APASS

Affiliation
American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO)
Tue, 12/29/2015 - 04:48

How come that when I ask for

RA 00:19:18.74 , DEC 59:08:20.6 , Radius 0.1

I Get RA 4.64?

RA
RAerr*
Dec.
Dec. err*
# of Obs.
Johnson V
Verr
Johnson B
Berr
Sloan g'
g'err
Sloan r'
r'err
Sloan i'
i'err

4.640246
0.548
59.13405
0.627
16
15.185
0.119
16.064
0.082
15.56
0.095
14.809
0.046
14.494
0.09

4.647446
0.414
59.169946
0.329
20
14.528
0.092
15.535
0.144
15.003
0.109
14.063
0.052
13.673
0.063

Affiliation
American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO)
units

'cuz the coordinate units in what comes back are decimal degrees...  coordinate uncerts are in arc-sec.

Gary Billings

Affiliation
American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO)
Silly me, Ask for hours from

Silly me, Ask for hours from VSP or VSX, and I get degrees from APASS.

Was there some method or logic to it?

Was APASS data supposed to goto VSP charts?

Does VPHOT grab APASS data?

If not, can I do it for a field of interest to me?

Ray