AIPS HELP file for DECIMAL in 31DEC25
As of Sat Feb 8 13:05:38 2025
HELP SECTION
DECIMAL
Type: Adverb (logical, > 0 => true)
Use: Tells a task or procedure that a parameter is in decimal form
Null value: false (<= 0).
Verbs:
CODECIML.....Convert between decimal and sexagesimal coordinate
values. DECIMAL controls the direction of the
conversion.
Task:
STARS........Generates an ST extension file with "star" positions
for plotting in later tasks. DECIMAL > 0 => right
ascensions and declinations are in decimal degrees
rather than sexagesimal in the input text file.
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