', adstring(lon)
if v then print, 'Julian Date = ', jd, format='(A,f15.6)'
if keyword_set(B1950) then s_now='   (J1950)' else s_now='   (J2000)'
if v then print, 'Ra, Dec: ', adstring(ra_,dec_), s_now

;******************************************************************************
; PRECESS coordinates to current date
; (uses astro lib procedure PRECESS.pro)
J_now = (JD - 2451545.)/365.25 + 2000.0 ; compute current equinox
if precess_ then begin
        if keyword_set(B1950) then begin
                for i=0,n_elements(jd)-1 do begin
                        ra_i = ra_[i] & dec_i = dec_[i]
                        precess, ra_i, dec_i, 1950.0, J_now[i], /FK4
                        ra_[i] = ra_i & dec_[i] = dec_i
                endfor
        endif else begin
                for i=0,n_elements(jd)-1 do begin
                        ra_i = ra_[i] & dec_i = dec_[i]
                        precess, ra_i, dec_i, 2000.0, J_now[i]
                        ra_[i] = ra_i & dec_[i] = dec_i
                endfor
        endelse
endif

if v then print, 'Ra, Dec: ', adstring(ra_,dec_), '   (J' + $
          strcompress(string(J_now),/rem)+')'


;******************************************************************************
; calculate NUTATION and ABERRATION Corrections to Ra-Dec
co_nutate, jd, ra_, dec_, dra1, ddec1, eps=eps, d_psi=d_psi
co_aberration, jd, ra_, dec_, dra2, ddec2, eps=eps

; make nutation and aberration corrections
ra_ = ra_ + (dra1*nutate_ + dra2*aberration_)/3600.
dec_ = dec_ + (ddec1*nutate_ + ddec2*aberration_)/3600.

if v then print, 'Ra, Dec: ', adstring(ra_,dec_), '   (fully corrected)'


;**************************************************************************************
;Calculate LOCAL MEAN SIDEREAL TIME
ct2lst, lmst, lon, 0, jd  ; get LST (in hours) - note:this is independent of
                           ;time zone  since giving jd
lmst = lmst*h2d ; convert LMST to degrees (btw, this is the RA of the zenith)
; calculate local APPARENT sidereal time
LAST = lmst + d_psi *cos(eps)/3600. ; add correction in degrees
if v then print, 'LMST = ', adstring(lmst/15.)
if v then print, 'LAST = ', adstring(last/15.)

;******************************************************************************
; Find hour angle (in DEGREES)
ha = last - ra_
w = where(ha LT 0)
if w[0] ne -1 then ha[w] = ha[w] + 360.
ha = ha mod 360.
if v then print, 'Hour Angle = ', adstring(ha/15.), '  (hh:mm:ss)'

;******************************************************************************
; Now do the spherical trig to get APPARENT alt,az.
hadec2altaz, ha, dec_, lat, alt, az, WS=WS

if v then print,'Az, El = ', adstring(az,alt), '   (Apparent Coords)'

;*******************************************************************************************
; Make Correction for ATMOSPHERIC REFRACTION
; (use this for visible and radio wavelengths; author is unsure about other wavelengths.
;  See the comments in CO_REFRACT.pro for more details.)
if refract_ then alt = $
      co_refract(alt, altitude=altitude, _extra=_extra, /to_observed)
if v then print,'Az, El = ', adstring(az,alt), '   (Observer Coords)'

end