sua1 Examples

Example 1. Search with results to standard output

Find the 10 brightest A-1.0 stars near 10:00:00 +50:00:00 J2000 and sort them by right ascension.: sua1 -s r -hn 10 -r 240 10:00:00 +50:00:00 J2000
produces the following: sua1 WCSTools 3.6.9, 6 July 2007, Doug Mink SAO USNO-A1.0 10:00:00.000 +50:00:00.00 J2000 r= +00:04:00.0 at epoch 2000.0000 10 / 62 USNO A-1.0 Sources (MagB brighter than 18.30) USNO_A1_number RA2000 Dec2000 MagB MagR Plate Arcsec 1350.07854992 09:59:43.566 +50:02:54.81 17.2 14.1 167 235.88 1350.07855012 09:59:43.951 +50:03:02.78 0.0 10.4 0 239.44 1350.07855024 09:59:44.189 +50:03:02.31 11.1 9.7 167 237.60 1350.07855215 09:59:47.886 +50:00:20.18 15.0 13.7 167 118.52 1350.07855222 09:59:47.990 +50:01:43.05 15.0 13.9 167 154.99 1350.07855335 09:59:50.220 +49:58:46.20 0.0 8.2 0 119.76 1350.07855338 09:59:50.334 +49:58:46.61 9.5 7.4 167 118.64 1350.07855446 09:59:52.128 +49:58:45.27 18.3 11.5 167 106.53 1350.07855553 09:59:54.259 +50:02:21.82 16.0 14.4 167 152.23 1350.07855826 09:59:59.755 +49:56:34.66 15.9 14.3 167 205.35

Example 2. Search with results to a file

Find all USNO A stars within 3 arcminutes of M51 and write RA-sorted results to a file: sua1 -twsr 180 -o m51 13:27:48.311 +47:27:28.98 B1950
produces file m51.uac: catalog USNO-A1.0 ra 13:27:48.311 dec +47:27:28.98 radecsys fk4 equinox 1950.0000 epoch 1950.0000 radsec 180.00 catsort ra program sua1 WCSTools 3.6.9, 6 July 2007, Doug Mink SAO usnoa1_id ra1950 dec1950 magb magr plate arcsec ------------- ------------ ------------ ----- ----- ----- ------ 1350.08454599 13:27:33.300 +47:25:59.90 20.3 18.9 174 176.42 1350.08454602 13:27:33.353 +47:26:00.89 19.1 18.9 174 175.45 1350.08454652 13:27:34.435 +47:28:29.08 19.0 17.8 174 153.00 1350.08454690 13:27:35.233 +47:27:19.48 17.9 17.0 174 132.98 1350.08454902 13:27:40.921 +47:29:05.32 0.0 10.9 0 122.05 1350.08454994 13:27:43.057 +47:24:50.64 12.2 18.4 174 167.08 1350.08455126 13:27:46.641 +47:28:52.29 18.2 19.2 174 85.01 1350.08455169 13:27:47.543 +47:29:02.61 12.3 19.5 174 93.96 1350.08455230 13:27:49.070 +47:25:33.10 11.7 17.2 174 116.14 1350.08455261 13:27:49.933 +47:30:20.93 19.3 18.2 174 172.73 1350.08455279 13:27:50.618 +47:24:47.69 20.9 19.3 174 162.98 1350.08455342 13:27:52.308 +47:24:41.21 17.2 15.7 174 172.60 1350.08455430 13:27:54.618 +47:24:56.80 20.5 17.9 174 165.09 1350.08455456 13:27:55.505 +47:28:26.18 0.0 11.8 0 92.70 1350.08455488 13:27:56.114 +47:29:33.82 18.3 16.2 174 147.79 1350.08455690 13:28:00.734 +47:27:02.49 17.7 16.1 174 128.76 1350.08455716 13:28:01.311 +47:26:47.84 18.2 17.2 174 138.13 1350.08455748 13:28:02.109 +47:28:18.89 18.5 17.4 174 148.56 1350.08455787 13:28:03.079 +47:25:57.07 19.7 19.8 174 175.76

Example 3. Find closest star

Find the closest USNO A-1.0 star to 10:00:00 +50:00:00 J2000: sua1 -a 10:00:00 +50:00:00 J2000
produces the following: 1350.07855940 10:00:01.633 +49:59:54.26 19.9 19.2 167 16.76

Example 4. List selected stars from catalog

List USNO-A1.0 Catalog stars 1350.00000001 through 1350.00000010: sua1 -h 1350.00000001-1350.00000010x0.00000001
produces the following: sua1 WCSTools 3.6.9, 6 July 2007, Doug Mink SAO USNO_A1_number RA2000 Dec2000 MagB MagR Plate 1350.00000001 00:00:00.000 +45:59:17.13 20.7 18.2 150 1350.00000002 00:00:00.005 +46:26:07.41 16.6 15.5 150 1350.00000003 00:00:00.013 +45:17:43.93 19.9 18.6 193 1350.00000004 00:00:00.014 +49:05:21.77 20.7 19.2 150 1350.00000005 00:00:00.015 +48:16:23.22 18.6 16.6 150 1350.00000006 00:00:00.015 +52:08:26.28 18.5 16.8 112 1350.00000007 00:00:00.017 +48:06:47.93 21.0 18.8 192 1350.00000008 00:00:00.022 +48:19:42.40 17.2 15.3 150 1350.00000009 00:00:00.023 +52:17:33.92 17.8 16.0 112 1350.00000010 00:00:00.024 +50:16:36.22 18.8 17.0 150

Last updated 11 July 2007 by Doug Mink

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