IRAF Observatory Database
These are the entire contents of the file obsdb.dat in the
IRAF directory noao$lib. It is referred to by
bcvcorr
Example 2 and
Example 3.
# Observatory Parameters. Taken from the Almanac.
#
# Observatories wishing to be added or make changes in the default
# distributed database should send information to iraf@noao.edu.
observatory = "kpno"
name = "Kitt Peak National Observatory"
longitude = 111:36.0
latitude = 31:57.8
altitude = 2120.
timezone = 7
observatory = "ctio"
name = "Cerro Tololo Interamerican Observatory"
longitude = 70.815
latitude = -30.16527778
altitude = 2215.
timezone = 4
observatory = "eso"
name = "European Southern Observatory"
longitude = 70:43.8
latitude = -29:15.4
altitude = 2347
timezone = 4
observatory = "lick"
name = "Lick Observatory"
longitude = 121:38.2
latitude = 37:20.6
altitude = 1290
timezone = 8
observatory = "mmto"
name = "Multiple Mirror Telescope Observatory"
longitude = 110:53.1
latitude = 31:41.3
altitude = 2600
timezone = 7
observatory = "mmt"
name = "Whipple Observatory"
longitude = 110:53.1
latitude = 31.41.3
altitude = 2608
timezone = 7
observatory = "flwo"
name = "Whipple Observatory"
longitude = 110:52:39
latitude = 31:40:51.4
altitude = 2320
timezone = 7
observatory = "cfht"
name = "Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope"
longitude = 155:28.3
latitude = 19:49.6
altitude = 4215
timezone = 10
observatory = "lapalma"
name = "Roque de los Muchachos, La Palma"
longitude = 17:52.8
latitude = 28:45.5
altitude = 2327
timezone = 0
observatory = "mso"
name = "Mt. Stromlo Observatory"
longitude = 210:58:32.4
latitude = -35:19:14.34
altitude = 767
timezone = -10
observatory = "sso"
name = "Siding Spring Observatory"
longitude = 210:56:19.70
latitude = -31:16:24.10
altitude = 1149
timezone = -10
observatory = "aao"
name = "Anglo-Australian Observatory"
longitude = 210:56:2.09
latitude = -31:16:37.34
altitude = 1164
timezone = -10
observatory = "mcdonald"
name = "McDonald Observatory"
longitude = 104.0216667
latitude = 30.6716667
altitude = 2075
timezone = 6
observatory = "lco"
name = "Las Campanas Observatory"
longitude = 70:42.1
latitude = -29:0.2
altitude = 2282
timezone = 4
# Submitted by Alan Koski 1/13/93
observatory = "mtbigelow"
name = "Catalina Observatory: 61 inch telescope"
longitude = 110:43.9
latitude = 32:25.0
altitude = 2510.
timezone = 7
# Revised by Daniel Durand 2/23/93
observatory = "dao"
name = "Dominion Astrophysical Observatory"
longitude = 123:25.0
latitude = 48:31.3
altitude = 229
timezone = 8
# Submitted by Patrick Vielle 5/4/93
observatory = "spm"
name = "Observatorio Astronomico Nacional, San Pedro Martir"
longitude = 115:29:13
latitude = 31:01:45
altitude = 2830
timezone = 7
# Submitted by Patrick Vielle 5/4/93
observatory = "tona"
name = "Observatorio Astronomico Nacional, Tonantzintla"
longitude = 98:18:50
latitude = 19:01:58
timezone = 8
# Submitted by Don Hamilton 8/18/93
observatory = "Palomar"
name = "The Hale Telescope"
longitude = 116:51:46.80
latitude = 33:21:21.6
altitude = 1706.
timezone = 8
# Submitted by Pat Seitzer 10/31/93
observatory = "mdm"
name = "Michigan-Dartmouth-MIT Observatory"
longitude = 111:37.0
latitude = 31:57.0
altitude = 1938.5
timezone = 7
# Submitted by Ignacio Ferrin 9/1/94
observatory = "NOV"
name = "National Observatory of Venezuela"
longitude = 70:52.0
latitude = 8:47.4
altitude = 3610
timezone = 4
# Submitted by Alan Welty 10/28/94
observatory = "bmo"
name = "Black Moshannon Observatory"
longitude = 78:00.3
latitude = 40:55.3
altitude = 738
timezone = 5
# Submitted by Biwei JIANG 11/28/95
observatory = "BAO"
name = "Beijing XingLong Observatory"
longitude = 242:25.5
latitude = 40:23.6
altitude = 950.
timezone = -8
# From Astronomical Almanac 1996
observatory = "keck"
name = "W. M. Keck Observatory"
longitude = 155:28.7
latitude = 19:49.7
altitude = 4160
timezone = 10
# Padova Astronomical Observatory, Asiago, Italy.
# Submitted by Lina Tomasella 6/11/96
observatory = "ekar"
name = "Mt. Ekar 182 cm. Telescope"
longitude = 348:25:07.92
latitude = 45:50:54.92
altitude = 1413.69
timezone = -1
# Submitted by Michael Ledlow 8/8/96
observatory = "apo"
name = "Apache Point Observatory"
longitude = 105:49.2
latitude = 32:46.8
altitude = 2798.
timezone = 7
# Submitted by Michael Ledlow 8/8/96
observatory = "lowell"
name = "Lowell Observatory"
longitude = 111:32.1
latitude = 35:05.8
altitude = 2198.
timezone = 7
# Submitted by S.G. Bhargavi 8/12/96
observatory = "vbo"
name = "Vainu Bappu Observatory"
longitude = 281.1734
latitude = 12.57666
altitude = 725.
timezone = -5.5
[bcvcorr]
[bcvcorr Example 2]
[bcvcorr Example 3]