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Procedure Abstract Required_Reading Keywords Brief_I/O Detailed_Input | Detailed_Output Parameters Exceptions Files Particulars Examples | Restrictions Literature_References Author_and_Institution Version Index_Entries

#### Procedure

       void recrad_c ( ConstSpiceDouble    rectan[3],
                       SpiceDouble       * range,
                       SpiceDouble       * ra,
                       SpiceDouble       * dec      )

#### Abstract

       Convert rectangular coordinates to range, right ascension, and
       declination.

#### Required_Reading

       None.

#### Keywords

       CONVERSION,  COORDINATES

#### Brief_I/O

       VARIABLE  I/O  DESCRIPTION
       --------  ---  --------------------------------------------------
       rectan     I   Rectangular coordinates of a point.
       range      O   Distance of the point from the origin.
       ra         O   Right ascension in radians.
       dec        O   Declination in radians.

#### Detailed_Input

       rectan     The rectangular coordinates of a point.

#### Detailed_Output

       range      is the distance of the point `rectan' from the origin.

                  The units associated with `range' are those associated
                  with the input `rectan'.

       ra         is the right ascension of `rectan'.  This is the angular
                  distance measured toward the east from the prime meridian
                  to the meridian containing the input point. The direction
                  of increasing right ascension is from the +X axis towards
                  the +Y axis.

                  `ra' is output in radians.  The range of `ra' is [0, 2*pi].

       dec        is the declination of `rectan'.  This is the angle from
                  the XY plane of the ray from the origin through the
                  point.

                  `dec' is output in radians.  The range of `dec' is
                  [-pi/2, pi/2].

#### Parameters

       None.

#### Exceptions

       Error free.

       1) If the X and Y components of `rectan' are both zero, the
          right ascension is set to zero.

       2) If `rectan' is the zero vector, right ascension and declination
          are both set to zero.

#### Files

       None.

#### Particulars

       None.

#### Examples

       The following code fragment converts right ascension and
       declination from the B1950 reference frame to the J2000 frame.

          #include "SpiceUsr.h"

          SpiceDouble      ra;
          SpiceDouble      dec;
          SpiceDouble      r;
          SpiceDouble      mtrans  [ 3 ][ 3 ];
          SpiceDouble      v1950   [ 3 ];
          SpiceDouble      v2000   [ 3 ];

          /.
          Convert RA and DEC to a 3-vector expressed in the B1950 frame.
          ./
          radrec_c ( 1.0, ra, dec, v1950 );

          /.
          We use the CSPICE routine pxform_c to obtain the transformation
          matrix for converting vectors between the B1950 and J2000
          reference frames.  Since both frames are inertial, the input time
          value we supply to pxform_c is arbitrary.  We choose zero seconds
          past the J2000 epoch as the input value.
          ./
          pxform_c ( "B1950", "J2000", 0.0, mtrans );

          /.
          Transform the vector to the J2000 frame.
          ./
          mxv_c    ( mtrans, v1950, v2000 );

          /.
          Find the RA and DEC of the J2000-relative vector.
          ./
          recrad_c ( v2000, &r, &ra, &dec );

#### Restrictions

       None.

#### Literature_References

       None.

#### Author_and_Institution

       N.J. Bachman    (JPL)
       H.A. Neilan     (JPL)
       E.D. Wright     (JPL)

#### Version

       -CSPICE Version 1.1.2, 30-JUL-2003 (NJB)

           Various header corrections were made.

       -CSPICE Version 1.1.0, 22-OCT-1998 (NJB)

          Made input vector const.

       -CSPICE Version 1.0.0, 08-FEB-1998 (EDW)

#### Index_Entries

       rectangular coordinates to ra and dec
       rectangular to right_ascension and declination

#### Link to routine recrad_c source file recrad_c.c

    Wed Apr  5 17:54:41 2017