I was trying to convert location formats between TheSky and SkyTools and Aladin. Everyone wanted it different ways. I needed a handy converter. At home, I had a spreadsheet I had made... But, unfortunately, something happened to the remote machine. Long story. So I looked on the web and found the "RA DEC flexible converter" by Jan Skowron. It's in his Science section.
http://www.astrouw.edu.pl/~jskowron/
It allows one to enter right ascension and declination coordinates, ad hoc, in a particular format. Then spits out in many other formats. Very easy to use. For example, enter 16h04m55.4s +38d12m01s and it returns:
16:04:55.40 38:12:01.00
16 04 55.40 38 12 01.00
16:04:55.40, 38:12:01.00
16.0820556 38.2002778
16h 04m 55.40s 38d 12m 01.00s
16h04m55.40s 38d12m01.00s
16h04m55.40s 38°12'01.00"
J160455.40+381201.00
Also spotted his "Stars and Astronomical Objects Name Resolver" which looks kinda neat!
Thursday, April 03, 2014
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