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Elevation elevation(source)

Return the current elevation of a given source.

Arguments:
Source source
The source of interest.

Example 1:
The following example displays the elevation of mars.
  print $elevation(mars)
An example of the resulting output would be:
  LOG: -27:08:40.4445
Example 2:
The following example halts script execution until Mars rises above 40 degrees elevation.
 until $elevation(mars) > 30

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

Martin Shepherd (9-Oct-1997)