------------------------------------------------------------------------ coco .. degrees to/from Sumerian ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Many search programs prefer decimal degree input. But many astronomers like to use Sumerian system (hms or h:m:s). coco comes to the rescue. $ coco -d 18:00:00 30:01:02 # convert to degrees 270.0000000 30.0172222 $ coco -d 18h00m00s +30d01m02.2s 270.0000000 30.0172222 $ csGAIA -r 20 -s $(coco -d 18:00:00 30:01:02) #how convenient!!