Solar coordinates
Arnold Rots
arots at xebec.gsfc.nasa.gov
Mon Jan 6 08:48:02 EST 1997
At the risk of sounding pedantic, William Thompson writes:
> ...
> This ambiguity could be removed by including an additional keyword to define
> exactly what surface is meant. I suggest that the keyword SOLAR_R be defined
> as an optional keyword whose meaning would be the apparent solar radius in
> kilometers of the surface used in determining the solar latitude and longitude.
> If omitted, the default value would be the photospheric value.
> ...
> Kilometers: Expressing the data as a physical distance removes all ambiguity
> due to either observing distance or to solar radius definition.
> ...
> William Thompson
>
>
Let's not forget that the FITS standard prescribes (or, at least,
strongly recommends) SI units. Meters would be more appropriate.
- Arnold Rots
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