1.3.1.0 measures.rise

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measures.rise - Function

1.3.1 get rise and set sidereal time
Description

rise will give the rise/set hour-angles of a source. It needs the position in the frame, and a time. If the latter is not set, the current time will be used.

Arguments


Inputs
crd	direction of source (direction measure)
	allowed:	any
	Default:	variant
ev	elevation angle limit
	allowed:	any
	Default:	variant 0.0deg

Returns
anyrecord

Example

# NOT IMPLEMENTED
print "\t----\t rise Ex 1 \t----"
print me.rise(me.direction(’sun’))
#[rise=[value=267.12445, unit=deg], set=[value=439.029964, unit=deg]]
print qa.form.long(me.rise(me.direction(’sun’)).rise)
#17:48:29.868
#

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