Usage

visible [ut=hh:mm:ss] [date=dd/mm/yyyy] [quiet] [buffer=] [debug]

This program reads lines arriving in stdin containing the ra, dec, equinox and optional label of the celestial coordinates similar to:

07:09:17.6 +23:13:31 2000.0 14.0 Edith

If the coordinate is within the limits of the telescope the coordinates and label will be copied to stdout. If the coordinate is outside of the limit, the first offending limit will be echoed to stderr. Limits are: east, west, north, south and altitude.

The current time is used unless overridden by the command line options. The latitude and longitude and limits are derived from the the telescope server rctel tel_status command.