NAME

strips - generates strip like starlist to use for pointing corrections

SYNOPSIS

strips east | west | north | south  [buffer=] [catalog=] [step=]

DESCRIPTION

strips generates the starlist makepointing.coord that is a bunch of bright stars emanating from just south of the zenith that are evenly spaced. You must specify either: east, west, north, or south. The stars are unique and go up to the telescope limits by the number of degrees specified by buffer.

OPTIONS

step= specifies the angular step in degrees. The default is 2 degrees.

buffer= specifies how close in degrees to the limits the telescope will advance to. The default is 40 degrees.

catalog= specifies the catalog used to find the stars. The default is yale, but sao or fk5 are valid options. If you are sneaky, you might be able to add other bright program options.


Pointing index