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Azimuth azimuth(source)

Return the current azimuth of a given source.

Arguments:
Source source
The source of interest.

Example 1:
The following example displays the azimuth of mars.
  print $azimuth(mars)
An example of the resulting output would be:
  LOG: 326:05:11.7270
Example 2:
The following example halts script execution until Mars is in the western hemisphere.
 until $azimuth(mars) > 180

Context:
The returned azimuths have been corrected for precession and nutation, but not for atmospheric refraction or tilts in the telescope axes.

Martin Shepherd (9-Oct-1997)