On Sep 17, 2006, at 02:35, Roy Williams wrote:
>
> It would have the advantage of placating the IRAF contingent, but
> perhaps it is a little brittle, depending as it does on the
> presence of a tiny decimal point?
>
> 1h 2.m 3d 4m 5.s --> RA=1h 2m 0s, Dec = 3d 4m 0s
> is different from
> 1h 2m 3.d 4m 5.s --> RA=1h 2m 3s, Dec = 4d 5m 0s
1h 2m 3.d 4m 5.s
Would you trust the letters more than the decimal point? To me 3.d 4m 5.s means that the writer was drunk, hence I would not trust the number anyway!
3.d 4m 5.s is clearly a typo.
And given that I know that there is a typo, the question is which typo?
Was it really 1h 2m 3d 4m 5.s
or was it 1h 2m 3s 4d 5.m ?
Yes, the first one is more likely what the writer meant, but typos are typos...
Al Received on 2006-09-17Z11:31:22