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Usage

nomad ra(hh:mm:sss) dec(dd:mm:ss)
This script looks up the stars within about 1 degree from the USNO NOMAD cone search using the web. The output has a format similar to the following:

nomad 12:12:00 45:34:00
12:09:21.191 45:38:6.830 2000.0 14.720 1356-0235150
12:09:24.334 45:23:53.800 2000.0 13.390 1353-0230549
.
.
12:14:39.438 45:34:37.530 2000.0 13.300 1355-0234746
12:14:40.294 45:37:41.170 2000.0 9.830 3455-01351-1
where the first, second, and fields are the ra and dec and equinox (2000.0), the fourth field is the B magnitude, and the fifth is the star number.



Louis-Gregory Strolger 2012-01-09