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site longitude,
latitude, altitude
Specify the location of the telescope.
- Arguments:
-
Double longitude
- The geodetic eastward longitude of the site (-180..180 degrees).
Double latitude
- The geodetic latitude of the site (-90..90 degrees).
Double altitude
- The geodetic altitude of the site above sea level (meters).
- Examples:
- The following example would configure the control system for the
40m telescope at the Owen's Valley Radio Observatory, which is
118 degrees, 16 minutes and 56.9 seconds west of Greenwich, and
37 degrees, 13 minutes and 52.9 seconds north of the equator, at
an altitude of 1197 meters above sea level.
site -118:16:56.9, 37:13:52.9, 1197.0
- Context:
- Before the control system can track a source, you must call the
site command to tell it where the telescope is located.
Martin Shepherd (20-May-2010)