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measures.observatory - Function

	Package	general
	Module	measures
	Tool	measures

get position of an observatory

Synopsis
observatory(name)

Arguments

name	in	observatory name
		Allowed:	coded string - case insensitive
		Default:	'ATCA'

Returns
position measure

Description
observatory will give you the position of an observatory as given in the system. At the time of writing the following observatories are recognised (but check e.g. the position GUI for currently known ones, or the dm.obslist() tool function): ALMA ATCA BIMA CLRO DRAO DWL GB JCMT MOPRA NRAO12M PKS VLA WSRT.

Example

- dm.observatory('ATCA')
[type=position, refer=ITRF, m2=[value=6.37296e+06, unit=m],
	m0=[value=2.61014, unit=rad], m1=[value=-0.526138, unit=rad]]