AIPS HELP file for IMDIST in 31DEC25

As of Thu Jan 23 20:59:47 2025

INPUTS

INNAME                             Image name(name).
INCLASS                            Image name(class).
INSEQ           0.0      9999.0    Image name(seq. #). 0=>high
INDISK          0.0         9.0    Disk drive #.       0=>any
PIXXY           0.0     16384.0    (X,Y,...) pixel in image
IN2NAME                            Second image name(name).
IN2CLASS                           Second image name(class).
IN2SEQ          0.0      9999.0    Second image seq #.
IN2DISK         0.0         9.0    Second Disk drive #.
PIX2XY          0.0     16384.0    (X,Y,...) pixel in image
         @   Output only adverb
DIST     @                         Separation in degrees

HELP SECTION

IMDIST
Type: Verb
Use: IMDIST uses two pixel coordinates from one or two images to
     determine the spherical angular distance between them.  It
     displays the distance, the position angle and the RA and Dec
     shifts given by (RA2 - RA1) * COS(DEC1), (DEC2 - DEC1).
Adverbs (input):
      First image pixel
  INNAME......Image name(name).        Standard defaults.
  INCLASS.....Image name(class).       Standard defaults.
  INSEQ.......Image name(seq. #).      0 => highest.
  INDISK......Disk drive # of image.   0 => any.
  PIXXY.......(X,Y,...) pixel location in image.  NOT zero
              on the X and Y axes anyway.
      Second image pixel
  IN2NAME.....Image name(name).        ' ' -> use 1st image
  IN2CLASS....Image name(class).       ' ' -> use 1st image
  IN2SEQ......Image name(seq. #).      0 -> use 1st image
  IN2DISK.....Disk drive # of image.   0 -> any.
  PIX2XY......(X,Y,...) pixel location in image.  NOT zero
              on the X and Y axes anyway.
Adverbs (output):
  DIST........Distance between pixels in degrees.

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